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3. New Web Site Makes DMID Services Easier to Find

4. Rules for Application Graphics: The Big Picture

5. The Table Of Contents Of The August 22, 2008 NIH Guide

Federal funding of academic science and engineering (S&E) R&D failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to FY 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. Check out the article here.

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Make Services for Researchers your first stop when looking for research resources from the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

On that site, you can link to complete information on each of DMID's 35 services, organized by type of service, pathogen or disease, or alphabetical listing. No need to sift through disparate pages or perform endless searches.

On each service's landing page, you'll find a description of the service, a list of institutions that provide the service, up-to-date information about how to get the service, and a single, dependable contact to answer your questions.

The site is part of our ongoing effort to make information transparent, easy to find, and customer-friendly.

Graphs, timelines, and other visuals can help your application if you follow the rules for how and where to use them. Always keep the following points in mind:

• Add images to your Research Plan only, not the Appendix or any other section. The only exception for the Appendix is a copy of a manuscript that has preexisting embedded graphics.
  
• Your images count toward the page limit for your Research Plan. For advice, see Page Limits, Formats in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.
  
• To keep file size small, the maximum resolution for a graphic should be 1200 by 1500 pixels, up to 256 colors. Use image compression such as JPG or PNG formats.
  
• Text in graphics must be readable as printed on an 8.5 by 11 inch page. You can use any type size, as long as the text is black and follows the other font requirements in section 2.6 of the Grant Application Guide.
  
• Don't include movies or multimedia in your application. Contact your scientific review officer to request permission to send multimedia separately. The SRO will decide if the additional material is appropriate and tell you how to send it.

Now that you know the rules, be sure to use informative illustrations to highlight key points in your Research Plan, guide reviewers through your application, break up the monotony of text, and enhance the quality of your application.

We summarized the benefits at General Tips for a Successful Research Plan in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.

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 Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252.

NIH Guide For Week Ending August 22, 2008

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

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=8-22-2008