1. Let us help you navigate the Administrative Highway and submit your application on time!  Forms, memos, cover letter, signatures, etc.  Protocols  Raco process  Applicant – Part I; Mentor – Part II  Deadline - Copying - Sending Administrative Assistance

2. START THE PROCESS EARLY

3.  Protocols Without protocols: 1 month prior to deadline With protocols: 2 months prior to deadline  Letters of Reference  Title (Do not exceed 56 spaces)  Face Page, memos, cover letters, protocols.

4. An application will be considered on time if it is received by or mailed on or before the published receipt date and a proof of mailing is provided. Proof of timely mailing consists of one of the following: a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or a dated receipt from a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks are not acceptable. If the receipt date falls on a weekend, it will be extended to the following Monday; if the date falls on a Federal holiday, it will be extended to the following workday. April 05 - August 05 - December 05  Deadline

5. * RACO information: ** Lerner Memo Part I: Applicant ** Page 11-15Face page + Signature Page 216Applicant’s Education 17Applicant’s Training 18Goals for Training and Career ** 19-21Mentor – Position – Research Interests 22Proposal Description Page 3Table of Contents Page 423Scholastic Performance ** Page 524Prior/Current NRSA support 25aHonors 25bThesis title 26Thesis advisor 27Application for Concurrent support Page 628Research Experience 29Revised Application ** 30Research training (100% - Research) Checklist – Part I: Applicant

6. * RACO information: * 31Sponsor: Bio + Other Support * 32Training support 33Previous fellows 34Training plan; Environment 35Fellows to be supervised 36Applicant's Qualifications/Potential for a Research Career 37Human Subjects / Animals * 38Signatures: Mentor – Department Chair – V.P. OSP * Checklist Appendix___ add cover page * Animal protocol * Human Subjects protocol Letters of Reference ___ ____ Personal data form Cover letter Checklist – Part II: Mentor

7. http://www.scripps.edu/services/osp/preaward/raco.html REVIEW PROCESS Steps 1 - 4 1)The required application material and Institutional memos and documents are forwarded to the Preaward Administrator for review. Corrections are made, questions are resolved, and a RACO review sheet is prepared. 2) Once the RACO is complete, and any corrections are made, the applicant submits the review packet to their Department Chair for approval and signature. 3) Once the Department Chair has signed the RACO review sheet the material is brought back to the Preaward Administrator for final review and approval. 4) Once this process is completed the application can be forwarded to the extramural agency.  RACO process

8. 30 e. Responsible Conduct of Research The Scripps Research Institute’s Office of Technology Transfer & Government Compliance conducts an annual course on Ethics in Science. This course is mandatory for all postdoctoral fellows and research associates, and is based upon the Association of American Medical Colleges publication Teaching the Responsible Conduct of Research Through a Case Study Approach. The course covers the issues of scientific integrity, violations of professional ethics, the NIH Office of Scientific integrity, and TSRI’s policies and procedures for handling the cases involving alleged misconduct. Dr. (insert your name here), Research Associate did attend the 2003 Ethics in Science Course held at the Scripps Timken Amphitheater on 16 September 2003. The four-hour course will be presented by Thomas E. Northrup, Ph.D., J.D., Patent Counsel for The Scripps Research Institute. Office of Technology Development – 4-9390  For Your Information

9.  Cover Letter http://www.csr.nih.gov/Committees/rosterindex.asp Enclosed please find NRSA Fellowship entitled “xxxx xxxx xxxx.” We request this application be assigned to Study Section ZRG1 F02A.

10. = Copying and Submission Original + 2 copies: 3 sealed letters of reference 3 collated sets of appendix Center for Scientific Review (301) 435-0715 National Institutes of Health Room 1040 – MSC 7710 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892