Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (NRSA)
Funds eligible domestic nonprofit institutions of higher education to develop or enhance postdoctoral research training in biomedical, behavioral, and health services research related to primary care.
⚑ Eligible applicants are limited to domestic public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that were funded between 2011 and 2025 under PHS Act sections 736, 739, or 747. · This is an institutional training grant for postdoctoral trainees, not a research project grant. · Primary focus is primary care research training; no cost-sharing stated in the notice.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: surveys longitudinal, community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds training education, not research (capped); biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The National Research Service Award (NRSA) program supports the training of postdoctoral researchers in biomedical, behavioral, and health services research. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and administered in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the program aims to develop a skilled research workforce to advance scientific knowledge in primary care. Under HRSA, the NRSA program provides support to train postdoctoral health care professionals who are planning to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral health research related to primary care. As the nation"s population grows and ages, the need for well-trained primary care researchers to study the complex array of issues facing the primary care workforce gains greater importance. The NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants administered by HRSA are awarded to eligible institutions to develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals who are planning to pursue careers in primary care research.
Eligibility
You are eligible if your organization is a domestic public or private nonprofit institution of higher education. For the purposes of this NOFO, eligible entities are programs that were funded between 2011 through 2025, under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.
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Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions SEE AN HHS EXAMPLE →
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
18/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is primarily a training grant for postdoctoral researchers in biomedical and primary care research, not a research, evaluation, or data-infrastructure award that IPPRA would lead. While it touches health services and behavioral health, the program funds workforce development rather than a substantive research project, so the fit is limited. A public university may be eligible, but the opportunity is still outside IPPRA’s core research portfolio.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is primarily a training grant for postdoctoral researchers in biomedical and primary care research, not a research, evaluation, or data-infrastructure award that IPPRA would lead. While it touches health services and behavioral health, the program funds workforce development rather than a substantive research project, so the fit is limited. A public university may be eligible, but the opportunity is still outside IPPRA’s core research portfolio. |
| 2026-07-06 | 35 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is primarily a training grant for postdoctoral primary care researchers, so it is more workforce development than a direct research project. IPPRA’s strongest connection would be through health behavior, health communication, and community health research, but the topic is not closely aligned to its core weather, energy, or national security portfolio areas. The opportunity is open to domestic nonprofit institutions of higher education, so a public university is eligible, but the fit remains weak-to-partial. |