PHS Policy and the NIH Grants Policy Statement ( ) require institutions to verify, before award, that the IACUC protocol and the grant application(s) funding the project utilizing IACUC protocol describe the same care and use of animals. In addition to the project abstract, NIH requires a separate upload: a 2-sentence Project Narrative that explains the relevance of the proposed research to human health.įor proposals to the Department of Health and Human Services, use the project summary form found here: /grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html Project Description/Research Strategy The IRS team has templates for the abstract/project summary for many sponsors on our Box.com site. Often there are strict formatting requirements for this section such as limits on the number of characters (NSF), words, or lines (NIH), as well as instructions on using the third person or including specific information on expected outcomes. The Abstract or Project Summary must be suitable for public distribution and understandable to both the scientist and layperson.

See the relevant sponsor’s grant proposal guidelines to ensure all formatting and other requirements are met.

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