Thursday, October 3rd. 12:30-1:30pm (ROWE 131)
Get a head-start on your NRSA fellowship by learning the necessities before you start writing and the aspects of a winning application.
Overview
The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. More information about NRSA programs may be found at the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)website. The primary purpose of the NRSA is to ensure the TRAINING of independent research scientists.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Kirschstein-NRSA Individual Fellowship (F30, F31, F32), the fellowship applicant must be a U.S. citizen, a non-citizen national, or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence before the award is issued. U.S. non-citizen nationals are persons born in lands that are not States but are under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration, e.g., American Samoa. Individuals on temporary student visas are not eligible for NRSA support. More for information, visit page I-97 of the Individual Fellowship Application Guide for NIH and AHRQ
For more information, contact: Rowena Grainger at Rowena.grainger@uconn.edu