NIH EXTRAMURAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS RELEASE DATE: December 4, 2002 NOTICE: NOT-OD-03-013 National Institutes of Health (NIH) APPLICATION RECEIPT DATE: 5 PM EST, January 31, 2003 THIS NOTICE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Purpose of this Notice Where to Send Inquiries Submitting an Application Required Federal Citations PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the extension of the deadline for the 2003 Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Program for Pediatric Researchers (PR-LRP). The PR-LRP provides for the repayment of educational loan debt of qualified health professionals who agree to conduct clinical research for two years. The program provides for the repayment of up to $35,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans. The program covers the Federal taxes on the loan repayments, which are considered taxable income to program participants. This year's program is not limited to NIH grantees as was the fiscal year 2002 requirement. The new deadline is now January 31, 2003. A full description of the Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Researchers (PR-LRP) is available at http://www.lrp.nih.gov. It details all eligibility, benefits, and application requirements; and it contains the on-line application process. WHERE TO SEND INQUIRIES For all program, eligibility, and application questions please call the LRP helpline at (866) 849-4047 or e-mail lrp@nih.gov. Scientific questions should be directed to the relevant NIH program contact listed on the LRP website at http://www.lrp.nih.gov/contact/index.htm. SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION All potential applicants are encouraged to read the eligibility requirements, benefits, and application procedures for the LRP-CR program located at the LRP website at http://www.lrp.nih.gov. Eligible applicants must submit a completed on-line application at http://www.lrp.nih.gov by January 31, 2003 at 5 PM EST. REQUIRED FEDERAL CITATIONS Awards are made pursuant to the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-310), which added Section 487F of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 288-6). There are two sections 487F. Section 1002(b) of Public Law 106-310 (114 Stat. 1129), inserted section 487F above. Subsequently, section 205 of Public Law 106-505 (114 Stat. 2329), which relates to a Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers, inserted a section 487F after section 487E. The Federal Debt Collections Procedures Act of 1990, contained in Public Law 101-647, requires that an individual that has a judgment lien against his/her property for a debt to the United States shall not be eligible to receive funds directly from the Federal government in any program, except funds to which the debtor is entitled as a beneficiary, until the judgment is paid in full or otherwise satisfied (28 USC 3201). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the LRP for Pediatric Researchers is 93.285.
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