This trainee award program is named after Dr. Ruth L. Kirschstein. She was a polio vaccine researcher and a champion of research training and inclusion of underrepresented individuals in the scientific workforce. Dr. Kirschstein was the first woman to become the director of an NIH institute.
The NCI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program helps ensure that there is a diverse pool of highly trained scientists in appropriate scientific disciplines to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.
NRSA for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Degree Fellows (F30)
NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31)
NRSA for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)