Charlie,
I believe we should trust the topic sentences.
At MUSC, we had an application receive an ERROR because the project
narrative was too long (more than a few sentences).  It was edited, then
went through.
Susan

Charlie Hathaway wrote:
> Re: Abstract vs Narrative discussion last week (sort of)
>
> Bibliography & References Cited attachments in an NIH proposal.
>
> NIH Gg Guide V2, Part I, Section 4.4.8 says, "Provide a bibliography of any references cited in the Project Narrative".
>
> I just came kinda close to submitting a proposal with references stuck in the appendix because the administrative person preparing the PureEdge file knew that there were no references cited in the 2-3 sentences about relevance.   !!!!
>
> I know, if you read everything you will see, 2 paragraphs down, next to the NIH icon, that it explains that this section is to be used (as most have assumed) for the former "Literature Cited" section.  Still, should we be able to trust topic sentences?
>
> [Also...I'm not sure if this was brought out last week : there have been cases (i.e. Shared Instrumentation Grants) in which the "Project Narrative" section in an NIH electronic proposal WAS used for the full project write-up.]
>
> C. Hathaway
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