As an integral component in graduate student education and training, it is anticipated that graduate students and their mentors will seek extramural predoctoral grants to support graduate research whenever possible. Listed below are several funding mechanisms commonly sought to support graduate student research and training. Also, please review information related to the new Graduate Student Extramural Grant Incentive Program (SEGIP).

Graduate Student Extramural Grant Incentive Program

   Description of the Program and Instructions
   Incentive Program Verification Form
   Request for SEGIP Funds

Predoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

National Institutes of Health

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (Parent F31)
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30)
• NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)
• NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows in MD-PhD Programs (F31)
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31)
• Other NIH Predoctoral Research Grants

National Science Foundation

• Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Other Funding Sources

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Philosophical Society
• American Physiological Society
• American Psychological Association
• ASPET
• Cancer Research Institute
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
• Department of Defense
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Eppley Foundation for Research
• Ford Foundation
• Grass Foundation
• Hertz Foundation
• Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
• NASA
• National Medical Fellowships
• Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science
• Sigma Xi
• Smithsonian Institution

Search for Predoctoral Research Grants

• Grants.gov
• SPIN Module: A funding opportunities database designed to provide up-to-date information on current national and international government and private funding sources (more than 2,500 different sponsoring agencies).