Grants.gov Proposal
Preparation Tips
(NIH)
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The yellow
highlighted fields
are required from government
wide grant making agencies.
Please read the Program
Announcement (PA) carefully
as it contains instructions
that are extremely helpful
to complete a particular
grant application. Example:
Credential field is required
only by NIH. NIH proposal
can’t
be submitted if this
field is not completed.
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Be sure
to select the “Next” button
for forms that are multiple
pages. Otherwise, you
will receive an error for
incompletely filling out
the forms.
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Be
sure that if funds are
being requested for more
than one budget period,
click the “Next
Period” button at the
top of the third budget screen
(Sections F through K) to navigate
to screens for the next budget
period. For NIH proposal submitted
via Grants.gov, you don’t
need to complete the Cumulative
budget page because the
NIH ERA Commons will populate
this page as well as the
Table of Contents.
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All attachment uploaded
in Grants.gov application
must be a .pdf file (not
editable).
- If you use Adobe as your
pdf converter, the most
effective way to merge
files together is in Adobe,
not Word. Once you have
each of your files, for
example, letters, separately
in PDF format, using Adobe,
open the PDF of the letter
you want to appear first.
Then "save
as" LetterUpload.pdf
or something of that kind,
since you will be collecting
all the other letter pdf
files together at that
point and saving them in
this aggregate file. Then,
use Acrobat's Document-Insert
Pages function to append
each of the other PDF files.
It's a pretty quick process
once you get used to using
that feature. Then save
the file again, now containing
the final, aggregate result.
Attach *that* file - LetterUpload.pdf
in my example - to the
PureEdge form.
NOTE: I am
no expert on the forms,
but this is the advice
we have received, so
I hope it makes sense and
works!
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Do
not include any information
in a header or footer
of the attachments. A header
will be system-generated
that references the name
of the PD/PI. Page numbers
for the footer will be system-generated
in the complete application,
with all pages sequentially
numbered.
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Tracking page limitations
when you have to submit
all of the various sections
of the proposal.
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Do not be concerned
that the application
form has a pre-filled CFDA
number that may not correspond
to the Institute/Center of
interest. The Center for
Scientific Review will not
use the CFDA number for assignment
of the application. This
field will be corrected by
the CSR at a later time.
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Check
the NIH Electronic Submission
Frequently Asked Questions
at:
http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/faq.htm
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