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

NIH Review Criteria

• Significance

• Investigator(s)

• Innovation

• Approach

• Environment

Today’s lecture

Outline of Topics

• Biosketch

• Facilities

• Equipment

• Letters of Support

• Resource Sharing

• Cover Letter

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!

The NIH Biosketch

A. Personal Statement

B. Positions and Honors

C. Publications

D. Research Support (current and past)

Get it through your grant specialist

Very important!

(Different from “Other Support”)

PI and role?

Facilities

•Institutional environment

•Laboratory

•Animal

•Clinical

•Computer

•Office

•Other resources

Facilities-example

Facilities-cont.

Facilities-cont.

Facilities-cont.

Equipment

• Major equipment (more than $5K)

• Yours and shared

• Available in core facilities

• Do not list irrelevant equipment

• Get support letters

Equipment-example

Equipment-cont.

Letters of Support• Research interest

• Access to special equipment

• Collaboration (short description)

• Statistical support

• Unpublished reagents

Do not submit one sentence letters!

Resource Sharing

• Distribution of materials

• Clones, DNA, tissues, animal models, cells, bioinformatics data, etc.

• Restrictions

• Patents involved

Resource sharing-example

Cover Letter

• Optional

• Target primary institute

• Project description

• Target study section (homework)

• Potential conflicts

• Special requests

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

Don’t be afraid of all these documents…

Just read instructions and do it ahead of time

Good luck!