Required Application Documents


  • Required Documents - The Applicant (PI) is required to submit specific documents, which vary for each award program. In addition, other individuals (called Third Parties) associated with the application will provide supporting documents. All required documents must be uploaded into ProposalCentral by the applicant before the proposal can be submitted to the AHA. The lists displayed below are only for award mechanisms with pending submission deadlines.
  • Reference Reports/Letters - Several programs require reference reports or letters. Referees will upload their documents into ProposalCentral by using a link that will be sent to them via a system-generated email message. Referees must upload their documents before the proposal can be submitted. Applicants should communicate deadlines (both institutional and AHA) to those providing reference letters.
  • Instructions - For items below that are not hyperlinked, instructions are contained in the Application Instructions (PDF). The maximum number of pages permitted for each item is listed below.
  • ProposalCentral - Submission of proposals for AHA research funding is done entirely online, using ProposalCentral. Paper submissions are not accepted. Only the required documents can be submitted; there is no mechanism for supplemental materials.

AHA Predoctoral Fellowship and AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Applicant

  • Proposed Research Plan (5 pages)
  • Biosketch/Personal Statement (5 pages)
  • Literature Cited (4 pages)
  • Vertebrate Animal Subjects (no page limit)
  • Resubmission Modifications (if applicable, 2 pages)

Third Party Personnel

Referees:

Sponsor/Mentor and Co-Sponsor/Co-Mentor:

  • Biosketch of Sponsor (5 pages)
  • Biosketch of Co-Sponsor, if one has been named (5 pages)

** For each of the following three items, AHA requires one document from the sponsor/mentor that also includes information for the co-sponsor/co-mentor, if one has been named. **

Optional third-party personnel:

Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training

Applicant (program director)

Third Party Personnel, if listed in application

Career Development Award

Applicant

  • Research Plan (8 pages)
  • Biosketch (5 pages)
  • Career Development Plan (3 pages)
  • Literature Cited (4 pages)
  • Research Project Environment (DOC) (2 pages)
  • Budget Justification (DOC) (2 pages)
  • Vertebrate Animal Subjects (if applicable, no page limit)
  • Resubmission Modifications (if applicable, 2 pages)

Third Party Personnel

AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA)

Applicant

Third Party Personnel

  • Provost's Letter of Institutional Eligibility (1 page)

Optional third-party personnel:

Established Investigator Award

Pre-Proposal
(letter of intent)

  • Pre-proposal (letter of intent) (2 pages)
  • List of 15 most impactful and/or foundational publications relevant to proposal or this program  (2 pages)
  • Applicant/PI Biosketch (5 pages)

INVITED FULL PROPOSAL:
Applicant

Third Party Personnel

Merit Award

Letter of Intent

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity

Fellow/Trainee

  • Proposed Research Plan (3-page limit)
  • Biographical Sketch (5 pages) -- NIH OMB No. 0925-0001 and 0925-0002 (Rev. 03/2020  approved through 02/28/2023). No need to reformat to AHA page specifications.
  • The fellow is expected to prepare the lay summary. The lay summary is not a document to be uploaded, rather it is entered through form fields in Proposal Central. We list it here, so the fellow may be aware.

Mentor

  • Biosketch of Mentor and Co-Mentor, if applicable (5-page limit per Mentor)
  • Past and Current Trainees (3 pages per mentor)
  • Research Project Environment (no page limit)
  • Training Plan of Mentor (and Co-Mentor, if named) (3 pages total)

Refer to Sponsor/Mentor Information page for details.

Collaborative Sciences Award

Pre-Proposal

  • Pre-proposal (letter of intent) (3 pages)
  • Biosketch from each proposed Co-Principal Investigator (5 pages per Co-PI)

INVITED FULL PROPOSAL:
Initiating Co-PI

 Additional Co-PIs

Other Third Party Personnel
(if applicable)

Strategically Focused Research Network

CENTER Required Documents

PROJECT Required Documents 

Innovative Project  Award 

Pre-proposal
(letter of intent)

  • Pre-proposal (letter of intent) (1 page)
  • List of 15 most impactful and/or foundational publications relevant to proposal or this program  (2 pages)
  • Applicant/PI Biosketch (5 pages) 

Applicant

Third Party Personnel

Transformational Project Award

Applicant

Third Party Personnel