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Although thousands of people apply for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) training grants every year, few people actually know who Ruth was, what she accomplished in her career, and why these grants serve as her ongoing legacy to scientific training. This chapter provides a brief biography of Ruth L. Kirschstein including information about how her upbringing shaped her ambition and drive, her detail-oriented work as a pathologist leading to the creation of quality control standards for the polio vaccine, her dedication to mentoring and minority issues, her time at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as the first woman to serve as a director of an NIH institute and as acting director of the NIH, and the lasting changes she implemented during her time at the NIH. A brief section is included describing the five different types of NRSA training grants (F30, F31, F31 Diversity, F32, and F33).