Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual
Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Purpose of the Award
- Enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, health services, and clinicalresearch workforce in the United States by providing opportunities for academic institutions to identify and recruit students from diverse population groups to seek graduate degrees in healthrelated research and apply for this fellowship
- Provides up to five years of support for research training leading to the PhD or equivalent research degree, the combined MD/PhD degree, or another formally combined professional degree and research doctoraldegree in biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical sciences
Applicants
- Must have a baccalaureate degree or equivalent
- Must be currently enrolled in a PhD or equivalent research degree program, a formally combined MD/PhD program, or other combined professional/clinical doctoral/research PhD graduate program in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences at an accredited domestic or foreign institution
- Must not be pursuing an MD, DDS, or other clinical, health-professional degree and/or training (with the exception of a combined degree program as mentioned above)
- This award seeks to stimulate the participation of individuals from diverse backgrounds, as including the groups specified in NOT-OD-20-031
- Each full-time predoctoral or postdoctoral NRSA fellow is eligible to receive $2,500 per budget period for childcare costs provided by a licensed childcare provider. Childcare costs are permitted for dependent children living in the eligible fellow’s home ages 12 and below, or children who are disabled and under age 18. Please see NOT-OD-21-074 for additional information.
Applications
More Information
- Visit the parent F31 Announcement through the Parent Announcement page
- Visit the F Kiosk for information about the Kirschstein-NRSA Individual Fellowships.
- For more about the review criteria and considerationsfor F applications, visit Review Criteria at-a- Glance.
- For more information on scoring and critique templates: Scoring System and Procedure, Critique Template Instructions.
- A comprehensive list of Guidelines for Reviewers is available at /grants/peer/reviewer_guidelines.htm