National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training (93.225)
National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training (Assistance Listing 93.225) is run by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $38.4 million in 38 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.0 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $842,321. Half of the 38 awards fell between $101,714 and $1.8 million, and they ranged from $61,579 to $2.4 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$38.4 million
- Grant awards38
- Typical award$842,321
- Awarded in FY 2025$265,682
- Size rank1,108 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceTraining
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $8.8 million in fiscal 2021 to $265,682 in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1108th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 95% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 19 states and territories.
What the program funds
To provide predoctoral and postdoctoral training opportunities in health services research. Individual fellowships will be awarded directly to applicants for postdoctoral research training. Domestic institutions will also be awarded grants to enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs and provide support to trainees selected by them. The purpose of these awards is to provide fellows and trainees with both academic training and actual experience in the application of research methods to the systematic analysis and evaluation of the organization, financing, utilization, and delivery of health care services.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Domestic public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions may apply for training grants. The applicant institutions must have or expand training programs designed to develop competent investigators in the methods and techniques of conducting health services research. Profit-making organizations are not eligible. Individual applicants for postdoctoral fellowships must have received a clinical or research doctoral degree. All persons supported as fellows or trainees must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Fellowship support is available for full-time health services research training. An institutional allowance is provided to the sponsoring institution for each fellow. Also, research training grants are awarded to institutions to provide support to trainees selected by the training program director at the grantee institution. This support is available for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Offsets for tuition and fees are allowable for trainees, and an amount for training related expenses will be provided. Indirect costs are not allowed for Fellowships. For training grants, indirect costs are capped at 8% MTDC. Postdoctoral fellows and trainees in the first 12 months of postdoctoral NRSA support incur one month of payback obligation for each month of support. The thirteenth and subsequent months of postdoctoral NRSA support are considered payback service for prior postdoctoral support. Predoctoral fellows and trainees do not incur a service payback obligation.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
(Individual Fellowships) $90,988 to $94,278; $92,847 average . (Institutional training grants) $257,896 to $681,840; $501,401 average. These figures are total costs.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training (93.225) awarded $38.4 million across 38 grant awards, an average of $1.0 million per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 84% of the money, nonprofits 16%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 31 | $32.2 million | 84% |
| Nonprofits | 6 | $6.1 million | 16% |
| Other | 1 | $93,364 | 0.2% |
By state
13 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | $6.2 million |
| Massachusetts | 6 | $5.7 million |
| New York | 2 | $3.0 million |
| Illinois | 4 | $2.7 million |
| Michigan | 2 | $2.6 million |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Maryland | 2 | $2.1 million |
| North Carolina | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Washington | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Georgia | 3 | $942,125 |
| Ohio | 1 | $694,659 |
| Texas | 2 | $409,322 |
| Colorado | 1 | $93,364 |
| Hawaii | 1 | $62,314 |
| Indiana | 1 | $61,579 |