Preparing Proposals
This section covers all New, Competing Renewal, Revised, and Supplemental submissions. Noncompeting Progress Report / Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR's) are covered in the Post Award Grant Management section.
Internal Penn Proposal Information and Support
- PennERA login
- PennERA Proposal Development Reference Guides
- PennERA Proposal Development -Child submission process for supplements, non-competing continuations, and revised budgets
- Penn Data for Proposals (current DHHS F&A rate agreement, DUNS #, Congressional District, etc.)
- PSOM Guidance/Reminders for Proposal Submissions (internal deadlines, who can be a PI, etc.)
- PSOM Proposal Template Resources include:
- Resources & Environment
- Penn Medicine Facts and Figures
- Biomedical Research Core Facilities Infrastructure Language
- Research Strategy/Outreach
- Data Sharing
- Letters of Support
- Examples of Multi PI Leadership Plan
- Animal Resources
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
- T32 Template language
- T32 Harassment & Discrimination Protection Letter
- S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant Resources
- Which Office Gives Final Institutional Approval-Sponsor List
External Proposal Information
- NIH Grants Process Overview
- NIH Grants Process: The Big Picture YouTube video
- NIH Receipt, Review, Award Cycles
- NIH Multi-Project Activity Codes requiring proposal submissions via ASSIST rather than S2S in PennERA
- NIH form sets used for consortium agreements with flow-thru entities:
- FDP Federal Audit Clearinghouse Data For Penn (the link address can be used when Prime institution is requesting Penn audit information)
PI Relevant Information
- Navigating the NIH
- NIH Peer Review: "Live" Mock Study Section
- Resubmission Rules
- Samples of actual applications - NIAID
- Inclusion across the Lifespan Policy
- Biosketch and Other Support Guidelines (NOT-OD-21-073)
- Managing Pending and Current Other Support Tools (more info)
- PennERA Other Support Management Guide