Most Common Narratives in COEUS for NIH Grants

Most Common Narratives in COEUS for NIH DP2 grants: (updated 03/23/2015) Investigator: ______Application Due: ______If resubmission/revision COEUS# ______Original Grant Number______

NIH_OD = 132064 Office of the Director

For NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2) RFA-RM-13-007 (expires October 17, 2015) Up to 5 years and up to $300,000/year direct costs plus ENTER 0% F&A – do NOT include F&A – this will be determined at the time of the award Dates: 09/30/13 – 07/31/18

Please use Adobe-B2 in COUES grant.gov option

!!!! Need final Scientific Title before application can be routed. !!!!

*Biosketches TWO PAGE LIMIT – P.I. Only – no other biosketches allowed and suggestion of 15 publication limit *Other Support P.I. Only

Note: Each line with an asterisk (*) below represents an individual .pdf file you will provide

*Narrative (3 sentence limit) (need draft to route for internal approval) *Project_Summary (a.k.a.“Abstract”–30 line limit) (need draft to route for internal approval) *Facilities (need draft to route for internal approval) *Equipment NOT APPLICABLE *PHS_Budget Justification (Modular type-MAYBE) (need to route for internal approval)

…The Above Items are needed before the grant can be routed for internal approval…

*PHS_ResearchPlan_Specific Aims (one-page limit) *PHS_ResearchPlan_Research Strategy (12 page limit total- three sections, one .pdf file) ~ Significance ~ Innovation ~ Approach

*Bibliography (A.K.A. Literature Cited) *PHS_ResearchPlan_Resource Sharing Plan *PHS_Cover Letter (Required to include names and affiliations of significant collaborators)

….Optional Sections…. If Applicable – (are any of these needed???)

If “Resubmission”, formerly known as “revision” or A1 or A2, this addresses the concerns of the reviewer: *PHS_ResearchPlan_Introduction to Application (one-page limit) If Renewal (Competing Continuation) *PHS_ResearchPlanProgressReport PublicationList *Appendix (if applicable – will there be other Appendices?) Do Not use *PHS_ResearchPlan_Letters Of Support Do Not Use *PHS_Cover Letter (Usually not required, but if planned will need to know before routing)? *PHS_ResearchPlan_Multiple Leadership Plan (if two or more PI’s )?

If there are animals: *PHS_ResearchPlan_Vertebrate Animals

If Human Subjects/IRB(if any of these are needed, they are ALL needed): *Inclusion Enrollment Report ( Only if Competing Continuation ) *Protection of Human Subjects *Inclusion of Women and Minorities *Targeted/Planned Enrollment *Inclusion of Children ……… .AND internally we PI to log in “FACTr” website to include the FACTr number in COUES for the Hospital person (usually Sandy Greeno) to approve the internal routing: ( https://webapp.mis.vanderbilt.edu/factr/logout.jsp )

If “YES” to VICTR / CRC funds, facilities, or supplies being used for this proposal, then need to include a Letter Of Support from VICTR- standard draft letter available, or PI can log application at ( https://starbrite.vanderbilt.edu/ )

IF CONSORTIUM: *Consortium Letter of Intent (signed LOI) NOTE -USE “Other” because this in internal only ( if there are Subcontracts, need a signed L.O.I.) * RR Budget - Note: (Subcontract RR Budget uploaded in “Budget” section in COUES) *Consortium Statement of Work (a.k.a. – Scope of Work - eventually becomes part of contract) NOTE - USE “Other” because this is internal only

From Consortium also need: Admin Contact name/phone/email Biosketches of key personnel (see section 1) Congressional District Official address of instituition

Link to new NIH instruction manual for SF424 applications: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/SF424_RR_Guide_General_Adobe_VerB.doc

Link to new instructions for Investigator-Initiated R01 applications: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-016.html