REMINDER—RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPENDS 
AND UNALLOWABLE CHARGES

RELEASE DATE:  October 9, 2002

NOTICE:   NOT-OD-03-003

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NRSA recipients receive a stipend—a subsistence allowance to help defray 
living expenses during the research training experience.  It is not provided 
as a condition of employment with either the Federal Government or the 
institution.   Since NRSA awards are not provided as a condition of 
employment, it is inappropriate and unallowable for institutions to seek 
funds for or to charge individual fellowships and institutional training 
grant awards for costs that would normally be associated with employee 
benefits (for example FICA, workman's compensation and unemployment 
insurance).  NIH occasionally receives information that FICA and/or other 
unallowable costs have been inappropriately charged to NRSA stipends.  This 
notice should serve as a reminder that such charges are unallowable at all 
times.  

Please contact the NIH grants management specialist identified on the notice 
of grant award if you have a question about this policy.

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