Up to ten grants will be awarded each year. Up to ten grants will be awarded each year. Candidates must have completed the MD, PhD, or other doctoral degree and currently be a postdoctoral or clinical research fellow. Eligible projects may include patient education, staff development or competency-based educational programs, continuous quality improvement or outcomes evaluation projects, or small research studies. Fellowships are awarded to masters prepared nurses pursuing their doctorate degree in mental health nursing.
Fellowships are available for training in various areas of neuroscience.
The award will be made at the standard NIH postdoctoral stipend level. This program provides predoctoral training in neuroscience for a maximum of three years to US citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a full-time doctoral program who are members of underrepresented minority groups in neuroscience. Winners have traditionally been at the dissertation level of their graduate work. The fellowship program is designed to provide assistance to promising men and women of exceptional ability who desire to further their education in the field of diseases and surgery of the eye or to conduct research work and investigation in ophthalmology. Preference is given to the candidate who has completed the training requirements of the American Board of Ophthalmology and who wishes additional training in a particular phase of a specialty.