NIH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
I Have a Research Proposal for NIH. Now what? Office of Emergency Care Research
By Jeremy Brown, MD
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In the last column I discussed the pros and cons (and yes, there are cons) of getting funded from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Usually, (but not always) the pros win, and you would like to proceed with an application to the NIH. So what should you do? First, make sure you have a one-page (and not a word over) written summary that explains the problem you want to address, why it is important, and how you propose to carry out the research. If it is a clinical trial, explain the endpoints, the number of subjects in each arm, and how long it will take. Finally, include a very rough estimate of the cost. No one will hold you to any of this and your final proposal is sure to look different
“It is best not to contact an institute with an idea that you have not yet fleshed out to the degree of a one-page summary. ” (and cost more), but it helps the NIH project officer get an idea of what you and your project are all about. It is best not to contact an institute with an idea that you have not yet fleshed out to the degree of a one-page summary.
academic track, what your project addresses, and where you work. In other words, it is hard to provide a simple answer to this straightforward question. But let’s give it a shot, and start with an easy case:
Now that your one-page summary is ready, what next? Well, it depends on who you are, where you are in your
I am a previously funded NIH researcher, and now I have new proposal.