Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) (PA-18-403)

NCI-Specific Information:
NCI T32 training programs must be cancer focused. No less than 75% of the trainees per award year must be postdoctoral fellows.

The Principal Investigator (PI) must hold an R01, or R01-like, peer-reviewed cancer-focused research grant at the time of application. The PI is expected to maintain such grant support during the project period. Mentors are expected to have independent R01, or R01-like, research funding. New and Early Stage Investigators (/grants/new_investigators/investigator_policies_faqs.htm) with no such funding may serve as co-mentors. For the NCI T32, R01-like research funding includes peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources and private foundations. The award duration is expected to be for at least 3 years with a minimum of $150,000 direct costs per year. Grants under a no-cost extension do not qualify.
Additional NCI-specific information/requirements/guidelines can be found at: http://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/training/funding/t32

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: Contact Program staff
• Application Submission Dates: January 25; May 25; September 25
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NEI Specific Information:

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Contact Program staff
• Travel Costs: Contact Program staff
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 (AIDS date September 7)
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: No

NHGRI Specific Information:
NHGRI supports research training in its three scientific mission areas: : 1) Genomic Sciences to support pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training with a focus on the quantitative sciences, bioinformatics, and technology development: For details, consult Notice NOT-HG-14-016 located at:/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HG-14-016.html; 2) Genomic Medicine to support post-doctoral training only: For details, consult Notice NOT-HG-14-017 located at: /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HG-14-017.html ; and 3) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genetic and Genomic Research for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training with a focus on developing multi-disciplinary conceptual and methodological skills necessary to pursue independent careers as ELSI researchers - consult Notice NOT-HG-15-004 located at: /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HG-15-004.html.

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Program Directors to discuss their concept for this initiative during the development stages of the application.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: For trainee travel expenses, contact program staff. NHGRI will provide additional travel expenses up to $3000 per year for total training staff (not per individual) to travel to the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting. Training staff includes PDs/PIs, coordinators, and training faculty.
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 only (new applications); January 25, May 25, or Sept 25 (renewal and resubmission applications).
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NHLBI Specific Information:
The NHLBI supports training programs to prepare individuals to become productive researchers in the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood; and in the uses of blood and blood resources.

The request for “Just-In-Time” information is not applicable to NHLBI training grants (Section VI, 1. Award Notices of this PA).
NHLBI has special policies, requirements and review criteria for their T32 grants. Refer to the following URL for this information: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/node-general/supplemental-guidelines-ruth-l-kirschstein-institutional-national-research-service.

Currently available training funding opportunity announcements can be found here: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/grants-and-training/training-and-career-development

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes, short-term summer positions
• Travel Costs: Up to $1,400 per trainee per year may be requested for trainee travel (for pre- and post-doctoral trainees only)
• Application Submission Dates: January 25 (AIDS date May 7) (new, renewal, resubmission, revision); September 25 (resubmission applications only). An AIDS deadline does not apply due to expedited Council Review of the applications.
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes (see https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/node-general/supplemental-guidelines-ruth-l-kirschstein-institutional-national-research-service#application-procedures-including-applications-with-direct-costs-of-500000-or-more-in-any-one-year)

NIA Specific Information:
Potential applicants are encouraged to visit the NIA website to identify current NIA priorities at:http://www.nia.nih.gov.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Contact Program staff
• Travel Costs: Contact Program staff
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 (AIDS date September 7)
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: yes

NIAAA Specific Information:
NIAAA supports research training for students who are active in alcohol research in order to promote the application of new biomedical, behavioral and statistical technologies that advance alcohol research.

• Application Submission Dates: May 25 (AIDS due date September 7)
• Travel Costs: Applicants may request up to $2250 per trainee per year with acceptable justification that meets the training objectives. Contact program staff for additional guidance about travel cost.
• IC approval is required 6 weeks before the due date, if the budget exceeds $499,999 direct cost. For details click Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Direct Costs

NIAID Specific Information:
NIAID supports research training in its scientific mission and priority areas-
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases.

For information on NIAID's training grants, see https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/training-grants

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: $1000 per trainee, per year
• Application Submission Dates*: January 25 and Sept 25 for non-AIDS applications; May 7 and Jan 7 for AIDS applications
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

(*Note: all dates begin in 2017 except AIDS January 7 date begins in 2018)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

Scientific Program Contact:

Grants Management Contact:
Susan Toy
Phone: (301) 594-3506
Email: [email protected]

NIAMS Specific Information:
See: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/Funding_Opportunities/T32_program.asp

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: $1000 per trainee per year
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 only
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NIBIB Specific Information:
NIBIB supports predoctoral, postdoctoral, or combined research training in its scientific mission areas (www.nibib.nih.gov/research/scientific-program-areas). Postdoctoral programs may support either PhD or MD degree holders, the former programs typically focusing on basic and the latter focusing on clinical or translational research. NIBIB will accept applications proposing training in biomedical imaging, bioengineering, and biomedical informatics, including multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary programs integrating engineering and the biological and physical sciences. Applicants should address the institutional impact and the added-value of their program to its participating departments and/or degree-granting programs. NIBIB normally expects a 2-year training experience for predoctoral and postdoctoral PhD trainees but allows a 1-year training experience for medical residents and clinical fellows. Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the NIBIB website (www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers) to learn more about this program and other NIBIB research training opportunities.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No.
• Travel Costs: $1,000/trainee/yr.
• Application Submission Dates: May 25.
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes.

NICHD Specific Information:
NICHD supports training programs in research areas relevant to the institute’s scientific objectives. The general mission of NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives. In pursuit of these goals, NICHD supports a broad spectrum of research on normal and abnormal human development, including contraception, fertilization, pregnancy, childbirth, prenatal and postnatal development, and childhood development through adolescence. The mission areas also include research on intellectual and developmental disabilities and rehabilitation medicine. More detailed information can be found at: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/fundedbyNICHD

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: $500 per trainee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 only
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NIDCD Specific Information:

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: yes
• Travel Costs: $800 annually per full-time trainee appointee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25
• Because of their clinical doctorate degree Au.D. Audiologist must be appointed as postdoctoral trainees in T32 programs. Au.D. Audiologists interested in pursuing a biomedical research Ph.D. degree should apply to the NIDCD Research Dissertation Fellowship for Au.D. Audiologists (F32 - /grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-700.html).
• NIDCD expects T32 trainees to submit applications for subsequent research training and research funding either to NIH or any other funding entity.
• Renewals – successful renewal applications should demonstrate that trainees pursued subsequent research training and research funding and/or stayed engaged in the biomedical research enterprise as co-investigators, consultants, and/or collaborators either in academia, clinic, and/or industry.

NIDDK Specific Information:

NIDDK supports the training of predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, or both, on institutional research training grants in the areas of research supported by the Institute: diabetes, endocrinology, metabolic diseases; gastroenterology, hepatology, obesity, nutrition; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic disorders.

NIDDK expects the T32 Program Director/Principal Investigator(s) [PD/PI(s)] to be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and lead a research program supported by the NIDDK. The PD/PIs should also have a successful record of accomplishment in training. The PD/PIs should identify mentors who are supported by R01, or equivalent, funding in the mission areas of the NIDDK. Training programs must propose research training within those mission areas.

The Institute also expects that trainees who are supported by the NIDDK T32 program publish the results of their T32-supported research and pursue research or research-related careers subsequent to their training. Trainees are highly encouraged to pursue additional funding support, including, but not limited to, NIH individual fellowships (Fs) and career development awards (Ks). Applicants to the NIDDK T32 program are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate NIDDK program director before beginning the process of applying for a research training grant. For further information, see our website: http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Funding/TrainingCareerDev/

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes (medical students only)
• Travel Costs: Up to $1000 per year per trainee
• Application Submission Date: May 25 (note single annual receipt date)
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NIDA Specific Information:
NIDA encourages applications to support predoctoral, postdoctoral, or combined predoctoral/postdoctoral research training. Programs should prepare individuals to become productive researchers in substance use disorder research. Potential applicants are encouraged to visit the NIDA website to identify current NIDA priorities at: https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/2022-2026-strategic-plan. Please visit https://www.drugabuse.gov/funding/research-training/extramural-research-training-career-development for additional NIDA T32 NRSA guidance.


If submitting an AIDS application, please notify NIDA staff of your intention to submit at least one month prior to the AIDS receipt date, below. This is recommended as a courtesy only, to facilitate the planning of the review, and will not enter into the review of the application.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: Capped at $1000 per trainee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 for non-AIDS applications; Sept 7 for AIDS applications
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: No

NIEHS Specific Information:
Applications submitted to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences should be responsive to the mission of the NIEHS, which is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives. Potential applicants should consult the NIEHS web site ( https://www.niehs.nih.gov/) for further information on the research topics and training programs supported by the Institute.

NIEHS accepts applications for predoctoral, postdoctoral or combined predoctoral/postdoctoral programs.

Training Grant applications are expected to have a substantial base of NIEHS funded research grant support.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: $300 per predoctoral slot, $600 per postdoctoral slot
• Application Submission Dates: May 25

NIGMS Specific Information:

NIGMS only accepts applications to the Parent T32 FOA for postdoctoral training programs. Applications must be compliant with the NIGMS Institutional Postdoctoral Training Grants Program Description and Guidelines.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: $500 per postdoctoral trainee
• Application Due Date: January 25

NIMH Specific Information:
NIMH encourages T32 applications in the research areas supported by the Institute (see About our Organization for links to the extramural science divisions and their interests and priorities and Research Priorities for current strategic research priorities). Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Institute Program staff (contact information to the left in this table) well in advance of the receipt deadline to discuss their application plans.

NIMH accepts applications for predoctoral and/or postdoctoral training. See NIMH NRSA Practices and Guidance for NIMH NRSA practices and guidance for T32 applications, and the link to the recorded NIMH T32 informational webinar.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes, for medical students
• Travel Costs: Up to $750/predoctoral trainee and up to $1200/postdoctoral trainee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25 for non-AIDS applications; Sept 7 for AIDS applications
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: $500 per trainee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: No

NINR Specific Information:
The NINR funds this program to enable institutions with schools of nursing to make awards to individuals with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing for predoctoral and postdoctoral research training. Innovative scientific programs that are interdisciplinary are especially encouraged. Applications from institutions which implement strategies for identifying and recruiting students who have already completed a Bachelor's Degree in a field other than nursing; students who are from an under-represented group; or students who are currently BSN-Ph.D. students are particularly encouraged. Applicants are encouraged to review NINR's Mission and Strategic Plan(NINR Mission and Strategic Plan) for additional information on the Institute's research and training goals.
Once students are selected for the T32 program, the generation of an annual individual development plan (IDP) is strongly encouraged. The IDP should include specific, measurable, action-based goals with realistic timelines, strategies to acquire skills and knowledge to realize goals.
It is strongly suggested that the annual report addresses how the student has met the research or IDP goals and evidence of PI/mentor and student productivity.

If the research goals are unmet, the mentor is strongly encouraged to generate a plan for how the student will meet specific research goals.
During the course of the training period students are strongly encouraged to have the experience of writing a grant application for extramural funding (may be an F31 or from other non-federal sources).
NINR will consider support for up to two T32s per institution.

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: Up to $800 per trainee
• Application Submission Dates: May 25
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

NCCIH Specific Information:

NCCIH supports this program at institutions that have the research expertise, curriculum, infrastructure, and faculty for complementary and integrative health-related research training. For more information about NCCIH research-training programs, see: https://nccih.nih.gov/training

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: Yes
• Travel Costs: Contact Program staff
• Application Submission Dates: January 25 (new, renewal, resubmission, revision); May 25 (renewal, resubmission, revision); September 25 (renewal, resubmission, revision)
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes

ORIP Specific Information:
Restricted to graduate veterinarians only. Additional guidance on ORIP/DCM website, see: ORIP

• Short-term Training Positions Allowed: No
• Travel Costs: Contact Program staff
• Application Submission Dates: Standard due dates
• Letter required in advance if application will request $500,000 or more in direct costs: Yes