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Purpose

Attention fellowship candidates, sponsors, research program administrators, and anyone else involved with NIH fellowship application preparation! 

The NIH fellowship application and review criteria are undergoing changes effective for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. Changes include a restructuring of the review criteria used to determine overall impact scores, as well as modifications to the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form, candidate biosketch, and referee letter instructions. Together, these changes will improve the ability of peer review to identify the most promising fellowship candidates for funding by the NIH.

Ready to learn how these changes will impact your application? To help you prepare, the NIH is hosting a webinar on September 19, 2024. NIH experts will provide essential updates and their impact on the application and review process. Participants will gain insight into the goals behind these changes, which are intended to:

1. Better focus reviewer attention on three key assessments: the fellowship candidate’s preparedness and potential, research training plan, and commitment to the candidate
2. Ensure a broad range of candidates and research training contexts can be recognized as meritorious by clarifying and simplifying the language in the application and review criteria
3. Reduce bias in review by emphasizing the commitment to the candidate without undue consideration of sponsor and institutional reputation

Webinar: Revisions to the Fellowship Application & Review Process 

• Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
• Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
• Free virtual event
• Registration Required

How to Participate

• Visit the NIH Grants Event Page for presenters, additional resources, and registration link.
• Register for the webinar at any time before or during the event.
• Submit your questions during the registration process. Some will be used to help develop the presentation, while others will be answered during the Q&A.

Event Resources

The following will be available on this webinar’s NIH Grants Event Page:

• Presentation slide deck: Posted 24 hours in advance of the webinar.
• Video recording, transcript, and final presentation slide deck will be available approximately 7–10 business days after the event concludes. 

Related Resource: Web Page - Revisions to the NIH Fellowship Applications and Review Process  
 

Reasonable Accommodations 

This webinar will be closed-captioned and include an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. Requests for reasonable accommodations should be submitted at least five days before the event to NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov.
 

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov