NIH NRSA Fellowships

NIH NRSA fellowship applications are electronic and must be submitted to NIH in ASSIST, by an authorized institutional signing official on behalf of the applicant. Nicole Ketchum, HS SPPO Grant Analyst, submits the following applications:

F32 Postdoctoral Fellowships for applicants with a sponsor in Health Sciences.
F30 Predoctoral Fellowships for professional degree applicants (M.D., Pharm.D., M.D./Ph.D. or Pharm.D./Ph.D.)

To submit an application to the NIH, the applicant must be registered as a PI in the eRA Commons. Registration is done by HS SPPO for Health Sciences. Contact Nicole Ketchum if you need an eRA Commons account set up or the PI role added to your current account.

Note: Fellowships are required to be entered into Kuali Research (KR) PD. Work with your Fund Manager (your Sponsor's Fund Manager) to have this entered for you.

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Required Items

NIH NRSA Fellowships	New or Resubmission	RPPR (Progress Report)
KR PD Record
Basics: Delivery Info Tab: Submission Description	Indicate the ASSIST number	N/A
Uploaded Attachments:	NIH NRSA Budget Workbook FY 2024 8-4-2023**	N/A
Summary/Submit Tab	Select Submit for Review	N/A
KR COI Form	Required for the PI, Sponsor, and any Co-Sponsors located at UC San Diego	Completed annually
OnBase	Fellowship Assurance Form	N/A
ASSIST	Change the status in ASSIST to "Ready to Submit" and notify your HS SPPO Analyst it is ready for review	Route your RPPR in eRA Commons to your HS SPPO Analyst
Email	N/A	Internal Budget and/or Updated NIH NRSA Budget Workbook
Fellowship NIH NRSA RPPRs are not entered into KR PD *Opens without a password request in Edge and Chrome.

Notes on Internal Forms:

The PHS COI Forms are required for the PI, Sponsor, and any Co-Sponsors. This needs to be completed in the Kuali Research (KR) COI.
NIH Fellowship Assurance Form Initiate the form in OnBase: https://obweb.ucsd.edu/AppNet/Login.aspx. The form should be initiated by the Fund Manager/Department Contact who will work with the PI to start the routing for electronic signatures. Additionally, they will notify the HS SPPO Grant Analyst (Nicole Ketchum) of the PI's intent to submit. For more information, please see the FellowshipAssuranceFormEndUserInstructionManual.

For OnBase Access issues, please email onbase@ucsd.edu.

NIH NRSA Budget Workbook FY 2023 3-24-23**. Please fill out the appropriate tab for the application type and use the most recent NIH stipend levels which can be found in the 4th tab of the workbook. For F30 and F31 applications, projected Ph.D./M.D. and projected Ph.D./Pharm.D. fees are listed in the last two tabs of the workbook. *Opens without a password request in Edge and Chrome.

Internal Deadlines

Dates	What	Description
ASAP	Intent to Submit	For planning purposes, emailNicole Ketchum with the applicant's name, sponsor's name, and fund manager's name as soon as you or your PI decides you wish to submit an NRSA Fellowship.
11/22/2023	Draft ASSIST Package	Draft ASSIST package for initial review, completed NRSA Budget Worksheet (upload into PD record), fully approved Fellowship Assurance Form, and completed PD record routed to HS SPPO.
12/01/2023	Final ASSIST Package	Fully completed ASSIST package for final review and submission. This will allow a two-day viewing window, as well as help, avoid any technical difficulties or system failures.

Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

Make sure you use the correct FOA for your application set-up in ASSIST:

Award Mechanism	FOA Title	FOA #
F30	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)	PA-21-049
F32	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)	PA-21-048
F32	BRAIN Initiative Fellows: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)	RFA-MH-20-620
F32	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32	PA-17-481
F32	NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Training of Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)	PAR-21-032

Resources

NIH Individual Fellowships - includes links to Program Announcements which contain special additional instructions and related notices.
Annotated Form Set for NIH Grant Applications: FORMS-H Series
Assist R&R Cover Page: ASSIST R&R Cover Forms H Example with Institutional Information (1st tab in ASSIST)
Abstract and Public Health Relevance Statement Guidance
Individual Development Plans
NIH Fellowship Biosketch Information:

See our page on NIH Biosketch here.
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NIH Reference Letter Information & Submission Process
NIH Fellowship Study Sections & Reviewers
Responsible Conduct of Research at UC San Diego
Vertebrate Animals:

Understanding Plagiarism

NIH Videos and Podcasts:

Video - PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information Form
Grant Writing 101 - Understanding the Process of Grant Writing (by NIH)

Note: if you pause this video, you will need to write down where you are in the video. It will refresh and start all over after a very short time period and will not save where you were last at.

Video - Fellowships: Navigating NIH Peer Review
Video - Submitting Reference Letters through eRA Commons
Video - Using ASSIST to Prepare and Submit Multi-Project Applications to NIH
Podcast - Writing Your Vertebrate Animal Section
Podcast - Writing a Fellowship Application (Transcript)
Podcast - Considerations for Developing a Research Plan (Transcript)
Podcast - Grant Writing for New Investigators (Transcript)
Podcast - Graduate Students Considering a Postdoc (Transcript)
Podcast - Postdocs Thinking About Independence (Transcript)
Video - What Graduate Students & Postdocs Writing NIH Grants Need to Know (National Research Mentoring Network)