AIM-AHEAD Training Programs - Call For Applications
AIM-AHEAD is excited to launch four training programs, each designed to further develop a workforce of researchers from a variety of backgrounds who are proficient in AI/ML and eager to address unmet needs in communities across the United States and its territories. Postgraduates, graduate students, postdocs, healthcare workers, and early-career researchers are encouraged to apply! Applicants may apply to multiple training programs; however, acceptance is limited to one program. Placement will be determined by scientific and programmatic review, as well as the applicant's stated preference.
Select from the program title links below to read the Call For Applications and to apply now!
AIM-AHEAD All of Us Training Program - Cohort 3
The AIM-AHEAD All of Us Training Program is intended to expand research in AI/ML by leveraging the All of Us data and infrastructure (Researcher Workbench). To achieve this, the program trains individuals from multidisciplinary backgrounds to gain proficiency in AI/ML data analysis and apply their expertise to benefit communities across the United States and U.S. Territories.
Application Deadline: September 26, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI AI-READI Training Program - Cohort 2
The AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI AI-READI Training Program aims to increase and expand AI-READI data access through engagement and training, including the use of AI/ML in analysis and a train-the-trainer model. Through this model, AIM-AHEAD trainees gain the skills to apply AI/ML methods to a wide range of data types and address pressing health challenges with innovative research.
Application Deadline: September 26, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI Clinical Care Training Program - Cohort 2
The AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI for Clinical Care Training Program expands access to Bridge2AI CHoRUS data through engagement, training, and mentorship. It equips trainees nationwide to apply AI/ML to big data analysis and to conduct innovative research at the intersection of healthcare barriers and AI/ML using a multi-modal set of data elements drawn from a broad range of cohort participants.
Application Deadline: September 26, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
AIM-AHEAD & NCATS Health Data Science Training Program (HDSTP) - Cohort 3
The AIM-AHEAD & NCATS Training Program, through a partnership with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), was designed to reduce barriers for AIM-AHEAD researchers to access and analyze real-world clinical data. This program provides trainees with the skills and guidance needed to conduct novel research at the intersection of AI/ML and healthcare, using data collected from a broad cross-section of American communities.
Application Deadline: September 26, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Please Note: Current and former AIM-AHEAD Program participants (including awardees, fellows, trainees, mentors, clinical advisors, experts, and grant-writing coaches) are ineligible to apply to the current year AIM-AHEAD Training Programs.
AIM-AHEAD-funded Coordinating Center Personnel and federal employees are eligible to apply, but if accepted, they will not receive the stipend and allowance.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions: AIM-AHEAD Training Program Helpdesk.
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The National Institutes of Health’s AIM-AHEAD program was established to create mutually beneficial and coordinated partnerships to empower researchers and communities across the United States in the development of AI/ML models and enhance the capabilities of this emerging technology, beginning with electronic health record (EHR) data. Read More
**Please note that, consistent with NIH practice and applicable law, funded programs may not use the race, ethnicity, or sex of prospective program participants or faculty as an eligibility or selection criteria. The race, ethnicity, or sex of candidates will not be considered by AIM-AHEAD in the application review process or when making funding decisions.**
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