NIH Tools & Templates

The NIH Style Guide is a glossary for person first language, including for proposals with human participants, community collaborators, ways of articulating diseases and health conditions, and preferences for race, ethnicity, sex, gender, and other terms. For grant and funding proposals, always defer to the actual funding opportunity announcement, SF424 for that NIH grant series, and the NIH formatting for grant pages. Formatting for NIH grants is specific and differs from the style guide formatting for other materials. We include the style guide for nuanced language about people.

Research Development Services (RDS) is pleased to partner with the AtKisson Training Group to bring a series of six sessions, comprised of 18 parts, on-demand webinars for University of Arizona faculty and research scientists interested in pursuing National Institutes of Health proposals. Your All Access Pass is available through the link provided (you will need your @Arizona.edu email address to register). This pass is available through March 31, 2024.

As a reminder, while this webinar series is designed to provide an overview of tips, tricks, and best practices, always defer to the NIH SF424 Application Guide (currently Version H) for submission. Questions: contact us at ResDev@arizona.edu(link sends e-mail)

How to best distill your summary statements and prepare for the resubmission (and if you should).

A basic tutorial for using NIH RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures and Results) as well as Matchmaker, a tool within RePORTER system that can be used to identify the NIH Institutes & Centers that have funded grants with a particular research focus as well as the Study Section and Program Officer.

General guidance for overarching proposal development for the NIH R01 mechanism. Incorporates guidance on the Specific Aims page and Research Strategy (including sections on Innovation and Approach). For proposal development support in implementing these strategies, please contact ResDev@arizona.edu.

Template for the Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Protections at the University of Arizona per NOT-OD-19-029. Required for institutional training grants.

NIH funding mechanisms for early-career scientists: new and early-stage investigators