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Introduction to the NIH Grant Writing Process

New to the NIH grant writing process? Here are some materials that can help you get started. If you would like to know more about NIH funding opportunities, please feel free to get in touch with CSDE Director Shelly Lundberg. And if you need help with the technical specifics of proposal writing and submission, please contact CSDE lead administrator Scott Sipes.

Funding information for new (and not so new) applicants:

• Leaping the Hurdles & Navigating the Maze: How to Get Funding from DBSB/EKSNICHD
  [ PowerPoint Presentation ]
• Steps in Writing an NIH Research Proposal, by Anne R. Pebley, UCLA
  [ Word Document ]
• Useful URLS
  [ Word Document ]
• A Beginner's Guide to the World of Research Grants for Sociologists, by Stewart Tolnay, University of Washington:
  [ PDF Document ]
• All About Grants Tutorials from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/

Information for K01 applicants:

• New Information on the EKSNICHD Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01): Population Research:
  http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-04-005.html
• Expansion of the EKSNICHD Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01): Population Research:
  http://www.EKSNICHD.nih.gov/notice/HD-01-004/hd-01-004.htm
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) (PA-00-019):
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-019.html
• K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Population Research, Questions & Answers
  [ Word Document ]
• 2004 PAA session /Launching a Research Career: The Role of the K01 (Includes list of all current K01 PIs and project titles)
  [ Word Document ]

Roadmap links:

• NIH Roadmap main page:
  http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/
• NIH Roadmap, Interdisciplinary Research (this is where most of the initiatives of interest to social scientists have been):
  http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/index.asp
• NIH Roadmap, Interdisciplinary Research, Grants and Funding Opportunities:
  http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/grants.asp