New NIH Stipend Levels Herbert B. Chermside 09 Jan 2001 10:24 EST
The following from the AAMC listserve (Thanks, Lisa!) NIH on Monday announced the new stipend rates for NRSA trainees effective for FY 2001. The pre-doc stipend rate is up 9.6 percent and the postdoc increases average 5 percent. The notice, which will be published in the January 12 issue of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, follows. Tony Mazzaschi AAMC NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPEND INCREASE AND OTHER BUDGETARY CHANGES EFFECTIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 Release Date: January 8, 2001 NOTICE: 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: xxxxxx@nih.gov Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 11th & Marshall Streets Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================