Hello all-
I've been asked by the budget makers whether we are required to pay our
postdocs (paid from either grants or institution funds) according to the NIH
stipend schedule
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-03-033.html.

From what I can tell, the stipend schedule is created as a guideline for the
NIH training grants, and is not a required pay scale for all postdocs.  The
only salary requirement is that we charge salaries in a consistent manner
(not charge more for grant personnel than we would for institutional
personnel).

Is this correct?  Does anyone else pay institutionally supported postdocs
according to the NIH stipend scale?  The FY03 increase is going to throw our
budget out of whack, and we're trying to research all options.

Thanks for your help,
-Amy

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what
no one else has thought.
-Albert von Nagyrapolt

Amy Hibbard
Grants Administrator
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711
T: (909) 607-9313 / 607-7855
F: (909) 607-8086
xxxxxx@kgi.edu
www.kgi.edu

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