Grant Application Guide

Below are guides to the Application Packages most often utilize by most grant mechanisms which come through our office. Each is a modified version of the SF424 Application Packages used by Grants.gov. These guides in no way supersede the directions provided by individual application instructions; these are simply meant to provide a more condensed and easier to use general guides. In each document, there is a Table of Contents, Hyperlinked Bookmarks (Adobe Reader Left-Side Panel), and Directions on how to best utilize the guide. We hope that this will ease the complexity of grant applications.

• USA HRSA Application Guide (for use with most HRSA mechanisms)
• General Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies
• Career Development Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies
• Training Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies
• Fellowship Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies
• Multi - Project Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies
• SBIR/STTR Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agencies

Please be sure to read and follow your FOA/RFA thoroughly. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Annotated Forms set

FORMS-G (for use with grant application due dates on/after January 25, 2022)

• Annotated Form Set for NIH Grant Applications – FORMS-G Series (PDF – 5 MB)
• Annotated Form Set for NIH Small Business (SBIR/STTR) Grant Applications
• NIH Multi-project Applications: Annotated SF424 (R&R) Form Set

FORMS-H Series (NIH grant application due dates on/after January 25, 2023)

• Annotated Form Set for NIH Grant Applications - FORMS-H Series (PDF - 5MB)
• Multi-project Annotated Form Set – FORMS-H Series (PDF – 7 MB)
• High-level Grant Application Form Change Summary: FORMS-H (PDF - 180 KB)