Opportunity
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