Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)
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If you're a dual-doctorate student at an institution without NIH training support and want to become a physician-scientist, this fellowship funds your dissertation research and integrated clinical training.
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What this is
The Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F30 is a predoctoral fellowship specifically for students enrolled in combined MD/PhD or similar dual-doctoral degree programs who lack access to NIH-funded institutional training programs. Applicants must propose an integrated research and clinical training plan with a dissertation project in health-related fields aligned with NIH institute missions. The program explicitly excludes leading independent clinical trials but allows participation in sponsor-led trials, targeting students with strong potential to become independent physician-scientists.
Who can apply
Applicants must be students matriculated in a combined MD/PhD, DO/PhD, DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, or DVM/PhD program at institutions without existing NIH-funded institutional predoctoral dual-degree training programs. Eligible organizations include institutions of higher education (public, private, and state-controlled), nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, and for-profit organizations. Individual applicants are supported through their institution.
Eligible applicant types
- 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)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support students at institutions without NIH-funded institutional predoctoral dual-degree training programs. The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA, dual-doctoral degree, predoctoral fellowship (F30) 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. DO/PhD, DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician/clinician-scientists. Candidates must propose an integrated research and clinical training plan and a dissertation research project in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The fellowship experience is expected to clearly enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent physician/clinician-scientist. This NOFO is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow candidates to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.
Topics: dual-doctorate fellowship · md phd funding · physician-scientist training · predoctoral research support · nih nrsa · clinical research training
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