Training must take place in a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-accredited care center and must encompass diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, comprehensive care, and cystic fibrosis-related research.

Applicants must be eligible for board certification in pediatrics or internal medicine by the time the fellowship begins and are expected to be sub-specialty board eligible at the completion of the fellowship program.

Fellowships for years one and two of fellowship training are primarily intended to support clinical training. Awards are $62,000 (first year) and $69,500 (second year) for stipend (indirect costs are not allowed).

Fellowships are available for additional basic and/or clinical research training in the third, fourth, and fifth years to qualified applicants. These awards are up to $100,000 and include $80,000 for stipend and $20,000 for research costs (indirect costs are not allowed). Applicants for these awards must submit a proposal of the research studies to be undertaken and other specialized training that will be offered during the funding period.

Applicants may apply for up to two years of funding to support third-and-fourth-year clinical fellowship training.

Applicants may be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. International applicants must have the ability to obtain the appropriate visas, as applicable. 

Policies and Guidelines

Please review the appropriate Policies and Guidelines for complete submission information:

2023 First and Second Year Clinical Fellowship Policies and Guidelines

2023 Third and Fourth Year Clinical Fellowship Policies and Guidelines

2023 Fifth Year Clinical Fellowship Policies and Guidelines

Deadlines

Application deadlines:

First and Second Year Fellowships: March 1, 2023

Third, Fourth, and Fifth Year Fellowships: February 16, 2023

All applications must be submitted online at awards.cff.org by 5 p.m. ET.

For More Information

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host a webinar to walk through what makes a good application with a live question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. ET on January 10, 2023. For registration information, contact eyu@cff.org.

Those who are interested in any funding programs offered by the CF Foundation can get further information, or discuss the potential relevance of their studies or research by contacting the Grants and Contracts Management and Administration Office at grants@cff.org.

Please Direct Inquiries to:

GCMA Office
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
4550 Montgomery Ave.
Suite 1100 N
Bethesda, MD 20814
800-FIGHT-CF
301-841-2614