Re: NIH appendix materials Elsa Nadler 24 Jan 2007 15:53 EST
Folks, Check pages I-111-112 in the November SF 424 guidelines. See below, Elsa Elsa G. Nadler, EdD Grants Manager Department of Community Medicine 1 Medical Center Drive PO Box 9190 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9190 Tel: 304/293-3546 Fax: 304/293-6685 >>> Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU> 1/24/2007 11:53 AM >>> 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] ***You may not include a photomicrograph in the appendix. Page I-112 of the November guidelines say that "photographs or color images of gels, micrographs, etc. are no longer accepted as appendix material." You may include an entire publication; you may NOT extract an image from that article for inclusion in the appendix. (reference same page). 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? ***"Free, online, publicly available" means free to anyone outside of a library subscription. Should/May you include a list of urls in the appendix for the papers you want reviewers to look at? ***URLs are perfectly acceptable in the appendix, in fact recommended. Page I-111 says that "Publications - No longer allowed as appendix materials except in the circumstances noted below." And below are (1) manuscripts or abstracts accepted for publication but not yet in print, (2) manuscripts published but not freely available online and (3) patent documents relevant to the project. It has long been common practice to submit copies of in press publications, especially when they strengthened preliminary data. I am not quite sure what to make of the statement that "publications and/or abstracts in press should no longer be included in the appendix material." 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 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================