Does anyone have a good way of explaining the new NIH appendix rules for
electronic applications?

In particular:

If you want a reviewer to be able to magnify a photomicrograph, are you
limited to using a compressible format (e.g. JPEG) within the research
plan?  [Thereby assuming that he/she is reviewing the proposal on screen]

Related to above, what does the following exception mean?
"...images may not be included in the Appendix (EXCEPT when part of a
qualifying publication)."
does this mean you can submit them only as part of a manuscript OR if they
are part of a manuscript, you may extract the figures and submit them
separately?

Does "free, online, publicly available journal link" mean free without
required subscription?  So, are most papers really "free" to the reviewer
who is not hooked up to his institution's library?

Should/May you include a list of urls in the appendix for the papers you
want reviewers to look at?

And...

Was it ever typical for an applicant to submit copies of publications in
the Appendix of a NEW application?  i.e. to strengthen a feasibility or
preliminary data issue?

thanks

Charlie

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