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Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowships (F Series) is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH awards individual fellowship grants to provide mentored research experience to students and scientists at the graduate and postdoctoral levels in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences.
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NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) (PA-20-245) https://grants. nih.
gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-245. html The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA, dual-doctoral degree, predoctoral fellowship (F30) is to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students, who are matriculated in a combined MD/PhD or other dual-doctoral degree training program (e.g. DO/PhD, DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists.
Applicants must propose an integrated research and clinical training plan and a dissertation research project in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The fellowship experience is expected to clearly enhance the individuals’ potential to develop into productive, independent physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists.
NLM supports research career development in data science, clinical/public health informatics, bioinformatics, translational informatics and consumer health informatics. We define informatics as the intersection of computer, information, biomedical and behavioral sciences with one or more application domains.
Application domains of interest include health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, public health and others. This program expires on May 8, 2023. Deadlines for application – April 8, August 8 and December 8 each year.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) (PA-20-246) https://grants. nih.
gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-246. html The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
The proposed mentored research training must reflect the applicant’s dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. NLM supports research career development in data science, clinical/public health informatics, bioinformatics, translational informatics and consumer health informatics.
We define informatics as the intersection of computer, information, biomedical and behavioral sciences with one or more application domains. Application domains of interest include health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, public health and others. This program expires on August 9, 2023.
Deadlines for application – April 8, August 8 and December 8 each year. Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) (PA-20-251) https://grants.
nih. gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-251. html Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enable and enhance the diversity of promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
The proposed mentored research training must reflect the applicant’s dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. NLM supports research career development in data science, clinical/public health informatics, bioinformatics, translational informatics and consumer health informatics.
We define informatics as the intersection of computer, information, biomedical and behavioral sciences with one or more application domains. Application domains of interest include health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, public health and others. This program expires on May 8, 2023.
Deadlines for application – April 8, August 8 and December 8 each year. The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.
In order to accomplish this goal, NRSA training programs are designed to train individuals to conduct research and to prepare for research careers. More information about NRSA programs may be found at the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) website.
It is expected that the mentored research training experience will provide: A strong foundation in research design, methods, and analytic techniques appropriate to the proposed dissertation research; The enhancement of the applicant's ability to conceptualize and think through research problems with increasing independence; Experience conducting research using appropriate, state-of-the-art methods, as well as presenting and publishing the research findings as first author; The opportunity to interact with members of the scientific community at appropriate scientific meetings and workshops; Skills needed to transition to the next stage of the applicant’s research career; and The opportunity to enhance the applicant’s understanding of the health-related sciences and the relationship of the proposed research to health and disease.
Last Reviewed: July 2, 2025
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Students and scientists at the graduate and postdoctoral levels seeking mentored research experience. Specific eligibility may vary by funding opportunity. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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