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/