Relevant Policy Notices

• NOT-OD-18-175: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2018
• 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-07-025: Revision of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
• NOT-OD-07-057: Revision: Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2007
• NOT-OD-08-039: Reminder: Letter Required for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
• 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-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
• NOT-OD-14-072: Extension of Eligibility Window for PA-14-150: "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30)"
• NOT-OD-14-090: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-150 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NSRA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30)"
• NOT-OD-14-094: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-147 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)"

Forms and other Guidelines

• Biographical Sketch Format Page
• 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

• 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)
• Advancing the Nation's Health Needs: NIH Research Training Programs (National Academies Press, 2005)
• 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)