if your lab is awarded grant by nih, do you call it nih or the institution it is called?

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My lab is part of state college of medicine and i just noticed that it was awarded nih grant. Does that mean that i can write in amcas that i did research at nih or would i just write, for instance "university of florida college of medicine" instead? just confused here about when people write nih in their apps

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You did not do research at NIH. That would imply that you worked in the intramural research program at the actual NIH campus. You did research in a lab with an NIH award, or at an NIH funded institution. But really I don't think that's worth mentioning, it's the actual institution you were at that matters.

Edited to add: Probably the only time I would suggest specifically mentioning the grant that funded your research is if you had a direct role in writing the application for the grant/are named on the grant in some way. That would be a cool thing to mention, imo. But otherwise it's assumed that your lab will have funding from somewhere, you don't need to mention NIH. An adcom can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I'm pretty familiar with the grants process and wouldn't feel the need to know this if I was reading your resume. Your PIs name and institution would be more than enough information if I really wanted to know more about your funding sources.
 
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My lab is part of state college of medicine and i just noticed that it was awarded nih grant. Does that mean that i can write in amcas that i did research at nih or would i just write, for instance "university of florida college of medicine" instead? just confused here about when people write nih in their apps
The grant went to the lab, not you. You don't get to mention it.

If you did, expect to be skewered by interviewers.
 
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