Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: December 8, 2026 (Applications) | April 8, 2027 (Applications) | August 8, 2027 (Applications) | December 8, 2027 (Applications) | April 8, 2028 (Applications) | May 7, 2028 (Closing date)
Funding Amounts: Stipend, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance; aggregate predoctoral NRSA support capped at 5 years (6 for dual-degree training)
Summary: Supports individualized, mentored dissertation research training for predoctoral students in health-related fields aligned with participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
Key Information: By award, candidates must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or lawful permanent residents.
Description
The NIH Parent F31 fellowship enables promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized research training from faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences. Projects must align with the mission of a participating NIH Institute or Center. The research and training plan should address the candidate’s identified development needs and career goals, strengthening their potential to advance to the next stage of a biomedical research career.
Training emphasizes rigorous research design, experimental methods, quantitative approaches, data analysis, and increasing scientific independence. Fellows are expected to gain experience presenting and publishing findings and interacting with the scientific community. Candidates cannot propose to lead an independent clinical trial, clinical trial feasibility study, or ancillary clinical trial, but may gain experience in a trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.
