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International Research Fellowships
Program Purpose
The goal of this program is to support qualified foreign scientists and clinicians with a research or clinical doctoral degree, by enhancing their basic, translational or clinical research skills in a research setting in the United States.
PD/PI
Eligibility
Career level
Only non-immigrant foreign scientists are eligible for this award.
INSTITUTION
Eligibility
U.S. domestic institutions.
Relevant Policy Notices
- Early Stage and Early Established Investigator Policies
- NOT-OD-12-022: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) and Other Fellowship Applications: New Policy on Post-Submission Information on Sponsor's Research Funding
- NOT-OD-13-111: NIH to Transition Payment for Individual Fellowships at Foreign and Federal Sponsoring Institutions, and Awards to Federal Institutions to Payment Management System Subaccounts in FY 2014
- NOT-OD-16-004: NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for 2016 Grant Applications
- NOT-OD-16-034: Advanced Notice of Coming Requirements for Formal Instruction in Rigorous Experimental Design and Transparency to Enhance Reproducibility: NIH and AHRQ Institutional Training Grants, Institutional Career Development Awards, and Individual Fellowship
- NOT-OD-16-047: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2016
- NOT-OD-16-062: Revised: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2016
- NOT-OD-16-080: Clarifications and Consolidated Biosketch Instructions and Format Pages Available for Applications with Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
- NOT-OD-16-081: Reminder: NIH & AHRQ Grant Application Changes for Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
- NOT-OD-16-122: Update: Availability of Resources for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research
Forms and other Guidelines
- Individual Fellowship Activation Notice
- FAQs about Applying Electronically
- FAQs about Biosketches
- Fellowship Applicant Biographical Sketch Format Page
- SF424 Application Guide
- SF424 Individual Fellowship Application Guide for NIH and AHRQ
- Special Instructions for Submitting K22 Applications from Unaffiliated Applicants using the SF424 (R&R)
- How to Write a Grant Application
- Quick Guide for Grant Applications
- Overview of the NIH Grants Process
Currently Supported Investigators
Search for currently supported investigators using NIH RePORTER
Program Data, Outcomes and Evaluations
- NIH Statement in Response to the NAS Report, Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (NIH, 2001)
- Review of the NIH Biomedical Research Training Program (NIH, 1989)
- Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads (National Academies Press, 2011)
- Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences (National Academies Press, 2011)
- Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (National Academies Press, 2000)
- Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists (National Academies Press, 1998)
- Science & Engineering Indicators
- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards