NIH Biosketch Form

Purpose of this Form

An NIH biosketch is required for all Senior/Key Personnel included in NIH grant applications and is used to showcase your education, professional experience, contributions to science and scholarly activities, along with current and completed research support.

As detailed in NIH Notice NOT-OD-24-163, NIH will be adopting Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support to be used with all applications and Research Performance Progress Report(s) (RPPRs).

Samples

Forms Version C (use also for Fellowship Sponsor/Co-Sponsors)

Forms Version C (use only for individual predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, dissertation research grants [R36],and Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research [Admin Suppl])

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For fellowship applications, the applicant must use the NIH fellowship applicant biosketch. Fellowship sponsor/co-sponsors must use the NIH general biosketch.

Form Facts

Form Type: Word Document

Updated: 11/06/2015

Owner: Sponsored Projects Services

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