Collection of Supporting Materials

All supporting materials in final format are to be in the ONR office no later than fifteen (15) business days before the sponsor’s deadline.  Prior to this deadline, the ONR staff will assist as outlined below.

Biographical Sketches:

• Collection and review of biosketches for each key person and consultant in the Principal Investigator’s (PI) grant application after PI has made initial contact with them.
• Conversion of CV or resume to acceptable NIH biosketch (2010 short format).
• Upload biosketches into the grant application.
• Maintain electronic copy of each biosketch submitted with a grant application.
• Maintain electronic copy of master NIH formatted biosketch with all prior Personal Statements, Positions & Honors, Publications and Research Support (ongoing projects and those completed in the past three years).  This master biosketch will be returned for updating purposes with each new grant application.

Letters of Support:

• Collection and review of letters of support for consultants and other significant person/entities in the PI’s grant application after PI has made initial contact with them.  Word files rather than pdf files are preferred.
• Obtain permission from author of letter to change the letter date when grant submission has been delayed.
• Upload letters into the grant application
• Maintain electronic copy of each letter of support submitted with a grant application.

Letters of Reference:

• Collection and review of letters of reference for referees after the applicant for an F or K series award has made initial contact with them.
• Upload each letter of reference directly to the eRA commons for the candidate.

Maintain electronic copy of each letter of reference submitted with a grant application.