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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Award Info:

Stipend for FY 2021: $25,836  

Tuition: an amount per predoctoral trainee or fellow equal to 60% of the actual tuition level at the applicant institution, up to $16,000 per year, will be provided

Training Related Expenses on Institutional Training Grants: Predoctoral Trainees: $4,200

Institutional Allowance for Individual Fellows:

Institutional Allowance for individual fellows (F30, F31, F32, F33) sponsored by non-Federal Public, Private, and Non-Profit Institutions (Domestic & Foreign, including health insurance):

·         Predoctoral Fellows: $4,200

Institutional Allowance for individual fellows (F30, F31, F32, F33) sponsored by Federal and For-Profit Institutions (including health insurance):

·         Predoctoral Fellows: $3,100

Description:

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.

There are three cycles throughout the year and the due dates for each cycle are listed below:

Cycle I – April 8

Cycle II – August 8

Cycle III – December 8