Students are encouraged to apply for external funding through the National Institutes of Health and other governmental and non-governmental funding agencies. The qualifying examination is designed to prepare students to apply for the NIH NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship and similar awards.
Details on the NIH NRSA fellowship awards can be found here:
https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships/F31
NSF Graduate Research Program:
https://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Pre-doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association:
https://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_443316_Predoctoral-Fellowship.jsp
University of Cincinnati Internal Funding Awards:
http://webcentral.uc.edu/urc2/apply/programinfo.cfm
Private / Non-Federal Funding Sources:
https://www.einstein.yu.edu/administration/grant-support/funding-opportunities.aspx
Sleep Research Internships:
https://www.tuck.com/careers-internships-sleep/