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Guidelines and Forms
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the University's cognizant agent. Federal cognizance means that HHS has primary responsibility for overseeing research activity at Harvard. Cognizance is determined by funding support levels.
Harvard receives most of its funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a unit of HHS. Below is more information about HHS, NIH and our other major federal sponsors.
Certain of our sponsors have specific reporting requirements. Below are the links to our major federal sponsor sites where specific reporting requirements are typically required.
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
The home page of the National Institutes of Health includes these major headings: Health Information, News and Events, Scientific Resources, Institutes, Centers and Offices, About NIH, and Grants and Funding Opportunities:
- Grants news
- Applications
- Grants policy
- NIH Guide
- Award data
- Research training
- Research contracts
- CRISP database
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts is the official publication of NIH policies, procedures, and availability of funds.
Program Announcement (PA) announces increased priority and/or emphasizes particular funding mechanisms for a specific area of science. Applications are accepted on the standard NIH dates.
Request for Applications (RFA) identifies a more narrowly defined area for which one or more NIH institutes have set aside funds for awarding grants; receipt date is specified in the RFA.
Notices: Policy Updates and Request For Proposals (RFP)
Provides notices and grants policy statements indicating changes and revisions to NIH policies.
Provides downloadable NIH application forms.
NRSA Individual National Research Service Award Training Grants (PHS 416-1)
Application forms and instructions. Individual NRSAs are available at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowship levels.NRSA Individual National Research Service Award Continuation Application (PHS 416-9)
Applications to continue previously recommended support of an Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).Public Health Service Grant Application (PHS 398)
Instructions and fillable application forms. Allows for downloading of Individual and Combined form files.Public Health Service Grant Non-competing Grant Progress Report (PHS 2590)
Instructions and fillable application forms. Allows for downloading of Individual and Combined form files.
National Science Foundation
Overview of Grants and Awards
General Information and PoliciesFastLane
Principal Investigators at Harvard can use the NSF FastLane Proposal Preparation application to prepare his/her proposal, and save it as a work in progress. Once the representative in the pre-award office is granted access to a proposal, he/she can submit the proposal to NSF using the "Submit Proposal" module the of FastLane application. (For assistance obtaining a password, consult your pre-award representative).Awards Management
School of Public Health, Office of Financial Services
Sponsored Programs Administration, HMS / HSDM
Department of Commerce
Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) are announcements that appear in the Federal Register, printed each business day by the United States government, inviting applications for Federal grant programs.
Department of Defense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
The central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD.Office of Naval Research, Acquisition Department, Grants and Contracts
Department of Education
Home page, with links to Grants and Contracts, including information on funding.
Department of Energy
Office of Science
Grant solicitation notices, grant application guides and forms.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Online research announcements.
Research Opportunities Online
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters Research Opportunities web site provides access to research opportunities offered by the NASA Offices at NASA Headquarters.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Apply for a grant
Guidelines, application materials, grant programs offered, and deadlines for specific programs.
State Department
Office of the Procurement Executive - Grants Opportunities- Requests for Grants Proposals (RFGP)
