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Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) and Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (T35) provide domestic, nonprofit, and private or public graduate-level
academic institutions with
funds for training predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates.
Senior
investigators who head research or training programs at an institution
generally apply for these grants.
Trainees must be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents with a valid Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551). People on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
For more information, see:
How Long Does Support Last? NIAID awards T32s for five years, with the chance to renew.
We make awards annually, with further support contingent on performance
and
funding availability.
Trainee appointments are usually in one-year
increments; new appointments must be at least nine months except
when we've approved a short-term training position. A trainee
can remain
in
a program
for a maximum of five years for predoctoral trainees; three years
for postdoctoral trainees.
For more details,
see the trainee appointments section of T32
Training Grants -- Key Administrative Information.
T35s may be awarded for periods up to five years and are renewable.
Trainees must pursue research training for two to three months on
a full-time basis, devoting at least 40 hours per week to the program. What Do Training Funds Pay For? T32 and T35 grants provide funds for:
- Stipends --
See NRSA Stipend Levels -- FY 2008 for details.
- Facilities
and administrative costs based on eight percent of modified
total direct
costs. State and local government agencies may request full
reimbursement.
- Tuition and fees:
- Predoctoral trainees --
60 percent of level requested by applicant institution,
up
to $16,000 per year; 60 percent
up to $21,000 for formally combined dual-degree training.
- Postdoctoral trainees -- 60
percent of level requested by applicant institution,
up to $4,500 per year; 60 percent
up to $16,000 for additional degree.
- Trainee travel, including attendance at vital scientific
meetings. We do not set a limit on
how much you can request, though the norm is $1,000 for each
trainee.
- Training-related expenses -- including additional
research costs and health insurance --
of $4,200
a year per predoctoral trainee and $7,850
a year per postdoctoral trainee.
- On a case-by-case basis,
institutional costs for accommodating disabled trainees in addition
to usual costs paid by training-related
expenses.
Note on effort requirement: Trainee
appointments require full-time effort, 12 person
months a year.
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