GrantSlam is a Windows-based program dedicated to preparing NIH/Public Health Service grant applications using the PHS-398 and PHS-2590 forms. As medical researchers, we developed GrantSlam to be easy to use, to produce high-quality printouts, and to contain the functions and information we ourselves wanted in such a program. The result is that the electronic forms appear on screen just as they do on paper, and they serve as the front end for a database file structure. Data entry is quick and easy; all budgetary calculations are automatic and immediate. The output from a LaserJet III is virtually identical to original forms from PHS. We incorporated on-screen "Help" containing relevant sections of the PHS booklets and included additional Biosketch, Other Support, INRSA, and RCDA forms.
Since each investigator will want to choose his or her own word processor for preparing the body of the grant, we provide Continuation Page templates in ...
