Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award

**Semantic type:** Governmental or Regulatory Activity

**Definition:** Provides support for promising doctoral candidates who will be performing dissertation research and training in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes during the tenure of the award. It is also used to improve the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the training of predoctoral students from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented.

**Synonyms:** - F31 Award - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows