NOT-OD-01-011: NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPEND INCREASE AND OTHER BUDGETARY CHANGES EFFECTIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

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NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPEND INCREASE AND OTHER BUDGETARY 
CHANGES EFFECTIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

Release Date:  January 8, 2001

NOTICE:  NOT-OD-01-011

National Institutes of Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Health Resources Services Administration

The budgetary changes described below for Fiscal Year 2001 NRSA awards 
affect the stipend levels for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and 
fellows.  In addition, the training related expenses for postdoctoral 
trainees and the institutional allowance for postdoctoral fellows are 
being increased.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DESCRIBED BUDGETARY CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE 
ONLY FOR NRSA AWARDS MADE WITH FY 2001 FUNDS.
Retroactive adjustments or supplementation of stipends or other 
budgetary categories with NRSA funds for an award made prior to October 
1, 2000 is not permitted.  Budgetary adjustments for training grant and 
fellowship awards, therefore, will be made only at the time of the FY 
2001 award.  Adjustments of stipends and other benefits for trainees 
will be made only at the time of appointment or reappointment to 
training grants made with FY 2001 funds.

STIPENDS:  Effective with all NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 
2000, the following annual stipend levels apply to all individuals 
receiving support through institutional research training grants or 
individual fellowships, including the Minority Access to Research 
Career (MARC) and Career Opportunities in Research (COR) programs.  
These awards are made under the authority of Section 487 of the Public 
Health Service Act.

The stipend levels are as follows:

Career Level                                    Stipend for FY 2001

Undergraduates in the MARC and COR programs
    Freshmen/Sophomores                              $ 6,948
    Juniors/Seniors                                  $ 9,732

Predoctoral                                          $16,500

Postdoctoral
    Years of Experience
            0                                        $28,260
            1                                        $29,832
            2                                        $35,196
            3                                        $36,996
            4                                        $38,772
            5                                        $40,560
            6                                        $42,348
            7 or more                                $44,412

Competing and non-competing awards issued on or after October 1, 2000, 
which used the FY2000 stipend schedule, will be revised by the NIH 
awarding component to reflect the new stipend levels.  The new stipend 
levels are to be used in the preparation of future competing and non-
competing NRSA institutional training grant and individual fellowship 
applications. They will be administratively applied to all applications 
now in the review process.

INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE AND TRAINING RELATED EXPENSES FOR POSTDOCTORAL 
NRSA RECIPIENTS:

The institutional allowance and the training related expenses for all 
postdoctoral fellows and trainees will be increased by $1,000. 
Accordingly, NIH will provide an institutional allowance of $5,000 per 
12-month period to postdoctoral fellows sponsored by nonfederal, 
nonprofit, or foreign institutions to help defray such awardee expenses 
as research supplies, equipment, health insurance (either self-only or 
family as appropriate), and travel to scientific meetings.  For 
postdoctoral fellows sponsored by Federal laboratories or for-profit 
institutions, NIH will provide an institutional allowance of up to 
$4,000 for expenses associated with travel to scientific meetings, 
health insurance, and books.  On institutional training grants, the 
training related expenses for postdoctoral trainees will be increased 
from $2,500 to $3,500 per trainee.  These adjustments will be applied 
to all competing and non-competing NRSA awards made with FY 2001 funds.

INQUIRIES

Questions concerning this notice or other policies relating to training 
grants or fellowships should be directed to the grants management 
office in the appropriate NIH Institute or Center.

Walter T. Schaffer, Ph.D.
Research Training Officer
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6184
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7911
Phone:  301-435-2687
FAX:  301-480-0146
EMail:  ws11q@nih.gov
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