Institutional Research Training Grants
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National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) and Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (T35) provide domestic, nonprofit, and private or public graduate-level academic institutions with funds for training predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates.
Senior investigators who head research or training programs at an institution generally apply for these grants.
Trainees must be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents with a valid Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551). People on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
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How Long Does Support Last?
NIAID awards T32s for five years, with the chance to renew. We make awards annually, with further support contingent on performance and funding availability.
Trainee appointments are usually in one-year increments; new appointments must be at least nine months except when we've approved a short-term training position. A trainee can remain in a program for a maximum of five years for predoctoral trainees; three years for postdoctoral trainees.
For more details, see the trainee appointments section of T32 Training Grants -- Key Administrative Information.
T35s may be awarded for periods up to five years and are renewable. Trainees must pursue research training for two to three months on a full-time basis, devoting at least 40 hours per week to the program.
What Do Training Funds Pay For?
T32 and T35 grants provide funds for:
- Stipends -- See NRSA Stipend Levels for details.
- Facilities and administrative costs based on eight percent of modified total direct costs. State and local government agencies may request full reimbursement.
- Tuition and fees:
- Predoctoral trainees -- 60 percent of level requested by applicant institution, up to $16,000 per year; 60 percent up to $21,000 for formally combined dual-degree training.
- Postdoctoral trainees -- 60 percent of level requested by applicant institution, up to $4,500.
- Trainee travel, including attendance at vital scientific meetings. We do not set a limit on how much you can request, though the norm is $1,000 for each trainee.
- Training-related expenses -- including additional research costs and health insurance -- of $4,200 a year per predoctoral trainee and $7,850 a year per postdoctoral trainee.
- On a case-by-case basis, institutional costs for accommodating disabled trainees in addition to usual costs paid by training-related expenses.
Note on effort requirement: Trainee appointments require full-time effort, 12 person months a year.
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