National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants:

getting started

NIH in a Nutshell  [244 kb PDF]
Quick guide of essential facts by the Research Funding Service

Getting Started at NIH
Useful links by NIH

NIH Guide
Announces availability of funds and NIH policies and procedures

NIH FY 2008 Budget
Institute and Center Budget Statements

Institutes, Centers, & Offices

NIH Home - Grants

NIH Program vs. Review
Fundamental differences

funded research

CRISP

COS version of CRISP
For more complex CRISP searches

CRISP Organizational Codes
Decode CRISP search results

award data

Career Awards

Fellowship Awards

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highlighted funding mechanisms

NIH Small Research Grant Program (R03)
For pilot data collection

NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21)
For new exploratory & developmental
research projects

NIH Research Project Grant Program (R01)
For health-related research & development

NIH Career Development Awards (K Series)
Browse all K awards

research training

Career Awards

K Award Tips
Career Award tips from Walter Schaffer, head of training at NIH

Model K08 Application
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Predoctoral/Postdoctoral

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grant writing

All About Grants
NIAID advice about how to write an R01 grant application

Example of a Well-Written NIH R01 Grant Application
NIAID has added annotations to this basic science R01 grant application

Grant Writing Tip Sheets

Understanding Percentiles and Other Funding Factors

Walking Through an NIH Grant
Specific Aims, Budgets and Budget Justification, and Preliminary Data

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application forms

Application Forms

Application Forms FAQs

Deadlines

peer review process

Peer Review of NIH Research Grant Applications
Extremely clear (and funny!) description of the peer review process by Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Ph.D., Review Policy Officer, NIH. [1.19MB pdf]

Overview

Study Section Rosters
In the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR)

Study Section Rosters
Includes study sections in individual NIH Institutes

Policy, Procedure & Review Guidelines

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finding people

NIH Guide
Program officer information

Institutes, Centers, & Divisions

NIH Enterprise Directory (NED)
Phone and email directory for NIH

CRISP
Includes email addresses of NIH-funded researchers