Predoctoral Fellowships are designed to support a period of research training in laboratories at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Successful candidates will have an opportunity to conduct their doctoral thesis research in an NIH laboratory under the guidance and direction of an investigator who will serve as the trainee's mentor. The program is available to students who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences in accredited U.S. universities. The research experience will be undertaken as an integral part of the student's academic preparation and will involve close cooperation and planning between NIH and the candidate's academic institution. Postdoctoral Fellowships provide advanced training and research experience to postdoctoral scientists who are in the early stages of their professional research careers.
Postdoctoral fellowship can be in areas of basic or clinical research.
The emphasis of the program is to prepare young scientists for independent careers in the basic or clinical neurosciences. Clinical Fellowships provide additional training in translational or clinical neuroscience research to physicians who are in or have completed residency training. In some cases, Clinical Fellows may receive approved credit towards residency training, advanced subspecialty training, or Board certification.