Scholarships and Fellowships

FAES does not discriminate based on race, sex, disability, age, or any other protected class in the application, award, or administration of its scholarships. 

FAES seeks to provide affordable continuing education options that are accessible to researchers and working professionals interested in furthering their education and career goals. 

FAES Academic Scholarship

The FAES Academic Programs Student Scholarship offers tuition credits to self-funded students at all levels at the NIH, as well as self-funded non-NIH government employees, nonprofit employees, and members of the general public who do not have access to training funds for FAES courses.

Scholarship Amounts (per academic term):

  • $175 credit for a 1-credit course
  • $350 credit for a 2-credit course
  • $350 credit for a two-course bundle (Note: bundles are considered two separate courses)
  • $175 credit for a non-credit workshop: 0.7 - 1.4 CEUs
  • $350 credit for non-credit workshop: 1.5+ CEUs

Please Note:

  • Only one scholarship may be awarded per term (for either a course or a workshop)
  • Two-part courses are treated as separate courses
  • Scholarship does not cover textbooks, course materials, or technology fees
  • Applicants must submit a brief, compelling justification explaining how the course supports their career or professional development
  • You must follow the directions on the application for it to be considered

Scholarship for Courses: Application Periods by Term  

  • Fall A 2025: July 9, 2025 - August 15, 2025
  • Fall B 2025: July 9, 2025 - October 10, 2025

Scholarship Application - FAES Academic Course

Scholarship for Workshops: Application Deadline

  • A minimum of two weeks before the workshop start date. 

Scholarship Application - FAES Workshop

FAES-Center on Compulsive Behaviors (CCB) Scholarship

The Center on Compulsive Behaviors (CCB) is a trans-NIH IRP initiative founded in 2017 as a platform to promote inter- and intra-institutional collaborations between intramural laboratories in the neuroscience community with the goal of advancing scientific discovery and developing expertise within the field of compulsive behaviors. FAES has partnered with the NIH Center on Compulsive Behaviors (CCB) to provide eligible CCB fellows scholarship funds toward tuition and fees for FAES Academic Programs in the 2023-2024 Academic Year. The FAES-Center on Compulsive Behaviors Scholarship is only available to current CCB fellows. FAES-CCB Scholarship awards will cover $300 toward tuition and fees for an FAES Course or Workshop. CCB fellows may receive two FAES-CCB Scholarships during the 2023-2024 Academic Year to apply toward two separate FAES academic programs until the scholarship fund is depleted.  

FAES-CCB Scholarship application

NLM  Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine

FAES administers the application portal for the NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, which provides up to $10,000 to support onsite research in the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. The NLM collections span ten centuries, encompass a variety of digital and physical formats, and originate from nearly every part of the globe. The collections include the Michael E. DeBakey papers—representing the diverse areas in which DeBakey made a lasting impact, such as surgery, medical education, and health care policy—along with the papers of many other luminaries in science and medicine. The Fellowship is awarded annually to individual applicants, not to institutions, to help offset costs associated with visiting and using the NLM historical collections during the calendar year that follows the application and selection.

Fellowship Overview and Application Process

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