Consider it the same as a consultant letter and place just before the Checklist.

However, Letters of Reference per se are not usually requested (e.g. for an R01), and in the case of a renewal, I'm not sure that testimonials mean very much.  In fact, a reviewer might see it as a way to divert his/her attention from poor progress or publication during the previous project period.

You might consider making the writer an unpaid co-investigator or consultant who in the course of agreeing to offer guidance or help during the project says what a terrific project it is and how it fits in well with the already stellar accomplishments of the (young?) applicant.

Charlie Hathaway

At 04:01 PM 6/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out with this. I have a PI
>who is submitting a NIH Competing Continuation and wants to include a
>"letter of recommendation" with the application. Does anyone have any
>suggestions on where within the application this could be included?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Attachment Converted: "C:\ALNET_WS\EUDORA\Attach\dao1.vcf"
>
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