▫Specific Aims2 open1 page — the goals, expected outcomes and impact of the proposed research, and its specific objectives
▫Research StrategyChecked12 pages — Significance, Innovation, Approach
▫Project Summary/AbstractUploaded30 lines — the broad objectives and specific aims, for a general audience
▫Project NarrativeDraft2–3 sentences — relevance to public health
▫Bibliography & References CitedUploadedNo page limit — every publication cited in the application, with the PMC ID where the public access policy applies
▫Facilities & Other ResourcesNot startedNo page limit — how the scientific environment contributes to the probability of success
▫EquipmentNot startedNo page limit — major items already available for the project
▫Biographical SketchesDraft5 pages each — the Common Form and NIH supplement, for every senior/key person and other significant contributor
▫Budget workbookComputedComputes the R&R budget by period from your institution's rates and lab roster, or the modular budget when direct costs are $250,000 or less a year
▫Budget JustificationCheckedNarrative bound to the R&R budget lines; for a modular budget, the personnel, consortium and additional-narrative justifications
▫Consortium/Contractual ArrangementsUploadedWhen work is subcontracted — the programmatic, fiscal and administrative arrangements, with an R&R subaward budget per site
▫Multiple PD/PI Leadership PlanDraftWhen more than one PD/PI is named — governance, roles, communication and conflict resolution
▫Letters of SupportUploadedConsultants, collaborators and institutional commitments, appended as one PDF
▫Vertebrate AnimalsNot startedWhen live vertebrate animals are used — description, justification, minimization of pain and distress, euthanasia
▫Human Subjects & Clinical Trials InformationNot startedWhen human subjects are involved — the PHS form with a study record per study, or a delayed-onset justification
▫Resource Sharing PlanDraftWhen model organisms or research tools will be produced — how they will be shared
▫Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources2 open1 page — how key resources will be authenticated
▫Data Management & Sharing PlanCheckedRecommended 2 pages — the elements of the NIH policy, with its costs on the budget
▫AppendixUploadedAllowable materials only — blank data-collection instruments, surveys and interview protocols; no publications
▫Cover Letter & Assignment RequestDraftOptional — notes to NIH staff with the SF 424 (R&R), and institute, study-section and reviewer preferences on the PHS form
▫Other AttachmentsUploadedOnly when asked — Select Agent Research, a foreign-component justification, and anything the announcement calls for
▫Submission & generalNot startedSF 424 (R&R), PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement, Project/Performance Sites — registrations, formats, page limits and due dates
