1. Diego E. Rincon-Limas. Ph.D. GMS 6096: Introduction to NIH Grant Writing for Biomedical Sciences University of Florida Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience “Biosketches, Facilities, Equipment, Letters of Support and more…” February 6, 2013 diego.rincon@neurology.ufl.edu

2. NIH Review Criteria Significance Investigator(s) Innovation Approach Environment Today’s lecture

3. Outline of Topics Biosketch Facilities Equipment Letters of Support Resource Sharing Cover Letter

4. Biosketch It is different from a CV! Highlights expertise and productivity of PI and collaborators Required to score the “Investigator(s)”core review criterion Used to assess feasibility of the project Never copy biosketches from other applications!

5. The NIH Biosketch Cover A. Personal Statement B. Positions and Honors C. Publications D. Research Support (current and past) Get it through your grant specialist

6. Very important!

8. Cover

10. (Different from “Other Support”) PI and role?

11. Facilities Institutional environment Laboratory Animal Clinical Computer Office Other resources

12. Facilities-example

13. Facilities-cont.

16. Equipment Major equipment (more than $5K) Yours and shared Available in core facilities Do not list irrelevant equipment Get support letters

17. Equipment-example

18. Equipment-cont.

19. Letters of Support Research interest Access to special equipment Collaboration (short description) Statistical support Unpublished reagents Do not submit one sentence letters!

20. Cover

21. Resource Sharing Distribution of materials Clones, DNA, tissues, animal models, cells, bioinformatics data, etc. Restrictions Patents involved

22. Cover Resource sharing-example

23. Cover Cover Letter Optional Target primary institute Project description Target study section (homework) Potential conflicts Special requests

24. http://public.csr.nih.gov/StudySections/Standing/Pages/default.aspx

26. Cover

28. Don’t be afraid of all these documents… Just read instructions and do it ahead of time Good luck!