Research Funding: How to Apply

Note: Please contact your local Administrative Officer or the Research Service at your facility to learn about local forms and requirements such as R&D Committee approvals (aka Just-in-Time).

• Submission Calendar
• Important Information Regarding HSR&D Merit Review Deadlines Cycle I (Winter) and Cycle III (Summer) (49 KB, PDF)
• For Merit Award RFAs and Program Announcements please go to Electronic Submission of Research Proposals [VA Intranet only – link will not work outside VA]
• Intent to Submit (ITS) Website
• A Guide for Preparing and Submitting VA-ORD Applications via Grants.gov - VA
• Policies, Handbooks and Guidelines
• Multiple PI Policy
• R&R Budget Component - Budget Guidance
• Planned IT Expenditures Table
• Summary Budget Worksheet Template
• VA Central IRB and HSR&D studies
• Forms needed in your application
• Central Office Contacts - Contact information for the various funding programs and portfolios, and for general administrative questions

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Other Resources

• Cost Analyses in HSR&D Studies: Information for Applicants and Reviewers
• Data Quality: Race and Ethnicity Information in Medical SAS Datasets
• Data Quality Alerts: Information for Applicants and Reviewers
• Gap analysis & finding collaborators: Try Dimensions for VA - a web-based search and discovery tool connecting publications, grants, researchers, and trials, across topic area, location, funder, etc. Learn about it here: http://vaww.hsrd.research.va.gov/dimensions/