Who is eligible to apply...
Any nonfederal public or private nonprofit 4-year university or college with substantial enrollment of underrepresented minority students may apply for an institutional National Research Service Award. Individual National Research Service awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or nonprofit private institution having staff and facilities appropriate to the proposed research training program. All awardees must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Predoctoral awardees must have completed the baccalaureate degree and must have been accepted into or enrolled in a Ph.D. or combined professional degree-Ph.D. training program in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. Predoctoral faculty fellows must have been full-time faculty in the biomedical sciences for at least 3 years before the date of application. Senior faculty fellows must have received the Ph.D. or equivalent degree at least 7 years before the date of application.
Credentials/Documentation
For applicants for National Research Service Awards, the academic record, research experience, citizenship, institutional sponsorship, and the proposed area and plan of training must be included in the application. The applicant institution must show the objectives, methodology, and resources for the research training program; the qualifications and experience of directing staff; the criteria to be used in selecting individuals for the award; a plan for evaluating the program; and a detailed budget and justification for the grant funds requested. Costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart C.
Note:This is a brief description of the credentials or documentation required prior to, or along with, an application for assistance.
About this section:
This section indicates who can apply to the Federal government for assistance and the criteria the potential applicant must satisfy.
For example, individuals may be eligible for research grants, and the criteria to be satisfied may be that they have a professional or scientific degree,
3 years of research experience, and be a citizen of the United States. Universities, medical schools, hospitals, or State and local governments may also be eligible.
Where State governments are eligible, the type of State agency will be indicated (State welfare agency or State agency on aging) and the criteria that they
must satisfy.
Certain federal programs (e.g., the Pell Grant program which provides grants to students) involve intermediate levels of application processing, i.e., applications
are transmitted through colleges or universities that are neither the direct applicant nor the ultimate beneficiary. For these programs,
the criteria that the intermediaries must satisfy are also indicated, along with intermediaries who are not eligible.