Diabetes, Digestive, Kidney Extramural Research – Training, Individual

To encourage basic and clinical research training and career development of scientists during the early stages of their careers. The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) funds basic and clinical research training, support for career development, and the transition from postdoctoral biomedical research training to independent research related to diabetes, digestive, endocrine, hematologic, liver, metabolic, nephrologic, nutrition, obesity, and urologic diseases.

Eligible Organizations: Higher Education Institutions; Nonprofits with/without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education); For-profit Organizations including Small Businesses; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Non-domestic (non-U.S. Entities (Foreign Organizations). Before submitting a fellowship application, the candidate must identify a sponsoring organization. The sponsoring organization must have staff and facilities available on site to provide a suitable environment for performing the research training described within the application. The training should occur in an environment that has appropriate human and technical resources and is demonstrably committed to training in the field(s) proposed by the candidate. The sponsoring organization may be private (profit or nonprofit) or public, including the NIH Intramural Programs and other Federal laboratories. Candidates: Support is provided for academic and research training only, in health and health-related areas that are periodically specified by the National Institutes of Health. To be eligible, predoctoral awardees must have completed the baccalaureate degree and postdoctoral awardees must have a professional or scientific degree (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree). Individuals must be nominated and sponsored by a public or nonprofit private institution having staff and facilities appropriate to the proposed research training program. All awardees must be citizens or have been admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

Promising predoctoral and postdoctoral awardees obtain individualized, mentored research training from appropriate faculty sponsors while conducting biomedical research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the mission of the NIDDK. The proposed mentored research training addresses the candidate’s identified research training and career goals and enhances the candidate's potential to successfully transition to the next phase of their biomedical research career.

National Research Training Awards (NSRA) Individual Fellowship applications are reviewed initially for scientific merit by appropriate peer review panels. Considerations in funding decisions include: 1) merit of the proposed project as determined by scientific peer review, availability of funds, and relevance of the proposed project to program priorities. Successful applicants are sent a Notice of Grant Award.

National Research Service Awards: From 6 to 9 months.