Narrative outline
Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers (U18). One section per scoring criterion, in the notice's order, so reviewers find each answer where they expect it. Fill in every [[NEEDS: …]] with your own facts.
Narrative limit: 30 pages. Suggested pages follow each section's share of the 100 points. Source: PAR-24-251_Animal_and_Veterinary_Innovation_Centers_Full_Notice_of_Funding_Opportunity_Announcement.pdf.
Significance · 25 points · about 7.5 pages
What reviewers look for (notice p. 10):
Significance (25 points) Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field?
[[NEEDS: your answer to this criterion, with facts and numbers from your organization]]
Investigator(s) · 15 points · about 4.5 pages
What reviewers look for (notice p. 11):
Investigator(s) (15 points) Are the PD(s)/PI(s), collaborators, and other researchers well suited to the project?
[[NEEDS: your answer to this criterion, with facts and numbers from your organization]]
Innovation · 20 points · about 6 pages
What reviewers look for (notice p. 11):
Innovation (20 points) Does the application challenge and seek to shift current research or clinical practice paradigms by utilizing novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions?
[[NEEDS: your answer to this criterion, with facts and numbers from your organization]]
Approach · 25 points · about 7.5 pages
What reviewers look for (notice p. 11):
Approach (25 points) Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project?
[[NEEDS: your answer to this criterion, with facts and numbers from your organization]]
Environment · 15 points · about 4.5 pages
What reviewers look for (notice p. 11):
Environment (15 points) Will the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success?
[[NEEDS: your answer to this criterion, with facts and numbers from your organization]]
Built from the notice's scoring section. The notice controls: confirm section names, order and limits there before you write.