NIH PDF Guidelines RAFT Session 11-21-2014

Margins Must be at least one-half inch for all pages on ALL sides (top, bottom, left and right) No information should appear in the margins, including: PI’s name Page numbers Logos

Hyperlinks Not allowed in the SF424 Research Plan documentation where PDFs are uploaded as part of the application If active links are allowed (check application guide and announcement instructions), then a valid URL must be displayed within the document

Attachment File Size Grants.gov recommends keeping size of attachments to 100MB or less NIH limits the size of attachments in a multi-project application to 35 MB Can us image compression (JPEG or PNG) to keep file sizes down Maximum size of images should be ~1200 X 1500 pixels

Guidelines http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/pdf_guidelines.htm Last updated 2/14/14

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