NSP Applications and Eligibility

The 2025 NSP applications are open January 15—February 21, 2025.
Selection notifications for the 2025-2027 cohort will be sent in Summer 2025.

Application Requirements

NSP applications must include:

• Resume/CV
• Adviser's Biosketch
• Two-year plan (500 words)
• Professional goals statement (500 words)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Unofficial transcripts:
• Graduate students - both undergraduate- and graduate-level
• Postdoctoral researchers - graduate-level only

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be:

• Citizens or permanent residents of the United States
• Enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program or postdoctoral fellowship

Additionally, NIH recognizes the following as underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences:

• Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders
• Individuals with disabilities, defined as physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
• Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, defined as those who meet two or more of the criteria defined in the Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity.