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Programs by Award Type

NIGMS offers training and career development support for students, postdoctoral fellows, clinician-scientists, scientists transitioning to independence and independent scientists through a variety of award mechanisms to institutions and individuals. These are listed below by award type. All mechanisms that are part of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award program are indicated by "NRSA."

Training Career Development Opportunities

Type

Mechanism

Funding Opportunity

Individual Fellowships

F31

Individual Predoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

F32

NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships

F33

NRSA Individual Senior Fellowships

Career Development Awards
K08, K23

Mentored Clinical Career Development Awards

K12

Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA)

K25

Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Awards

K99/R00

Pathway to Independence Awards

Institutional Student Training and Development

R25

Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program

Bridges to the Doctorate Program

Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program

Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program

Institutional Predoctoral

T32

NRSA Institutional Predoctoral Training Grants

Institutional Postdoctoral

T32

NRSA Institutional Postdoctoral Training Grants

Institutional Undergraduate Training

T34

MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards

Diversity and Capacity-Building Research Opportunities

Type

Mechanism

Funding Opportunity

Individual Supplements for Students and Fellows

multiple

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

Institutional Research Support and Faculty Research Development

P20

IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)

P30

Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

SC1, SC2, SC3

Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Program

Individual Faculty Research

R01

Research to Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

Institutional Research Support

S06

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)

Support for Scientific Meetings and Workshops

Type

Mechanism

Funding Opportunity

Scientific Meetings and Workshops

T36

MARC Ancillary Training Activities

R13, U13

Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings


This page last reviewed on April 26, 2012