Special Activity Programs

Fellowship Payment System

The Office of Financial Management (OFM) staff provides services to more than 5,000 fellows who participate in the varied National Institutes of Health Fellowship Programs. These services include payments in excess of $50 million annually, paid primarily via direct deposit to the banks. In addition, staff provide monthly payment statements, health insurance payments, and fellows' 1099 and 1042 tax forms at calendar year ends. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm.

Financial Status Report System

The Office of Financial Management (OFM) staff maintains an on-line Financial Status Report System that processes reports, identifies reports due, lists overdue reports, and provides additional services to the grantee community. OFM receives more than 30,000 reports a year of which approximately 60% are transmitted electronically. Paper reports received are entered by OFM staff into this system where a permanent record is maintained. This information is used by grant management staff, grantee staff, and other NIH staff to provide financial oversight of the more than $8 billion in research grants awarded annually. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm.

Indirect Cost

Indirect Cost & Cost Allocation Information http://rates.psc.gov/

HHS F&A website (Indirect Cost rate agreement search) http://rates.psc.gov/fms/dca/negotiations.html

National Research Service Award (NRSA)

NRSA recipients receive tuition and stipend support from NIH through domestic public institutions while training in biomedical or behavioral research. In exchange for receiving the support, trainees are required to pay back the Federal Government by engaging in health related research or teaching for an equal number of months of support less the first 12 months. If a trainee fails to perform service payback, legislation requires that the stipend received be paid back to the Federal Government with interest. The ICDs refer these cases to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) when they have determined that the recipient will not perform service payback and the NRSA recipient must payback financially. (The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 significantly changes the payback requirement for NRSA awards, which will ultimately reduce OFM's effort in this area. However, for at least two more years the workload of cases will remain stable.)

** See Table below of financial payback results for cases referred to the Office of Financial Management in fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997: