Here's how to get started:
- Discuss your project with your Supervisor and Administrative Research Director or Manager.
- Complete an Application Initiation Form (AIF) by the due date indicated in Table 1.
- The AIF due date is 30–90 days before the sponsor deadline, depending on the application complexity.
- You may ask a Clinical Research Coordinator with detailed project knowledge to complete this form for you.
Due Date (# Days before Sponsor Deadline)Application Characteristics
60Federal sponsor
60Includes a collaborating institution to be paid through Ochsner
60Requires equipment lease/purchase
90Project requires construction, renovation, or real estate lease/purchase
90Includes patient care
30None of the above - Follow additional steps as requested by the grants team. See Table 2 for a summary timeline
RequiredInternal Due DateComments
Budget InformationAt least three weeks before the sponsor deadline.
For complex applications or those including the budget items specified in Table 1 above, additional time may be requested.Either
- Email a WORD document including the information specified in the Budget Justification guidance , or
- Complete the REDCap Budget Information Form
All application documents in final form—including biosketchesAt least date.five (5) working days before the sponsor dueCurrent NIH biosketch forms and instructions can be found here.
For more information, see our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Grant Applications.