Writing can be a bit intimidating as a graduate student, so we've compiled some helpful resources to get you started. Some example resources we have are:
NRSA section templates
Thesis writing tips
Sample writing materials
Writing tools to help you with your literature review or grammar
Check out NINDS "Building up the Nerve" podcast on applying for funding as a graduate student or early-career researcher!
Research Development Services (RDS) supports all pre-award sponsored research activities including proposal and budget development! They can also help you identify other fellowships if you're not sure on your eligibility. Plan on letting them know your timeline 6+ weeks before the submission deadline.
NIH F99/K00 Applications Due This Fall
The purpose of the Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated potential and interest in pursuing careers as independent researchers. The award will facilitate the transition of talented graduate students into successful research postdoctoral appointments. Many F99s are open to international scholars as well.
The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program is to enable promising predoctoral students with potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientists, to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research.
The F31-Diversity seeks to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce.
Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Eligibility: US Citizens, nationals, and permanent residents; individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program;1 Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
Elizabeth Salm, Ph.D. Associate Director of Postdoctoral Development and Training Grant Support
Biomedical Graduate Education
Georgetown University
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