Application Guidelines: Specific Instructions F

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Application Guidelines Specific Instructions (F)
Beth Anderson Program Analyst
SBRP Applicant Information Meeting October 29,
2003 Research Triangle Park North Carolina
US Department of Health and Human
Services National Institutes of Health National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Do it our way!
Make it easy for the reviewers, follow the
instructions for... A better review of your
application
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F. Section 1

• Face Page
• Description, Performance Sites and Key Personnel
• Table of Contents
• Budget
• Table of
• Research Support Core Utilization
• Professional and non-professional personnel
• Biographical Sketches
• Table of us on Human Subjects and Vertebrate
  Animals
• Institutional Environment and Resources

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Face Page
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Page 2 Description, Performance and Key
Personnel
Matisse, Georgia
Clearly state the overarching theme of your
program including a succinct synopsis of your
programs goals. Identify your strategies for
integration and how the program is relevant to
Superfund
List all sites where program activities will be
conducted
Include all Key Personnel
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Complete Table of Contents

• - provide detailed information
• - number pages consecutively from beginning to
  end

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Budget

• In depth discussion by Susan Ricci Detailed
  Composite for 12 months Composite for all years
  Individual project and cores

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Table of Research Support Core Utilization
Table provides a visual representation of
interaction of the cores with research projects
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Table of Table of All Professional and non-
Professional Personnel

• list everyone investigators, students,
  administrators, sub-contractors, consultants
  (paid), plus external advisory group
• alphabetical list - list participants only once
  - if a person is involved in more than one
  activity, list under Role in Program
• include degrees

Assists the SRA in avoiding conflicts of interest
when selecting reviewers
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Table of Table of All Professional and non-
Professional Personnel
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Table of Table of Use of Human Subjects or
Vertebrate Animals

• note include all projects and research support
  cores

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Biographical Sketches
Biosketches demonstrate the qualification and
experiences

• PI first, then alphabetical order
• One biosketch per Key Personnel
• 4 page limit per person
• other support effort should not be included

Focus on most relevant work
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Section II - Focus on overall program
Develop - overarching theme -
interdisciplinary nature of program - strengths
of the principal investigator - relevance to
Superfund Competing Renewals - Highlight
important outcomes
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Table of Discontinued or Completed Projects and
Cores
For recompeting programs
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Table of Continuing, New or Substantially
Modified Projects or Cores
For new and recompeting programs
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Sections III - VIII

• Individual projects and cores
• closely follows PHS 398
• 25 page limit for each project/core
• (Sections a d)
• Applicant should
• clearly state the theme/goal of the
  project/core
• relate each project/core to the overall
  theme of the program
• relate to Superfund Program

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Follow the Guidelines
Be clear Be concise Focus on the organization of
the application Develop a comprehensive Table of
Contents Use your External Advisory Group
Make the reviewers job easy!