1. Grants Putting it All Together

2. Funding Opportunity Sources Grants.gov – email notification available Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) NIH – weekly listserve Program Announcements (PA) Request for Applications (RFA) Request for Proposal (RFP) Private Foundations

3. Prepare to Apply Download application package Check receipt dates, applicant requirements Letter of intent? Online? Paper? Register? Contact Admin.Officer or Grants Manager 4 weeks prior to due date

4. Proposal Development Title Abstract Key Personnel Determine available effort Other Significant Contributors Obtain Letters of Support Budget Resources Institutional resources: Core resources, clinical facilities etc.

5. Forms and Protocols Internal forms Proposal Transmittal Form Signed by PI, PI Dept Chair; CRC, Hospital as needed; Dept Chair of all Key Personnel Conflict of Interest Form Signed by PI and all Key Personnel on Federal Grants Budget Internal budget submitted with all proposals, even modular

6. Proposal Transmittal Form

8. DETAILED BUDGET FOR INITIAL BUDGET PERIOD DIRECT COSTS ONLY

9. BUDGET FOR ENTIRE PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD DIRECT COSTS ONLY

10. NIH Forms and Documents Face Page (fp1) Abstract and Key Personnel (fp2) Table of Contents (fp3) Budgets (fp4 and fp5 or modular) Biosketches Resources Continuation pages-used for Research Plan & Budget Justification Checklist Personal Data Page

11. Face Page Title PA, RFA, RFP? PI info New Investigator? Humans? Animals? Institutional info Institutional Signature

12. Abstract and Key Personnel

13. Table of Contents

14. Modular Budget different modules ($25,000 per module; $250,000 per year maximum for R01)

15. Modular Budget same modules ($25,000 per module; $250,000 per year maximum for R01)

16. Biosketch PrincipaI Investigator Co- investigators Other Significant Contributors

19. R e s o ur c e s ResourcesResources

20. Last Page! C h e c k l i s t

21. Original Copy Only! Personal Data Page

22. TIMELINE Prior to Submission 4 Weeks- begin work with Administrator 1 week- to Dept for Review 3 days- to OGCM for Review !Good Score! Prepare and submit animal & IRB protocols Notifiy administrator- prepare for JIT Just-in-Time (other support- IACUC-IRB approvals)

23. COEUS Web-based proposal preparation –Some 398 docs used- uploaded –Institutional information pre-filled –Basic format same as paper –Used for all proposal preparations- NIH, AHA, DOD etc. Interfaces with agency applications and Grants.gov NIH applications- eRA user name required

24. LINKS From VUMC homepage: –Research support services –http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=supporthttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=support –List of Research Centers: –http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/centers.phphttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/centers.php –GCRC http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/ Information on resources available through GCRC –Office of Research –https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/oor /https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/oor / Grants Management http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/resources/tidbits.pdf http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/resources/tidbits.pdf Funding opportunities Animal Care IRB IACUC Research Core Facilities links and description

25. MORE LINKS http://www.grants.gov/ http://www.nih.gov/ http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/

26. VUMC Institutional Information Proposal Fact Sheet from Office of Research website (Grants-toolkit)

27. Questions? Please call or email Glenna Osborn, Grants Manager Division of Clinical Pharmacology Vanderbilt University Medical Center 538 Robinson Research Bldg. glenna.osborn@vanderbilt.edu phone: 615-936-7835 fax: 615-936-5178