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These institutional grants provide research training opportunities on an institutional level to support multiple scientists and clinical-researchers at all levels of training.
      
        
  
        
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          T32NINDS Institutional Translational Research Training ProgramThe NINDS Institutional Translational Training Grant supports Training Programs that equip trainees with the knowledge and skills needed to advance basic research toward clinical application. Although this program is still active, we are no longer accepting applications under this mechanism.
          T32NINDS Institutional AD/ADRD Research Training ProgramThe NINDS Institutional AD/ADRD Training Grant is intended to support Training Programs with a specific focus on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD).
          T32NINDS Institutional Research Training GrantThe NINDS Institutional Training Grant is intended to support Training Programs that provide outstanding research training with the breadth and depth to prepare advanced predoctoral (years 3 and 4) and/or postdoctoral trainees to have a successful independent career in the complex, multidisciplinary, integrative, and rapidly evolving research enterprise.
          T32Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program (JSPTPN)An award to enable institutions to recruit individuals selected by the program leadership for research training in neuroscience of predoctoral students in their first two years in a PhD program.
  

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          K12Emergency Medicine Research Career Development Program in the Neurological Sciences (EMRCDP-NS)To facilitate and support a national program of mentored advanced research career development for junior emergency medicine faculty at institutions nationwide that support emergency medicine physicians to conduct research.
          K12Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program (NRCDP)To facilitate and support a national program of mentored advanced research career development for junior neurosurgeon faculty at institutions nationwide that support neurological research.
          K12Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP)Support for mentored career development and training of child neurologists appointed by an institution for development of independent research skills and experience in a fundamental science within the framework of an interdisciplinary research and development program.
          UE5Research Education Programs for Residents & FellowsThe purpose of the NINDS Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to support the development and/or implementation of programs that relate to research education and training of clinical residents and fellows to foster careers as physician-scientists.
  

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          R25*NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative ENDURETo encourage and prepare undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to enter PhD degree programs in the neurosciences.
          R25BRAIN Initiative-Related Research Education: Short CoursesTo encourage applications for the*continuation of ongoing and creation of new courses for skills development*that will significantly advance the educational goals of the BRAIN Initiative, including neuroethics and opportunities to increase the workforce diversity in BRAIN Initiative research areas.
          R25*NIH Neuroscience Doctoral Readiness Program (DR. Program)To provide high quality research experiences for a diverse cadre of postbaccalaureates who have not had access to substantive research opportunities
          R25NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)To support P-12 and informal science education activities
          R25Summer Research Experience for High School & Undergraduate Students and Science TeachersTo provide high quality research experience for students or high school teachers during the summer academic break.
          R25NINDS Research Education OpportunitiesTo support neuroscience research education programs in all areas (basic, clinical and translational) that will significantly advance the mission of NINDS.
          R25*NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research WorkforceSupports NINDS, NIMH, NIAAA, & NIDA mission-relevant programs to enhance the pool of PhD-level neuroscience researchers from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in biomedical research.
  
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