How to apply...
Application Procedure:
Application forms and information concerning the areas of science being supported may be obtained from the MARC Branch, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive MSC 6200, Bethesda, MD 20892-6200, and completed applications should be submitted to the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, for assessment by a scientific review committee. Application forms are also available on-line at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110 "Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations."
Note: Each program will indicate whether applications are to be submitted to the Federal headquarters, regional or local office, or to a State or local government office.
Award Procedure:
All accepted applications for institutional National Research Service Awards are reviewed for scientific merit by an appropriate initial review group and by a national advisory council. (NRSA applications for the support of individual fellows are not reviewed by the council.) All approved applications compete for available funds on the basis of scientific merit and program emphasis.
Note: Grant payments may be made by a letter of credit, advance by Treasury check, or reimbursement by Treasury check.
Awards may be made by the headquarters office directly to the applicant, an agency field office, a regional office,
or by an authorized county office. The assistance may pass through the initial applicant for further distribution by
intermediate level applicants to groups or individuals in the private sector.