Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (NRSA)
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Health Resources and Services Administration is accepting applications for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant program. Awarded institutions will develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities to prepare health care professionals for careers in primary care and behavioral health research. Eligible applicants must be domestic public or private non-profit institutions of higher education that received specific Public Health Service Act funding between 2011 and 2025, and funded programs will be required to track fellow employment post-graduation and attend mandatory progress meetings. The performance period runs from September 30, 2026, to June 30, 2031, with an indirect cost limit of eight percent. Applications are due via Grants.gov by July 10, 2026, for awards ranging from $134,653 to $500,000 out of an estimated total program funding of $9,566,800.
Eligible Applicants
You are eligible if your organization is a domestic public or private nonprofit institution of higher education. For the purposes of this NOFO, eligible entities are programs that were funded between 2011 through 2025, under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.