NIH PDF Guidelines
RAFT Session
11-21-2014
Margins
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Must be at least one-half inch for all pages on
ALL sides (top, bottom, left and right)
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No information should appear in the margins,
including:
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PI’s name
Page numbers
Logos
Hyperlinks
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Not allowed in the SF424 Research Plan
documentation where PDFs are uploaded as
part of the application
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If active links are allowed (check application
guide and announcement instructions), then a
valid URL must be displayed within the
document
Attachment File Size
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Grants.gov recommends keeping size of
attachments to 100MB or less
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NIH limits the size of attachments in a multiproject application to 35 MB
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Can us image compression (JPEG or PNG) to
keep file sizes down
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Maximum size of images should be ~1200 X 1500
pixels
Guidelines
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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/pdf_guidelines
.htm
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Last updated 2/14/14
Q&A
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