REVISED PHS 398 APPLICATION FORM SOON TO BE AVAILABLE NIH GUIDE, Volume 21, Number 4, January 31, 1992 P.T. 34 Keywords: Grants Administration/Policy+ Public Health Service The newly revised Public Health Service grant application form -- Standard Form PHS 398 -- will be available for shipping to applicants and applicant organizations early in March 1992. This revision, dated 9/91 and approved through 6/30/94, replaces the current version that was revised 10/88 and approved through 3/31/91. Applicants are to use the new form starting with: the May 1, 1992, receipt date for AIDS applications; the May 10, 1992, receipt date for NRSA Institutional Training Grant applications; the June 1, 1992, receipt date for unsolicited research grant and Research Career Development Award (RCDA) applications; and the June 19, 1992, receipt date for the Academic Research Enhancement Award applications. Responses to requests for applications with receipt dates after May 1, 1992, are to use the new form. The revised PHS 398 form contains many significant changes and additions. Some of the more important changes are: a modest increase in the page limitations for the research plan and the introduction to revised applications; restrictions on appendix materials; an introductory section that describes the peer review process and includes contact telephone numbers for the awarding components of the Public Health Service; the requirement to list all of the personnel, not just the key personnel, on the abstract page; a detailed discussion of the various assurance and certification requirements; and an explanation of the required documentation regarding gender and minority representation in study populations. To request two or more copies of the PHS 398 (revised 9/91), contact: Administrative Services Office (PHS 398) Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health Westwood Building, Room 436 Bethesda, MD 20892 To request a single copy if the PHS 398 (revised 9/92), contact: Office of Grants Inquiries (PHS 398) Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health Westwood Building, Room 449 Bethesda, MD 20892 To assist delivery, please include a completed mailing label for each box of 50 applications. INQUIRIES Direct questions regarding the use of the PHS 398 revised (9/91) to the program contact listed in the Program Announcement or Request for Applications or for unsolicited applications, on of the contacts listed in the revised PHS 398. .
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