FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Institutional Training Grants

Institutional Training (T) Grants provide individual research training opportunities (including international) to trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. There are various types of T grants, each developed to support the training of graduate students and/or postdoctoral scholars.

The National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) provides domestic, nonprofit, and private or public graduate-level academic institutions with funds for training predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates. T32 funds cover NRSA stipends, tuition & fees, travel, training-related expenses, and other expenses.

Immunology Institutional Training Grant (T32)

Immune responses protect us from infections but on the other hand can be destructive, leading to autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis or allergic responses such as asthma. Although, during the last 50 years, a tremendous amount has been learned about the immune response still much remains to be discovered. Thus, the goal of this Grant is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows in further research on the basic mechanisms of the immune response, and application of such training to translational research.

Current Immunology T32 Awardees

Previous Immunology T32 Awardees

Bioengineering Institutional Training Grants (T32)

Translational/Clinical Linked Training Award (TL1)

The TL1 is a Linked Training Award To support research training experiences for pre-doctoral trainees who are interested in pursuing research careers in multi-disciplinary clinical and translational science. The training award is administratively linked to another project or projects. The TL1 is used in lieu of the T32 for those programs that offer linked awards.

Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Under its Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (Kirschstein-NRSA) program, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports the training of biomedical, behavioral and clinical researchers through individual pre and postdoctoral fellowships.

Kirschstein-NRSA fellowship awards are made specifically to the individual graduate student (as Principal Investigator) rather than to the applicant institution. Although the graduate student is the Principal Investigator, an institution faculty member must serve as the fellowship sponsor.

Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/​PhD (F30)

The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program 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. DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists. 

Learn more about the NRSA T30 Award

F30 Awardees

Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program is to enable promising predoctoral students with potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientists, to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research. The F31 is also used to enhance workforce diversity though a separate program.

Learn more about the NRSA F31 Award

F31 Awardees

Other National Awards

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

As detailed in the Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity (NOT-OD-20-031), NIH encourages institutions to diversify their student and faculty populations to enhance the participation of individuals from groups identified as underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. As such, competitive individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM may be awarded additional support via a supplement to certain grants.

Learn more about these supplements.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. GRFP seeks to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000.

Learn more about the NSF GRFP.