Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your institution trains biomedical researchers, NIH will fund multi-year salaries and infrastructure for predoctoral and postdoctoral cohorts—but only if you have the institutional capacity to run a structured program.
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What this is
This is an institutional training grant, not a project grant—it funds programs that train future researchers, not individual research projects. Eligible domestic institutions (universities, nonprofits, some for-profits, and government entities) can apply to develop or enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training curricula, including didactic and career development components. Trainees participate in mentored research but cannot independently lead clinical trials. This is designed for research institutions with established infrastructure and the capacity to host and oversee structured training cohorts, not for solo founders or early-stage ventures.
Who can apply
Domestic institutions only: public and private universities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, state/county/city governments, some for-profits, and tribal governments. Small solo founders and startups are not the intended audience; this requires institutional infrastructure, mentorship capacity, and a track record in research training. For-profit applicants must be non-small-business entities.
Eligible applicant types
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- City or township governments
Full description — from the agency
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and/or enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training, including short-term research training, to help ensure that a highly trained workforce is available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. Research training programs are expected to incorporate engaging, didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. Programs proposing only short-term predoctoral research training should not apply to this announcement, but rather to the Kirschstein-NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant Program (T35) exclusively reserved for predoctoral, short-term research training.This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.
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