NIH Applicant's Background and Goals (F Award)

Last updated: February 07, 2024

The Applicant's Background and Goals for Fellowship Training attachment should be no more than six pages. It should be organized into the subsections below, in the order shown. 

  • Doctoral Dissertation and Research Experience
    • Summarize your experience and describe how it has led to your proposed fellowship.
  • Training Goals and Objectives
    • What are you goals and objectives and how will the fellowship get you there?
  • Activities Planned Under this Award
    • Use a table or Gantt chart to present a timeline of your plan for the next several years.

 

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Resources

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Through the course you can access detailed guidance, examples and a template for the ​Applicant's Background and Goals for Fellowship Training attachment.

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