Fellowships and Grants
NIH NRSA Fellowship Activation Procedure
Effective November 1, 2026, Emory University will implement a new activation procedure for NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) individual fellowships (F30, F31, and F32). Under this procedure, NIH NRSA fellowships are expected to be activated on the first day of the month. This change supports accurate fellowship setup and financial administration, as NIH and Emory use different methods to calculate partial-month fellowship support.
Fellows who need to activate their fellowship on a date other than the first of the month must submit an exception request to the Training Grant Support Office (TGSO) before activating their award. To request an exception, complete the NIH NRSA Fellowship Award Activation Exception Request Form. This form requires the proposed activation date, a justification for the exception, a copy of the NIH Notice of Award (NOA), and contact information for the fellow's primary sponsor and RAS contact.
TGSO will review requests and provide a decision within three (3) business days. The fellow, primary sponsor, and RAS contact will be notified of the decision. Submission of an exception request does not guarantee approval. Fellows, sponsors, and administrators should plan future fellowship activations accordingly.
For questions, please contact the Training Grant Support Office at traininggrantsupport@emory.edu.
Emory Grant Submission Resources
Most students will craft NIH pre-doctoral fellowship applications within the context of one of the GDBBS-affiliated grant writing courses. Information on these courses can be found in the Emory course catalog.
Submission of a grant requires routing it through a Research Administration Services (RAS) Unit. You should use the RAS affiliated with your faculty advisor's home school and department. This would not be the Laney Graduate School and your GDBBS program but would instead be your advisor's department in the School of Medicine, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, etc. To find your RAS contact, you can search by department on Emory's Find Your RAS website.
NIH Information on Predoctoral Fellowships and Awards
Program Overview - National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
Announcement for National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
Announcement for Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Announcement for Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD Fellowships (F30)
The Laney Graduate School offers many grant writing resources for students preparing grant proposal.
Students may also consult the LGS Fellowships and Grants website for more information about grant funding opportunities for graduate students at Emory.
Emory Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
OSP maintains web links with federal funding agencies and with select private sources. The NIH Essentials and NSF Essential pages are especially helpful.
https://osp.emory.edu/funding/external.html
FastWeb
A searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education.
GradSchools.com
Provides a list of graduate scholarships and fellowships. Search by Federally Funded Portable Fellowships, Portable Fellowships from Independent Organizations, and Institutional Fellowships.
GrantForward
The GrantForward database is a great resource for identifying funding opportunities.
Note: Because Emory subscribes to Grant Forward as an institution, you must access the database from campus or by using a VPN connection.
https://www.grantforward.com/index
GrantsNet
Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Researchers can register for electronic notification of funding opportunities.
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
Provides up-to-date information about grants in all academic disciplines and has links to web pages where researchers will find additional information about specific programs and electronic forms when available.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy and Global Affairs
https://www.aaas.org/programs/science-technology-policy-fellowships
American Association of University Women
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/
American Heart Association Professional Heart Predoctoral Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center
American Society for Microbiology
American Lung Association Lung Awards and Grants Opportunities
https://www.lung.org/research/awards-and-grants-opportunities
Association for Women in Science
Environmental Protection Agency Research Grants
https://www.epa.gov/research-grants#CurrentStar
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
https://www.hertzfoundation.org/hertz-fellowship/
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm
Leakey Foundation for Students from Developing Countries
https://leakeyfoundation.org/grants/baldwins/
NASA Fellowships
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/fellowships-scholarships/index.html
National Academies
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fellowships/
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program in Washington, DC
https://mirzayanfellow.nas.edu/Default.asp
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual Predoctoral Fellowships
NIH Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Awards for MD/PhD Fellowships (F30)
https://grants.nih.gov/funding/activity-codes/F30
NIH Individual Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
https://grants.nih.gov/funding/activity-codes/F31
National Science Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?org=NSF&fund_type=2
NSF Oakridge Associated Universities
Student research at the CDC
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Advanced Predoctoral Fellowships in Pharmacology/Toxicology
American Association of University Women - International Fellowships
Offers fellowships to women who are citizens of countries other than the U.S.; if residing in the U.S., applicants must be here on a non-immigrant visa. Fellowships can fund studies at the Masters or Doctoral level, and Post-Docs are also offered. Applicants must be planning to return to their home countries after their education is
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/international/
HHMI International Student Research Fellowships
HHMI's fellowship program supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies. You must be nominated by your mentor.
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/intl_fellows.html
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program
Open to U.S. nationals, permanent residents of the U.S. and any citizen of the Freely Associated States. Applicants must be undergraduate students about to enter graduate school and graduate students who have not yet completed their first year of graduate study and who intend to pursue a doctoral or master's degrees
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid
Offers fellowships to students who are citizens of countries other than the U.S.; undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in degree seeking programs may apply.
https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid/apply
Spencer Foundation
Offers fellowships to students who are citizens of countries other than the U.S.; however, they must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States.