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NIH awards individual fellowship grants (often referred to as the "F" series) to provide research experience to students and scientists at the graduate and postdoctoral levels.
NIH is revising the fellowship review criteria used to evaluate fellowship applications and modifying the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form to align with the restructured review criteria. Learn more.
Purpose
Individual fellowship programs provide mentored research experience to students and scientists at various stages of their careers.
These fellowships may provide a stipend, institutional allowance to help support the costs of training, tuition and fees, and childcare costs. Please see the funding opportunity for details.
Search for Individual Fellowships (F) Funding Opportunities
The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts is NIH's official publication of notices of grant policies, guidelines, and funding opportunities.
View Current Funding OpportunitiesReview Criteria
To find the criteria reviewers will use to evaluate your application, see Section V of your funding opportunity.
Still looking for a funding opportunity? Check out the Fellowship Parent Announcements, which are broad funding opportunities allowing applicants to submit investigator-initiated applications. Parent Announcements include the minimum standard review criteria appropriate for their program.
Programs by Career Stage
Period during which a student who has earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree is pursuing additional education and performing research to obtain a research doctorate. Clinical students acquire the knowledge to earn the clinical doctorate degree.
Postdoctoral refers to a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced training for those who have received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue their chosen career path. Residency refers to a graduate medical education (GME) program that provides physicians with hands-on experience and training in a specific medical specialty after they graduate from medical school.
Stage at which investigator leads research programs in an academic, industry, or government setting with independent (often peer-reviewed) research funding and have delivered significant research outputs due to their experience and scientific quality.
Also Consider...
- Dissertation Award (R36)
- Fellowship for Intramural Dual-Degree Scientists (FIDDS) (FM1)
- Administrative Supplements – An administrative supplement is a non-competing award that provides additional funding to a currently funded grant. NIH participates in funding opportunities for specific programs: