NIH National Research Service Award F31

About

The NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) F31/Kirschstein Fellowship supports promising graduate students who are pursuing training and research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of participating NIH institutes. Most research-oriented fields in the biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences are eligible. The fellowships provide up to five years of support.

The purpose of the fellowship award is to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and those with disabilities. Through this award program, promising predoctoral students will obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting well-defined research projects in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist.


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Contact

Graduate students on Main Campus should contact Elizabeth.George@georgetown.edu if they are interested in submitting an application. GUMC students who have a mentor on Main Campus should also contact Elizabeth.George@georgetown.edu. GUMC students who do not have a Main Campus mentor should work with RDS.