Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31) | PA 19 196

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The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity designed to strengthen and diversify the future health-related research workforce. Its central aim is to support rigorous research training for predoctoral students who come from diverse backgrounds, with a particular focus on individuals from populations that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research. The opportunity explicitly includes students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and students with disabilities, reflecting NIH's broader goal of ensuring that the research enterprise benefits from a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and lived realities that can shape better science and more equitable health outcomes.

This is an individual predoctoral fellowship mechanism (F31) under the NRSA umbrella, meaning the award is tied to a specific trainee rather than a large institutional program. In practice, an applicant proposes a structured training plan and a research project that will build their skills as an independent scientist. While the source text provided focuses on the diversity purpose and eligibility landscape, the fellowship mechanism itself is generally used to support a graduate student during the dissertation phase of their doctoral training, helping cover key costs associated with research training and professional development.

The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number PA-19-196 and falls under the categories of Education and Health as its primary funding activity area. It is offered as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) by the National Institutes of Health. The CFDA assistance listing numbers associated with this opportunity include a broad set of NIH program areas (93.121, 93.172, 93.173, 93.233, 93.242, 93.273, 93.307, 93.351, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.853, 93.855, 93.859, 93.866, 93.879), which signals that multiple NIH Institutes and Centers may participate and that the fellowship can align with a wide range of health-related research missions.

Eligibility, as presented in the opportunity data, spans many institution types that can serve as the applicant organization or host environment. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without that status, so long as they are not institutions of higher education in the latter categories), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The opportunity also highlights additional eligible applicant categories and institution types that are often central to NIH diversity and workforce development goals, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and eligible agencies of the Federal Government. Taken together, this reflects an intent to make the fellowship accessible across a wide range of training settings and institutional contexts.

Key administrative details included in the source data indicate the opportunity was created on 2019-02-22, with an original closing date listed as 2020-07-06. The award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the provided listing, which is not unusual for NIH parent announcements where funding levels can vary by NIH Institute/Center participation, annual appropriations, and the number of meritorious applications received in a given cycle.

Overall, this Parent F31 diversity fellowship is best understood as a pathway for promising predoctoral researchers from underrepresented backgrounds to secure dedicated support for their research training, strengthen mentorship and training structures around their doctoral work, and build credentials that can help them remain and thrive in the health-related research pipeline.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.121, 93.172, 93.173, 93.233, 93.242, 93.273, 93.307, 93.351, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.853, 93.855, 93.859, 93.866, 93.879.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-02-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-07-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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