Office of Research Administration

Fellowships

National Institutes of Health

Qualified predoctoral and postdoctoral students may apply for fellowships from various funding agencies. Among the largest source of fellowship opportunities is the National Institutes of Health through the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards.

• Predoctoral fellowships (F31)

• Predoctoral diversity fellowships 

• Postdoctoral fellowships (F32)

• NINDS postdoctoral fellowships (F32)

• BRAIN Initiative postdoctoral fellowships (F32)

Other Organizations

There are many other organizations that offer funding for fellowships. Among those are:

• American Cancer Society (postdoctoral)

• American Heart Association (predoctoral and postdoctoral)

• American Physiological Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

• Arthritis Foundation (postdoctoral)

• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Grants

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund (postdoctoral)

• Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (postdoctoral)

• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (postdoctoral)

• Epilepsy Foundation

• Human Frontier Science Program (postdoctoral)

• Fulbright Israel Postdoctoral Fellowships for American Researchers in All Academic Disciplines

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (postdoctoral)

• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (postdoctoral/faculty)

• Parkinson's Foundation (postdoctoral)

• Tourette Association of America

• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (postdoctoral)

• Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program

Fellowship Application Training

Training on the fellowship application process is given each cycle. Contact the Office of Research Administration for details. Important: All fellowship (F31 and F32) termination notices must be processed electronically using xTrain.