Release Date: March 14, 2007

	NOT-OD-07-057

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. The Training Related Expenses for trainees and the Institutional Allowance for individual fellows for FY 2007 are also shown below.

It should be noted that the described budgetary changes 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).

	Stipend Levels for FY 2007

Undergraduates in the MARC and COR Programs Freshmen/Sophomores $7,812 Juniors/Seniors $10,956 Predoctoral Predoctoral $20,772 Postdoctoral Years of Experience: 0 $36,996 Years of Experience: 1 $37,976 Years of Experience: 2 $41,796 Years of Experience: 3 $43,428 Years of Experience: 4 $45,048 Years of Experience: 5 $46,992 Years of Experience: 6 $48,852 Years of Experience: 7 or more $51,036

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.

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. The NIH also seeks to address the need to help defray the increasing costs of health insurance for individual NRSA fellows.

It should be noted that the increase in the zero level postdoctoral stipend will increase the maximum amount that NIH will award to support the compensation package for a graduate student research assistant as described at 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 remains at the amounts shown below for all awards made with FY 2005 funds:

	Training Related Expenses on Institutional Training Grants

Predoctoral Trainees $4,200 Postdoctoral Trainees $7,850 Institutional Allowance on Individual Fellows Sponsored by non-Federal Public & Private Institutions (Domestic & Foreign) Predoctoral Fellows $4,200 Postdoctoral Fellows $7,850 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 2004 funds. 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 now in the review process.


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.