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Biographical Sketches

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Timing: Submit with application

Applies to: All Senior/ Key Personnel and Other Significant Contributors

What to disclose: Include positions and honors, list any relevant foreign and domestic, paid and unpaid academic and professional appointments, achievements, and honors including voluntary, guest, adjunct, honorary May 25, 2021 Changes

  • NIH renamed Section B “Positions and Honors” to be “Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors” and updated the instructions to read (specific changes are in bold italics):
    • List in reverse chronological order all positions and scientific appointments both domestic and foreign, including affiliations with foreign entities or governments. This includes titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received, and whether full-time, part-time, or voluntary (including adjunct, visiting, or honorary). High school students and undergraduates may include any previous positions. For individuals who are not currently located at the applicant organization, include the expected position at the applicant organization and the expected start date.
  • Section A (Personal Statement)- all applicants may include details about ongoing and completed research projects from the past three years to which they want to draw attention within the personal statement, Section A (previously known as research support)
  • Section D-
    • Non-Fellowship- "Research Support" removed
    • Fellowship- "Research Support" removed and replaced with "Scholastic Performance"

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