Creating Biosketches Using My NCBI
My NBI allows you to enter all your information and then you can choose to format the information for NIH, NSF, and IES. It does take time the first time you do it and you do have to keep up with new publications, grants, etc., but you can easily create biosketches that are in the proper format based on the federal agency requirements.
- Register for a My NCBI account (for whatever reason the third party OSU login isn’t working) but registering is still easy
- Activate your My NCBI account by clicking on the email they send you
- Once you have registered you will see on the bottom right – SciENcv – Click here to create a new CV
- Then you are good to go – follow the prompts – pick the format you need for the submission you are working on (this SciENcv Biosketches link shows you what all the pages look like for the different agencies)
NIH Biosketches
The biosketch provides an opportunity for each senior/key person listed in an NIH grant application to describe why they are well-suited for their role(s) in the project. If you have never written a biosketch for an NIH grant application or need to brush up and look at a sample or the instructions, continue reading →
Note that there are different instructions for fellowship and non-fellowship bioskectches. Find blank format page and a sample for fellowship biosketches below.
Fellowship Biosketch Blank Format
Postdoctoral Fellowship Biosketch Example
Find FAQs, sample biosketches, and more on our webpage for Biosketch Format Pages, Instructions and Samples. Additionally, you can download NIH Biosketch Workshop presentation slides here
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Example 1 — Slesnick Biosketch 2019
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NSF Biosketches for Senior Personnel
The NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide provides all the guidance you need for both preaward and postaward support. The section of creating Biographical Sketch(es) provides guidance for the content, the length, and how the biosketches need to be uploaded into FastLane or Research.gov (as one PDF document). A NSF webinar in April 2020 provides guidance on both biosketches and current and pending requirements. There is now a fillable PDF form for biosketches and current and pending that should be used after June 1, 2020.
IES Biographical Sketches for Senior/Key Personnel
a) Submission
Each sketch will be submitted as a separate PDF attachment and attached to the Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile. The Institute encourages you to use the IES Biosketch template available through SciENcv or you may develop your own biosketch format. See O’Connell example below.
b) Recommended page length
We recommend that each Biographical Sketch be no more than five pages, which includes Current and Pending Support.
c) Content
Provide a Biographical Sketch for the Principal Investigator, each co-Principal Investigator, and other key personnel. Each sketch should include information sufficient to demonstrate that key personnel possess training and expertise commensurate with their specified duties on the proposed project (e.g., publications, grants, and relevant research experience). If you’d like, you may also include biographical sketches for consultants (the form will allow for up to 40 biographical sketches in total).
Provide a list of current and pending grants for the Principal Investigator, each co-Principal Investigator, and other key personnel, along with the proportion of his/her time, expressed as percent effort over a 12-month calendar year, allocated to each project. Include the proposed education research grant as one of the pending grants in this list. If the total 12-month calendar year percent effort across all current and pending projects exceeds 100 percent, you must explain how time will be allocated if all pending applications are successful in the Narrative Budget Justification. If you use SciENcv, the information on current and pending support will be entered into the IES biosketch template. If you use your own format, you will need to provide this information in a separate table.
Example 1 – IES_2017_Biosketch_OConnell