Grant Resources

NIH Samples: Applications, Attachments, and other Documents

If you are new to writing grant applications, sometimes seeing how someone else has presented their idea can help as you are developing your own application. With the gracious permission of successful investigators, some institutes have provided samples of funded applications, summary statements, sharing plans, leadership plans, and more. More

NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Program Resources

Samples and additional resources. More

NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15)

Resource page with links to several resources. More

NIAID Sample Applications & More

Several NIAID investigators have graciously agreed to share their exceptional applications and summary statements as samples to help the research community. Below the list of applications, you’ll also find example forms, sharing plans, letters, emails, and more. Find more guidance at NIAID’s Apply for a Grant.

NCI Sample Applications & More

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) often receives requests for examples of funded grant applications. Several investigators and their organizations agreed to let Implementation Science (IS) post part of their dissemination and implementation grant applications online. We are grateful to them for letting us provide this resource to the community.

For confidentiality, we redact some information from these documents, such as budgets, social security numbers, home addresses, and introductions to revised applications. We also only include a copy of the SF 424 R&R Face Page, Project Summary/Abstract (Description), Project Narrative, Specific Aims, and Research Strategy. We do not include other SF 424 (R&R) forms or basic information found in full grant applications, such as performance sites, key personnel, or biographical sketches. More.

NCI Sample Cancer Epidemiology Grant Applications

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) frequently receives questions from investigators for examples of successfully funded grant applications. Several investigators and their organizations agreed to let the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) post excerpts of their grant applications online. The applications in the table below are excellent examples of grantsmanship. More/a>