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

The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) enables promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research projects in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the candidate's dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. This program supports graduate students pursuing research in diverse health-related fields including drug use and addiction, aging, environmental health, medical library science, complementary and integrative health, oral diseases, alcohol research, deafness and communication disorders, vision research, minority health and health disparities, child health and human development, cardiovascular diseases, sleep disorders, nursing research, blood diseases, allergy and infectious diseases, diabetes and kidney diseases, cancer research, neurosciences and neurological disorders, arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases, lung diseases, and technological innovations to improve human health. This Notice of Funding Opportunity does not allow candidates to propose to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow candidates to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.