FY 2008 Funding and Operating Guidelines
NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
AWARDS
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
ISSUED: May 2008 |
GOALS
The NHLBI will continue to apply National Institutes of Health
(NIH) cost management guidelines in making National Research
Service Awards and Research Career Awards.
National Research Service Awards -Training Grants &
Fellowships:
NRSA Stipend Levels
FY 2008 NRSA awards will be issued using the stipend levels
published in the NIH Guide dated January 28, 2008. The full
guide notice for the current stipend levels can be found
at the following address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-036.html.
These levels are as follows:
Career Level |
Stipend for FY 2008 |
Predoctoral |
$20,772 |
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 |
Competing and Non-Competing Institutional NRSA - Training
Grants:
NHLBI Receipt Dates, Award Date, Limits on full-time
training positions for Kirschstein - NRSA T32 Grants
FY 2008 new policies for NHLBI-supported T32 grants
are the following.
Receipt dates for competing applications:
- January 25 - The NHLBI will accept all types of competing
T32 applications (new, renewal/competing continuation,
resubmission/amended) on this date.
- September 25 - Only resubmission/amended T32 applications
will be accepted on this date.
Award Date:
New competing awards for T32 grants will be issued as
early as February. Competing Renewals will usually follow
the dates of the last non-competing end date.
Limits on Full-Time Training Positions (FTTPs):
The following strategies to manage the number of FTTPs
will enable the Institute to support a greater number
of meritorious training programs.
New and Renewal/competing continuation T32s -
- During FY 2008 and thereafter, FTTP
allocations will be held to the following limits.
(Short-Term/Summer positions will not be affected in
FY 2008 and thereafter.)
New programs (Type 1) may request no more than 8
FTTPs.
Renewal/Competing continuations (Type 2) that had
12 or fewer FTTPs during the previous award period
will be capped at 12.
Renewal/Competing continuations that had more than
12 FTTPs during the prior award period will be capped
at the previous number.
Renewal/Competing continuations that entail a change
of program director since the prior award period will
be capped at 8 FTTPs.
Noncompeting renewal T32s - During fiscal
year 2008, FTTP allocations will be reduced from the FY
2007 level according to the following plan. Please note
that the NHLBI delayed this action for noncompeting awards
until FY 2008 to give program directors ample time to
plan for the reduction. Short-term trainees will not be
affected.
Programs with:
8 or fewer FTTPs - no reduction
9 to 12 - reduced by 1
13 to 16 - reduced by 2
17 or more - reduced by 3
Training Related Expenses for Kirschstein - NRSA Recipients
Training related expenses for predoctoral and postdoctoral
trainees will be paid at the amounts shown below for all
competing awards made with FY 2008 funds. These amounts
also apply to non-competing awards issued in FY 2008 for
programs that received competing awards in FY 2007.
Training Related Expenses on Institutional Training Grants
(including health insurance)
- Predoctoral Trainees: $4,200
- Postdoctoral Trainees: $7,850
Non-competing continuations of institutional training
awards that started in FY 2005 or earlier will continue
to receive tuition, fees, health insurance, and training
related expenses at the rates set in the initial Notice
of Award and calculated in accordance with the policies
in place at that time. Further information about the implementation
of Kirschstein-NRSA policies for tuition, fees, and health
insurance announced in the NIH NOT-OD-06-093
can be found in the NIH Questions
and Answers Related to NOT-OD-06-093 and summarized
in the table at the end of this notice.
Exchanging Pre and Postdoctoral Slots:
A T32 program may exchange pre- and postdoctoral slots,
pursuant to the availability of funds. The T32 program
must have been peer reviewed for pre- and postdoctoral training
and must receive prior approval from the NHLBI because of
the potential budgetary differences in the slots and the
programmatic determination that is appropriate for each
individual situation.
Applications with budgets greater than $500,000 in any
year:
In May 1996, the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts included
an announcement of a new NIH-wide policy regarding acceptance
of unsolicited grant applications requesting direct costs
of $500,000 or more, in any given year. The NIH policy applies
to all unsolicited research or research training applications
submitted in response to program announcements for any mechanism
(e.g., R01, P01, R18, T32) that request $500,000 or more
in direct costs for any one year. The full
NIH Guide Notice can be found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-004.html.
The
NHLBI summary of the NIH Guide Announcement is available
from the following address:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/500kweb.htm. Applicants
for T32 applications with budgets at or above $500,000 will
be asked to submit the form: "Substitute Direct Costs
Budget for Entire Proposed Period of Support".
Number of Positions Awarded:
The NHLBI will award the Council recommended numbers of
positions except for specific programmatic and administrative
adjustments that may apply to an individual grant.
Individual NRSA - Fellowships:
Stipends will be awarded at the levels reflected in the January
28, 2008 (NOT-OD-08-036) NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
The NHLBI will apply the following increases for awards issued
in FY 2008:
Stipends will be awarded at FY 2008 levels. Institutional
allowances for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows will be
paid at the amounts shown below for all competing
awards made with FY 2008 funds. Institutional allowances for
non-competing awards will remain at previously
committed levels.
Institutional allowance for individual Fellows sponsored
by non-federal public, private, and Non-profit Institutions
(domestic & foreign, including health insurance)
- Predoctoral Fellows: $4,200
- Postdoctoral Fellows: $7,850
Institutional allowance for individual Fellows sponsored
by federal and for-profit Institutions (including health insurance)
- Predoctoral Fellows: $3,100
- Postdoctoral Fellows: $6,750
Career Development Awards - K Series
The maximum salary for recipients of K01, K02, K08, K22 (extramural
phase), K23, K25 and the initial mentored K99 phase (effective
with applications submitted under the NIH PA-07-297)
of the K99/R00 Research Career Awards is $75,000 per year
plus commensurate fringe benefits for full-time professional
effort (i.e., 75% to 100%). The salary must be consistent
with both the established salary structure at the institution
and with salaries actually provided by the institution from
its own funds to other staff members of equivalent qualifications,
rank, and responsibilities in the department concerned.
Current and former recipients of K12 support may apply for
the K01, K08, K22, K23, and K25 provided that they have no
more than three years of K12 support by the time the K01,
K08, K22, K23, or K25 award is issued. The combined total
of K12 plus K01, K08, K22, K23, or K25 support must not exceed
6 years. A candidate for the K01, K08, K22, K23, and K25 may
not concurrently apply for or have an award pending for any
other NIH career development award.
The NHLBI Research Career Development Award Programs (with
the exception of the K18 that requires a minimum of 50% effort
and the K24 that requires a minimum of 25% and a maximum of
50% effort) require recipients to devote at least 75% effort
per year of their full time professional effort to research-related
activities. It is possible for a recipient to devote 100%
effort to research-related activities. However, because the
NHLBI believes it is important for the clinically prepared
to keep abreast of clinical practice, the recipient may be
able to devote the remaining 25% effort to patient care or
other clinical activities.
The actual salary provided by the K18 and the K24 award
is based on the candidate's full-time, 12-month institutional
salary and the level of effort requested up to the maximum
legislated salary rate in effect at the time of award. For
awards in 2008, the maximum allowable annual salary on an
NIH award is $191,300 for a full-time position. Therefore,
the maximum annual base salary that will be provided for a
K24 recipient with 50% effort will be $95,650.
The K07 grant mechanism is not listed above since those awards
are issued in response to a specific RFA, in which allowable
costs are specifically identified in the RFA.
MENTORED CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS: REVISION
OF NIH POLICY CONCERNING CONCURRENT SUPPORT FROM MENTORED
CAREER DEVELOPMENT (K) AWARD AND A RESEARCH GRANT, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-065.html
Competing: New and Renewals
The NHLBI will award the Council recommended level except
for specific programmatic and administrative adjustments.
Non-Competing Renewal:
The NHLBI will award the recommended level for FY 2008 as
shown on the last Notice of Grant Award.
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