Re: Type Size for an NIH application Liane Reif-Lehrer 25 May 1999 09:38 EST
The type size to be used for an NIH application is spelled out in the PHS instruction booklet (Rev 4/98) in the top half of the right hand column of page 6. LRL >The instructions in the 398 book state "the height of the letters must not >be small than 10 point; 2) type density must be no more than 15 cpi. Have >you tried the 12 point? With that you should get less than the 15 cpi. >Remember, also, that "no more than 6 lines of type must be within a vertical >inch." > >At 03:47 PM 5/24/99 -0400, you wrote: >>This has been discussed, but I lost my copies! >> >>What typeface and size has been discovered which meets NIH requirements on >>the 398? We have been using Times New Roman 10, but, based on a rejection >>from AHCPR, it has more than 15 Characters per inch. >> >>This is a critical question, as we have been providing "fill in the blanks" >>398 forms for the June/July deadline with this typaface/size. >> >>Chuck >> >>Herbert B. Chermside, CRA >>Director, Sponsored Programs Administration >>Virginia Commonwealth University >>PO BOX 980568 >>Richmond, VA 23298-0568 >>Express Delivery Only: >> Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 >> 11th & Marshall Streets >> Richmond, VA 23219 >>Voice: 804-828-6772 >>Fax 804-828-2521 >>OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU >>Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu >>http://views.vcu.edu/views/ospa/ >> >> >>====================================================================== >> 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") >>====================================================================== >> >> >Audrey C. Buck >Senior Contract Administrator >Research Services >Phone: (215) 573 6709 >Fax: (215) 898 9708 >email: xxxxxx@pobox.upenn.edu > > >====================================================================== > 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") >====================================================================== Liane Reif-Lehrer, PhD PO Box 645 Belmont, MA 02478 Tel: 781-863-1117 Fax: 781-674-0436 (To get the fax tone, press the * key AFTER the message starts; For autofax: program 781-0436,,,,,,,,,,,* ) ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================