Key Dates

Related Announcements

• September 12, 2023 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity). See NOFO PA-23-271. 

Issued by

Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to clarify that the Description of Candidate’s Contribution to Program Goals is the only requirement from the institution to certify eligibility for PA-23-271 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity)". The Description of Candidate’s Contribution to Program Goals must be on institutional letterhead and scanned so that an institutional official signature is visible.

Additionally, this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is corrected to remove the “Certification Letter” language in Section IV, changes to the NOFO are shown below.

Section IV. Application and Submission Information of PA-23-271 has been modified as follows:

Currently Reads:

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

Other Project Information

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed.

Certification Letter

Applicants are required to attach a letter from the institution certifying eligibility of the Fellowship applicant for this program. The certification letter must be on institutional letterhead and scanned so that an institutional official signature is visible. See instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.

Revised to Read:

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

Other Project Information

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed.

All other aspects of this NOFO remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Division of Biomedical Research Workforce
Office of Extramural Research
Website: https://researchtraining.nih.gov
Email: NIHTrain@mail.nih.gov