International Neuroscience Fellowship (F05)

The summary for the International Neuroscience Fellowship (F05) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

International Neuroscience Fellowship (F05): -The goal of this International Neuroscience Fellowship Program is to provide a unique opportunity to qualified foreign neuroscientists, at junior or mid-career level, to receive one to two years of research training in the United States (U.S.). -The number of awards that will be funded under this program announcement is contingent upon the quality of the applications received, the availability of funds, and the program priorities of the participating NIH institutes. -This program announcement uses the international research fellowship (F05) award mechanism. -Eligible U.S. sponsoring organizations include for-profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories; and eligible agencies of the U.S. Federal government. -Eligible individual applicants include non-immigrant foreign scientists who are currently residing outside the U.S. The applicant must have a doctoral or equivalent degree, an endorsement from their home institution, and a guaranteed appointment in an institution in their home country upon completion of the fellowship. Applicants must have a sponsor in the U.S. who is affiliated with an eligible U.S. organization and must be proficient in English. Preference will be given to applicants from low- to middle-income countries. -Applicants must use the most recent version of the PHS 416-1 form (Rev. 10/05) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/416/phs416.htm. Since the PHS 416-1 form is used for several different types of fellowship applications, not all statements in the PHS 416-1 form are applicable to the International Neuroscience Fellowship Program. -An individual applicant may not have more than one competing NIH fellowship application pending review concurrently.