SERCC Templates and Examples

• NIH Research Grant (R) Application Template
  • Specific Aims and Research Strategy (last updated: 3/29/23)
  • Strategies for Addressing Scientific Premise and Rigor (last updated: 10/29/21)
  • Progress Report for Competitive Renewal Applications (last updated: 2/6/23)
• NIH Career Development Grant (K) Application Template
  • Specific Aims and Research Strategy (last updated: 1/18/21)
• NIH Fellowship (F) Application Template
  • Specific Aims and Research Strategy (last updated: 1/18/21)
  • Applicant's Background and Goals for Fellowship Training (last updated: 12/22/20)
• NIH Biosketch Templates
  • For non-fellowship applications (plus example; last updated: 5/30/23)
  • For fellowship applications (plus example; last updated: 5/30/23)
• NIH Diversity Supplements
  • Candidate Eligibility Statement
• NSF CAREER Proposal Template
  • Project Summary and Project Description (last updated 4/13/23)
• Other
  • Template for Timelines and/or Milestones (last updated: 3/11/22)
  • Template for Facilities and Other Resources (last updated: 9/5/22)
  • Template for Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP) (last updated: 9/21/22)
  • Grant Planning Forum presentation template
  • Specific Aims page lexicon

Boilerplate Text

• UI Core Facilities (descriptions to be used in writing grants; last updated: 09/08/23)
  • Example: Facilities and Other Resources page (last updated 10/27/20)
• Facilities and Other Resources Page for center grant proposals (last updated: 09/08/23)
  • Example: Facilities and Other Resources page for center grant proposal (last updated 10/27/20)
  • Related Article: UI earns record $867M in external funding during FY2022 - Office of the Vice President of Research (7/13/22)
  • Related Report: Data Digest - Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (last updated: 09/01/23)
• Paragraph for use in Proposed Training subsection of institutional grants (on opportunities for training in written communication)

Example Reviewer Forms

• Example Reviewer Form for R01 Applications (last updated 10/11/22)
• Example Reviewer Form for K99/R00 Applications (last updated 10/11/22)

Presentations

Developed in collaboration with the University of Iowa Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

• What's in an Aims Page? (PDF | Recording)
• Achieving Clarity in Scientific Writing (PDF | Recording)
• Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility in the Research Strategy (Significance & Approach) (PDF | Recording)
• Considerations for the Research Training Plan (PDF | Recording)
• Writing an NIH Biosketch and Obtaining Letters of Recommendation, SERCC Staff, Presentation (PDF | Recording)

Other

• Writing for Success, SERCC Staff (PDF available on request: Contact us)
• Thinking Like a Reviewer: Strategies to Improve Grant Success, Deborah J. Frank, Seminar (PDF | Recording*)
• Rigor and Reproducibility in NIH Grants, Panel Discussion (Recording*)
• Advice on Rigor and Reproducibility, Deborah J. Frank (PDF)
• Rigor and Reproducibility in NIH Grants, SERCC Staff, Presentation (PDF | Recording*)
• Grants, Grantsmanship, and Peer Review – NIH Career (K) and Research (R) Grants, SERCC Staff, Presentation (PDF)
• Writing an NIH Biosketch and Obtaining Letters of Recommendation, SERCC Staff, Presentation (PDF)

Timetable

• Recommended Timeline for Grant Proposals (includes autofill dates)

Other UI Resources

• Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
  
  • Researcher Handbook
  • New UI Faculty/Staff Researcher Survey
  • Research Development Office (RDO)
    • Resource Library – sample grants and boiler-plate text (HawkID required)
    • External Grant Review
• Human Subjects Office (HSO)
  • Institutional Review Boards (IRB)
  • Central & External IRBs (Single IRB of Record)
  • Human Subjects Research Determinations
  • Education and Training
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  • Office of Animal Resources (OAR)
• The University of Iowa Libraries:
  • Research Data Services
  • Data Management Planning
• Division of Sponsored Programs
  • Grant Bulletin Opportunities
• UI Research Foundation
  • When to Reach Out
  • Submit a Disclosure
  • From Research to Commercialization
  • Policies Regarding Intellectual Property
  • Innovator Education
• Graduate College
  • Fellowship and Grant Support (general information)
  • Fellowship Incentive Program (FIP)

From Funding Agencies

• NIH

​      Note: NIH to replace funding opportunity announcement (FOA) with notice of funding opportunity (NOFO)

• Resources and Programs for NIH Grant Applicants 
• Grant Compliance Questions
• Definition of Human Subjects Research
  • Decision Tool: Am I Doing Human Subjects Research?
  • Human Subjects Research Infographic
  • Exempt Human Subjects Research Infographic
• Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Extramural Nexus newsletter
• Rigorous Resources for Rigorous Research (Update on rigor and reproducibility, July 2, 2018)
• Review Criteria at a Glance
• Definitions of Criteria and Considerations for Research Project Grant Critiques (RPG, R01, R03, R21,...)
  • For NEW definitions (applying to applications due 1/25/19 and later), see SF424 page R-84
• RePORTER: Matchmaker Tool
• Samples: Applications, Attachments, and other Documents
• NIH Videos:
  • What Happens to Your NIH Grant Application
  • NIH Peer Review: "Live" Mock Study Section (2020)
  • Mock NIH Study Section Grant Proposal Review (2016)
  • Top 10 Peer Review Q&As for NIH Applicants
• World Health Organization
  • Handbook – Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Articles/Blogs

• "Data Visualization: A view of every Points of View column" (Presenting data effectively/good graphics), Nature Methods
• "The Best-kept Secrets to Winning Grants," Nature News Feature 2017
• "A better letter," Nature 2016

Books

• Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops workbooks, Stephen W. Russell & David C. Morrison

Other

• AtKisson Training Group (ATG): Research Development, Grant Writing, Leadership
• Written Communication: Video Series, Northwestern University, CLIMB Program (Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring in the Biosciences)