toolkit
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Sample Applications and Documents
The NIH collects links to genuinely funded applications released by several institutes, in most cases with the reviewers' summary statements attached, spanning R01, R03, R21 and fellowship awards. Reading a funded application beside the summary statement that praised or criticised it is the fastest way to learn what a strong Specific Aims page looks like in practice. Treat them as models of argument rather than as current formatting templates.
- Task
- Grants & funding
- Time
- 3 hours
- Level
- intermediate
- Cost
- Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.
- Tools
- None in particular
- Published
- 2026-04
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