NIH Fellowship Receipt Incentive

NIH Fellowship Receipt Incentive

Funding opportunity number 

PICR-NFRI-FY2027-01 

Funding opportunity title 

NIH FELLOWHIP RECEIPT INCENTIVE

Key dates

Announcement August 24, 2026, January 14, 2027 
Due March 1, 2027 

Administrative contact 

Sara Strasser (sstrasse@purdue.edu) 

Funding opportunity description 

The Purdue University Institute of Cancer Research (PICR) provides an incentive for graduate and postdoctoral trainees whose proposals have been funded for the following National Institutes of Health (NIH) fellowships and awards: F30, F31, F99/K00, F32, and K99/R00.  

It is a $1,200 incentive that will be awarded to any PICR graduate student trainee whose cancer relevant NIH proposal has been funded. 

To apply, please submit your electronic application at the link below after the funding of your NIH fellowship or award proposal. 

Qualifications/restrictions 

Trainees whose proposals have been funded for the above NIH fellowships or awards are eligible for the incentive. 

Each of these incentives will only be awarded once.  

Applicant must be a trainee member of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research. Membership information and application can be found  here.

Cost share 

This announcement does not require cost sharing. 

Funds available and anticipated number of scholarships 

No limit to number of scholarships. 

Funding budget 

The incentive will not exceed $1,200.  See restrictions. 

Funding project period 

The incentive is to be applied for within a year of the NIH application being submitted. 

Funding restrictions 

This incentive is only for trainees whose proposals have been awarded an F30, F31, F99/K00, F32, or K99/R00 application. 

Funding requirements 

Required publication acknowledgement 

Not applicable. 

No cost extension (NCE) 

Not applicable. 

Regulatory 

Not applicable. 

Funding processing 

Graduate student incentives will be processed as scholarships. The scholarships are processed through the Division of Financial Aid. Scholarship payment will be processed once the award is made. No action by the student required. If the student has an outstanding balance through the Division of Financial Aid, the scholarship will be applied to their balance first. 

Postdoctoral incentives will be processed as awards. Awards are processed through payroll and added to the trainees paycheck.

Reporting 

Not applicable. 

Application guidelines 

Not applicable. 
 

Review criteria 

  1. Cancer-relevance of the project

Announcement history and updates

Funding opportunity number Summary of change 
PICR-F31-FY2027-01 Initiation of announcement