Archive - From the Grant Up

The NIH rejection you can't appeal: a foreign risk self-audit & July Funding Radar

Today's edition: A foreign risk self-audit for NIH applicants, plus what's new across OMB, NIH, NSF, and ARPA-H.

Jul 4 • Lana Plotnikova

May 2026

May funding radar + a citation verification workflow for grant proposals.

Today's edition: what agencies are saying about AI and citations, plus what's new across DOT, NSF, NIH, and ARPA-H.

May 20 • Lana Plotnikova

Funding radar + DoD SBIR Phase I battle-tested submission checklist

Today's edition: the full pre-submission checklist, plus what's new across DoD, NIH, and DARPA.

May 7 • Lana Plotnikova

April 2026

First post-reauthorization SBIR cycle: what's open, who should apply, and what actually changed

90+ DoD topics. 92 NASA topics. One new law. Here's what matters and what doesn't.

Apr 29 • Lana Plotnikova

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