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Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD and other Dual Degree Fellowships
Program Purpose
The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program 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. DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists.
PD/PI
Eligibility
Career level
INSTITUTION
Eligibility
U.S. domestic institutions.
Relevant Policy Notices
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2018
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2018
- NOT-OD-17-095: Additional Guidance on Full-Time Training for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
- NOT-OD-17-084: Revision: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Predoctoral Stipends, Training Related Expenses, Institutional Allowance, and Tuition/Fees Effective for Fiscal Year 2017
- NIH Grants Policy Statement - NRSA Individual Fellowships
- NOT-93-269: MODIFICATION OF THE LEAVE POLICY FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS
- NOT-95-104: PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS TUITION REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES ON NIH NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS
- NOT-OD-06-003: NIH Town Hall Meeting on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Tuition, Fees and Health Insurance Policies
- NOT-OD-06-064: Solicitation of Comments: Proposed Modifications to Policies Governing Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
- NOT-OD-06-093: Revision: Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
- NOT-OD-07-057: Revision: Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2007
- NOT-OD-08-064: Revised NIH Parental Leave Policy for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Awards
- NOT-OD-09-075: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2009
- NOT-OD-09-144: Two Critical Issues for Recent Submissions of Applications for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Individual Fellowships - References and Designation of Sponsor
- NOT-OD-10-004: Amendment to the Institutional Eligibility Criteria for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowships
- NOT-OD-10-019: Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (NOT-OD-10-019)
- NOT-OD-10-071: Enhancing Peer Review: Updated Processes for the Review of all Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship Applications
- 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-13-035: NIH Requires Use of RPPR for All SNAP and Fellowship Progress Reports, and Expands RPPR Functionality
- NOT-OD-13-045: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Biomedical Research Workforce
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
- Career Achievements of NRSA Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows: 1975–2004
- The Early Career Progress of NRSA Predoctoral Trainees and Fellows (2001)
- 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)
- A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States (National Academies Press, 2011)
- Research-Doctorate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences: Selected Findings from the NRC Assessment (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)
- Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers (National Academies Press, 1995)
- Research - Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change (National Academies Press, 1995)
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
- Science & Engineering Indicators
- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards
- Research training grants and fellowships: Funding of Kirschstein-NRSA and non-NRSA awards
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Funding in current and constant dollars
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Funding by activity FY 1998 - 2009
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Funding by activity FY 2010 - 2014
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Pre- and Post-Doctoral full-time training positions awarded (side-by-side)
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Full-time training positions awarded, by Institute/Center, FY 2014
- Kirschstein-NRSA Institutional research training grants: Applications, awards, and success rates
- Kirschstein-NRSA pre-doctoral fellowships (F31s): Applications, awards, and success rates
- Kirschstein-NRSA post-doctoral fellowships (F32s): Applications, awards and success rates
- Research career development award recipients and Kirschstein-NRSA trainees and fellows: Representation of women, by activity and career stage
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Distribution of full-time training positions, by activity and career stage
- Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships: Pre- and Post Doctoral full time training positions awarded (cumulative)