Career & Training Funding Opportunities

NLM funds training and career grants to develop and support the next generation of Data Science, Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Informatics, Public Health Informatics, and Personal Health Informatics researchers—people just entering graduate school, finishing their doctorates, or coming in from other fields. These awards enable committed scientists to gain education and experience. We award some grants to individuals, while others go to specific projects or educational institutions.

Current Funding Opportunities

NLM supports the following Career Development grant programs:

• Fellowship Grants (F): National Research Service Award (NRSA) individual fellowship grants provide research experience to students and scientists at various stages of their careers in the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest. The F31 is awarded to promising predoctoral students. The F32 is awarded to promising postdoctoral candidates.

• Research Career Development Awards (K): K awards enable scientists with diverse backgrounds to enhance their careers in the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest through mentored research experiences.

• Loan Repayment Programs (L): These programs repay qualifying educational debt to help individuals who have earned an M.D. and some other doctoral-level professionals pursue research careers in the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest.

• Diversity and Diversity Related Administrative Supplements: These add funds to an existing grant to recruit and support individuals who are from groups underrepresented in health-related sciences and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds.

NLM supports the following Training Programs:

• Short-Term Research Education Experiences to Attract Talented Students to Biomedical Informatics/Data Science Careers and Enhance Diversity (R25). The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.

  University Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Programs (T15): Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral research training in biomedical informatics and data science is available at university-based Biomedical Informatics Research Training Programs supported by NLM.