Under NIH provisions, trainees must be United States citizens or Permanent Residents. The grant pays tuition and fees, in addition to a stipend. Postdoctoral stipends depend on the trainee's years of experience. The student's research project must be within the area for which the grant is funded. Present department training grants fund a number of students studying issues in cancer, cardiovascular disease, environmental epidemiology and gastrointestinal disease .
Faculty participating in administration of each grant select the trainees.
There is no formal application process for the department grants, but students planning research in the relevant areas may indicate their interest to appropriate faculty members. The Carolina Population Center and the liaison programs do have procedures for application. Interested students should contact the program directly. Please see sections on Liaison Programs and Additional Funding Sources. Graduate School resources support a small number of named fellowships for doctoral students, and a number of merit assistantships for either master's or doctoral students.