RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPEND
INCREASE AND OTHER BUDGETARY CHANGES EFFECTIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
RELEASE DATE: February 22, 2007
NOTICE: NOT-OD-07-052
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ)
Health Resources Services Administration
(HRSA)
The stipend levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Kirschstein-NRSA awards
for undergraduate, predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and fellows
are shown below. They remain the same as in FY 2006. The Training
Related Expenses for trainees and the Institutional Allowance for
individual fellows for FY 2007 are also shown below.
The Budgetary Categories Described in this Notice Are Effective
Only for Kirschstein-NRSA Awards Made with FY 2007 Funds.
Retroactive adjustments or supplementation of stipends or other
budgetary categories with Kirschstein-NRSA funds for an award made
prior to October 1, 2006 is not permitted. Budgetary adjustments
for training grant and fellowship awards, therefore, will be made
only at the time of the FY 2007 award.
STIPENDS: Effective with all Kirschstein-NRSA awards made on or
after October 1, 2006 , 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 (as amended).
The stipend levels are as follows:
Career Level Stipend for FY 2007
| Undergraduates in the MARC and COR Programs |
| Freshmen/Sophomores |
$ 7,812 |
| Juniors/Seniors |
$ 10,956 |
| Predoctoral |
$ 20,772 |
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| Postdoctoral |
|
| Years of Experience |
|
| 0 |
$ 36,996 |
| 1 |
$ 38,976 |
| 2 |
$ 41,796 |
| 3 |
$ 43,428 |
| 4 |
$ 45,048 |
| 5 |
$ 46,992 |
| 6 |
$ 48,852 |
| 7 or more |
$ 51,036 |
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These 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 currently in the review process.
The NIH encourages institutions to limit the duration of graduate
and postdoctoral training to the extent possible. In most cases,
graduate and postdoctoral research training from any source should
not exceed 6 years and 5 years, respectively. The NIH retains eight
levels of postdoctoral stipends to accommodate individuals who complete
other forms of health-related training prior to accepting a Kirschstein-NRSA
supported position. The presence of eight discrete levels of experience
should not be construed as an endorsement of extended periods of
postdoctoral research training.
It should be noted that the maximum amount that NIH will award
to support the compensation package for a graduate student research
assistant remains at the zero level postdoctoral stipend as described
at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-017.html.
INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE AND TRAINING RELATED
EXPENSES FOR KIRSCHSTEIN- NRSA RECIPIENTS:
The Training Related Expenses for each predoctoral and postdoctoral
trainee as well as the Institutional Allowance for all predoctoral
and postdoctoral fellows will be paid at the amounts shown below
for all awards made with FY 2006 funds:
| Training Related Expenses on Institutional Training
Grants |
| Predoctoral Trainees |
$4,200 |
| Postdoctoral Trainees: |
$7,850 |
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| Institutional Allowance on Individual Fellows
Sponsored by non-Federal Public & Private Institutions (Domestic
& Foreign) |
| Predoctoral Fellows: |
$4,200 |
| Postdoctoral Fellows: |
$7,850 |
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| Institutional Allowance for Individual Fellows
Sponsored by Federal and For-Profit Institutions |
| Predoctoral Fellows: |
$3,100 |
| Postdoctoral Fellows: |
$6,750 |
Expenses allowed within these cost categories are described in
the appropriate program announcements, which can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm.
These amounts will be applied to all competing and non-competing
NRSA awards made with FY 2007 funds. Any FY 2007 awards issued using
previously-approved levels will be revised. These levels are to
be used in the preparation of future competing and non-competing
Kirschstein-NRSA institutional training grant and individual fellowship
applications. They will be administratively applied to all applications
currently in the review process.
Please note that information concerning the NIH policy for offsetting
NRSA expenses for tuition, fees, and health insurance for FY 2006
competing applications was published on August 2, 2005 and can be
found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-059.html.
The NIH policy for offsetting NRSA expenses for tuition, fees,
and health insurance is currently being re-examined. Information
regarding this issue and a recently held NIH Town Hall Meeting to
discuss this topic can be found at: http://pub.nigms.nih.gov/generic_meeting/index.cfm?id=10.
A final decision regarding the policy for FY 2007 is expected to
be announced in the spring of 2006.
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 L. Goldschmidts, Ph.D.
Acting Research Training Officer
National Institutes of Health
6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 3516
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7963
Phone: (301) 451-4225
FAX: (301) 480-0146
Email: goldschw@mail.nih.gov
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