REVISED RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN FELLOWSHIP ACTIVATION NOTICE (PHS 416-5),  
TERMINATION NOTICE (PHS 416-7), PAYBACK AGREEMENT (PHS 6031) AND  
PAYBACK ACTIVITIES CERTIFICATION (PHS 6031-1) NOW AVAILABLE

RELEASE DATE:  October 30, 2002

NOTICE:  NOT-OD-03-006

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

EFFECTIVE DATE:  The revised "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research 
Service Award Fellowship Activation Notice" (PHS 416-5, Rev. 6/02), 
"Information and Termination Notice for Fellows and Trainees Completing 
a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award" (PHS 416-7, Rev. 
6/02), "Payback Agreement" (PHS 6031, Rev. 6/02) and "Annual Payback 
Activities Certification" (PHS 6031-1) are now available and will be 
accepted immediately.  Use of the previous versions (Rev. 12/98) will 
be accepted through December 31, 2002.  However, the 12/98 versions of 
the 6031 and 6031-1 will continue to be accepted indefinitely. Note, 
there are no changes in the data items of these forms. 

The revised instructions and forms are available at 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm#training.  The forms available 
on the website have been modified to enable the fields to be filled in 
directly using Adobe Acrobat Reader Software.  Free Adobe Software may 
be accessed at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.  If 
you have any questions about using the new forms and the Adobe Acrobat 
Reader Software process, see "INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWLOADING DOCUMENTS AND 
ELECTRONIC FORMS" at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/edocs.htm.

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returned without review.

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