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Notices, Policy Announcements and Other Information:

 

Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grants

Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships

 

Predoctoral Fellowships

F30 - NINDS Medical Student Dual -Degree MD/PhD Fellowships

Support for NRSA MD/PhD fellowships is designed to help ensure that highly trained clinician-scientists will be available in adequate numbers to conduct basic and clinical research in disorders relevant to the mission of the NINDS. The applicant must be enrolled in an MD program at an accredited medical school, accepted in a related scientific PhD program, and supervised by a mentor in that scientific discipline when the application is submitted. The typical applicant will apply during the first or second year of medical school for funding to begin in the subsequent year, but applications may be submitted during later years as well.  However, NINDS adheres strictly to the requirement in the program announcement that, at the time the award is made, applicants must have a minimum of 1 year of dissertation research remaining in their MD/PhD program.

It is requested that applicants provide a timeline in all F30 submissions of their entire MD/PhD program, and specify when during this timeline medical school curricula and research will be pursued. This timeline should list the actual months and years (i.e., calendar months and years, not just "year 1, year 2, year 3," etc.) of their program, with highlighted reference to the dates within that timeline for which F30 support is requested. A convenient place to put this information would be at the end of item 20, on a continuation page if necessary, on Form Page 3 of the PHS 416-1 application form. 

F31 - National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows

NINDS provides National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral training fellowships (F31) to promising applicants with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in the scientific mission areas of the Institute. This program will provide predoctoral training support for doctoral candidates who are within their first 6 years of graduate school, have or will have successfully completed their comprehensive examinations or the equivalent by the time of award, and will be performing dissertation research and training. Support will be provided for a maximum of 3 years. The applicant should provide evidence of potential for a productive research career based upon the quality of previous research training and academic record. The applicant must propose a dissertation research and training program that falls into a research area within the scientific mission of the NINDS. The research training experience must enhance the applicant's conceptualization of research problems and research skills, under the guidance and supervision of a committed mentor who is an active and established investigator in the area of the applicant's proposed research. The research training program should be carried out in a research environment that includes appropriate human and technical resources and is demonstrably committed to the research training of the applicant in the program he/she proposes in the application.

F31 - NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

NINDS provides National Research Service Award (NRSA) training fellowships to outstanding predoctoral candidates from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.  The intent of this program is to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented populations in biomedical research.  Award recipients will receive up to five years of research training leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, a combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, or another formally combined professional and research doctoral degree in biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical sciences.  Support is NOT available for individuals enrolled in medical or other professional schools UNLESS they are enrolled in a combined professional doctorate/PhD degree program in biomedical or behavioral research. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Michelle Jones-London in the NINDS Office of Minority Health and Research for additional information.

 

Last updated January 29, 2009