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3. Can You Renew an SBIR or STTR Phase II Grant?

4. What is the proper format for bibliography and references in a grant application?

5. The Table Of Contents Of The July 25, 2008 NIH Guide

Fogarty International Center

Fogarty International Center is NIH's outreach to the rest of the world.

Division of Intramural Research

NIAID's Division of Intramural Research -- also offers training, fellowship, and collaboration opportunities for extramural researchers.

Vaccine Research Center

You may also want to look into opportunities with the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), the part of the intramural program working to create vaccines for human diseases, especially AIDS.

You've already submitted your application, but wait, something's missing! Is there anything you can do?

NIH issued new NIH Best Practice Guidelines to define what application materials you can submit after the deadline and explain how to send them in.

But note that the scientific review officer decides whether to accept any additional information.

NIH also warns you not to use these procedures to try to get around submission deadlines, page limits, or content requirements.

In many cases, you can. You can apply to renew your Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) phase II award if you are developing a product that requires FDA approval or refines durable medical equipment designs.

To improve your chances of success, address the following points in your application:

• How you have hit the milestones of your phase II project.
• The timeframe to complete your research and this project's stage within that timeframe.
• A realistic commercialization plan, including your exit strategy from NIH funding, e.g., product licensing or an acquisition of your company.
• Any significant interest in your product from a potential collaborator.

For help with an application strategy, go to Advice on NIH SBIR and STTR Applications.

NIH accepts any standard citation style. We advise you to list no more than 100 citations, which should include the following:

• Names of all authors, listed in the same order as the source publication.
• The article title.
• Name of the book or journal, volume number, page number range, and year of publication.

Keep in mind that you have to follow NIH's public access policy when citing a paper that results from NIH funding. This requirement applies to new and renewal applications and progress reports.

Read how to comply at Bibliography and References Cited in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal. This page also gives you more information on formatting guidelines, including sample formats.

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.

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

NIH Guide For Week Ending July 25, 2008

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

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=7-25-2008