The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship aims to foster diversity in health-related research. It offers mentored research training to promising predoctoral students under the guidance of outstanding faculty sponsors. Through this program, students will engage in well-defined research projects in fields relevant to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) missions. The program is designed to bolster the fellows' potential to become productive, independent research scientists. It supports research experience in clinical trials led by sponsors or co-sponsors, though it does not permit candidates to lead independent clinical trials.