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      Sample Grant Applications


**On this page:**Research Project Grants (R01): Sample Applications and Summary StatementsEarly Career Research (ECR) R21 Awards: Sample Applications and Summary StatementsExploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) Awards: Sample Applications and Summary StatementsPreparing a stellar grant application is critical to securing research funding from NIDCD. On this page you will find examples of grant applications and summary statements from NIDCD investigators who have graciously shared their successful submissions to benefit the research community.You can find more details about the NIDCD grants process from application to award on our How to Apply for a Grant, Research Training, or Career Development Funding page.For more examples of applications for research grants, small business grants, training and career awards, and cooperative agreements, please visit Sample Applications & More on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website.**Always follow your funding opportunity’s specific instructions for application format.** Although these samples demonstrate stellar grantsmanship, time has passed since these applications were submitted and the samples may not reflect changes in format or instructions.**The application text is copyrighted.** You may use it only for nonprofit educational purposes provided the document remains unchanged and the researcher, the grantee organization, and NIDCD are all credited.**Section 508 compliance and accessibility:** We have reformatted these sample applications to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and users of assistive technology. If you have trouble accessing the content, please contact the NIDCD web team.Research Project Grants (R01): Sample Applications and Summary StatementsInvestigator-initiated Research Project Grants (R01) make up the largest single category of support provided by NIDCD and NIH. The R01 is considered the traditional grant mechanism. These grants are awarded to organizations on behalf of an individual (a principal investigator, or PI) to facilitate pursuit of a research objective in the area of the investigator's research interests and competence.Leora R. Cherney, Ph.D., & Allen Walter Heinemann, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago*"Defining trajectories of linguistic, cognitive-communicative and quality of life outcomes in aphasia"*Full Application (5.59MB PDF)Summary Statement (336KB PDF)Robert C. Froemke, Ph.D., New York University Grossman School of Medicine*“Synaptic basis of perceptual learning in primary auditory cortex”*Full Application (5.3MB PDF)Summary Statement (608KB PDF)Rene H. Gifford, Ph.D., & Stephen Mark Camarata, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center*"Image-guided cochlear implant programming: Pediatric speech, language, and literacy"*Full Application (9.63MB PDF)Summary Statement (485KB PDF)Stavros Lomvardas, Ph.D., Columbia University Health Sciences*"Principles of zonal olfactory receptor gene expression"*Full Application (6.37MB PDF)Summary Statement (183KB PDF)Christopher Shera, Ph.D., University of Southern California*"Understanding otoacoustic emissions"*Full Application (6.9MB PDF)Summary Statement (447KB PDF)Early Career Research (ECR) R21 Awards: Sample Applications and Summary StatementsThe NIDCD Early Career Research (ECR) R21 Award supports both basic and clinical research from scientists who are beginning to establish an independent research career. The research must be focused on one or more of NIDCD's scientific mission areas. The NIDCD ECR Award R21 supports projects including secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; translational research; outcomes research; and development of new research technology. The intent of the NIDCD ECR Award R21 is for the program director(s)/principal investigator(s) to obtain sufficient preliminary data for a subsequent R01 application.Ho Ming Chow, Ph.D., University of Delaware*“Neural markers of persistence and recovery from childhood stuttering: An fMRI study of continuous speech production”*Full Application (7.64MB PDF)Summary Statement (736KB PDF)Brian B. Monson, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*"Auditory experience during the prenatal and perinatal period"*Full Application (3.74MB PDF)Summary Statement (525KB PDF)Elizabeth A. Walker, Ph.D., University of Iowa*“Mechanisms of listening effort in school age children who are hard of hearing”*Full Application (10.2MB PDF)Summary Statement (622KB PDF)Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) Awards: Sample Applications and Summary StatementsThe NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research R21 grant mechanism encourages exploratory and developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. NIH has standardized the Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) application characteristics, requirements, preparation, and review procedures in order to accommodate investigator-initiated (unsolicited) grant applications. Projects should be distinct from those supported through the traditional R01 mechanism. The NIH Grants & Funding website explains the scope of this program.Taylor Abel, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, & Lori Holt, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin*“Flexible representation of speech in the supratemporal plane”*Full Application (11.5MB PDF)Summary Statement (1.01MB PDF)Melissa L. Anderson, Ph.D., MSCI, UMass Chan Medical School*“Deaf ACCESS: Adapting Consent through Community Engagement and State-of-the-art Simulation”*Full Application (1.34MB PDF)Summary Statement (354KB PDF)Lynnette McCluskey, Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University*“Ace2 in the healthy and inflamed taste system”*Full Application (6.05MB PDF)Summary Statement (354KB PDF)Benjamin R. Munson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota*“Race, ethnicity, and speech intelligibility in normal hearing and hearing impairment”*Full Application (1.35MB PDF)Summary Statement (378KB PDF)*Note: PDF files can be viewed with the free Adobe Reader.
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