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4. Get Genotype and Phenotype Data for Your Research

5. The Table Of Contents Of The July 6, 2007 NIH Guide

Yes. An unscored application is not necessarily a bad application. It may even be higher quality than applications that received a score, as is explained in If You Were Not Scored, You May Be Able to Revise.

Sodon't despair if your application undergoes a streamlined review and doesn't receive a priority score. Many investigators with unscored applications later succeed.

Here are points to keep in mind if your application doesn't receive a priority score:

• Since you'll receive an abbreviated summary statement, you'll have to dig deep to uncover problems with your application. Your program officer and experts at your institution can help.
• If your application's problems are fixable, revise and resubmit it. Among applicants who resubmit, a higher percentage succeed on their second try than on their first, and still more succeed on their third attempt (i.e., initial application plus two resubmissions).

Find out more by reading Advice for Resubmission and Unfunded Applicants questions and answers, Noncompetitive Applications Get a Streamlined Review of the Grant Application Basics tutorial, and the What to Do if You Did Not Succeed section of the How to Write a Grant Application tutoria

NIH would like to remind you about publications you need to include in your progress report and about NIH citations in your article.

What to Include in Progress Reports

When submitting your progress report, remember to include only the publications for that grant, not all the publications for the past year. NIH evaluates your progress on a specific grant, not your overall progress as a researcher.

People often have no publications the first year; make sure you state that you have no publications if that is the case. See the PHS 2590 instructions on publications.

Always Cite Us in Your Publications

Asa grantee receiving federal funds, you should cite NIH's support in your articles. It's also important because success stories strengthen our case to Congress that the money they give us is spent well, which helps preserve the flow of funds to grantees.

Grantees receiving federal funds should cite NIH support not only in journals, but also in press releases, bid solicitations, and other documents. Include the level of federal support and the amount from other sources.

Almost all NIH funding opportunities are open to for-profit organizations. Search the NIAID Funding Opportunities List and contact other institutes. Note that you will face strong competition with funding opportunities open to large companies and academic investigators.

4. Get Genotype and Phenotype Data for Your Research

You can request individual-level genotype and phenotype data from dbGaP, the database of Genotype and Phenotype operated by the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information.

The database is an archive that lets you access genome-wide association studies to examine the relationship between phenotype and genotype. Connecting phenotype and genotype data provides information about the genes possibly involved in a disease process or condition, which is critical for better understanding the disease and for developing new diagnostic methods and treatments.

You can find out more about the database at About dbGaP. Find out more about the data and the request procedure in the Eye on PI section of the May 2007 NIH Extramural Nexus.

5. The Table of Contents of the July 6, 2007 NIH GUIDE

The previous static listings for browsing published NIH Guide announcements have been replaced with real-time database query listings that retrieve only active Requests for Applications ( RFAs ) and Program Announcements ( PAs ), based on the expiration dates stated in those announcements. The new listing for NIH Guide Notices displays Notices published over the last two years, by default, since expiration dates are not currently assigned to these announcements. Links to these new resources are available from the main NIH Guide Funding Opportunities and Notices page ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html ).

All announcements (active plus inactive) in each category may also be viewed by using selections in the drop-down box at the top of each listing page. Clicking on header links allows re-sorting of lists. In addition, a new Ad Hoc NIH Guide Database Search page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_guide.htm is available, which allows for individualized queries with various selection criteria.

Ifyou have any difficulty obtaining the information you need from the Guide, contact Carol Reichenbach, carol.reichenbach@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252, or Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at MC extension 6193.

NIH Guide For Week Ending July 6, 2007

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of Guide]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=7-06-2007