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NIH electronic submission
NIH Electronic Submission Begins 10 March 2006 NIH is rolling out a new electronic proposal submission system.
Not exact matches
Specifically,
NIH's
electronic -
submission program is a collaboration between eRACommons (
NIH's
electronic research administration organization) and Grants.gov, which is managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
As I mentioned last month,
electronic submission of
NIH grant proposals has already started for certain programs.
If the process seems more complex than it ought to be, it's because
NIH isn't merely switching to
electronic application forms; they have a legal mandate to switch to a government - wide standardized
electronic -
submission procedure.
Since all
electronic submissions must be connected to a funding announcement,
NIH has established «parent» funding announcements (R01 and others) that
electronic grant applications can reference.
Since
NIH switched to
electronic submission, applications are made using the SF424 (R&R) form.