General Information and Policies
NLM Informatics Training Conference
Frequently Asked Questions
Forms: Annual Progress Report
- PHS 2590, revised 11/2007
- Due by May 1 each year
- Mail one paper copy to:
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- Division of Extramural Activities Support, OER
National Institutes of Health
6705 Rockledge Dr, Room 2207, MSC 7987
Bethesda, MD 20892-7987 (for regular or U.S. Postal Service Express mail)
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for other courier/express mail delivery only)
Phone Number: 301-594-6584
- If we request revisions, email electronic copy to program analyst, Mark Siegal, siegalm@mail.nih.gov
Forms: Statement of Appointment
- PHS 2271, revised 11/2007
- Due upon appointment: no form = no trainee reimbursement
- Submit a new form for each year of trainee's appointment
- Mail one paper copy to your grant specialist:
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- NLM Extramural Programs
Rockledge 1, Suite 301
6705 Rockledge Dr
Bethesda, MD 20892
- Common problems
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- Appointment period missing or incorrect
- Grant number incomplete
- Social Security Number (last 4 digits) missing
- Stipend levels should match approved levels or provide justification
- Eventually, appointment forms will be submitted electronically via eRA Commons (xTrain), maybe July 2009
Forms: Termination Notice
- PHS 416-7, revised 10/2005
- Due upon termination of trainee
- Submit one termination form at end of trainee's NLM training
- Mail one paper copy to your grant specialist:
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- NLM Extramural Programs
Rockledge 1, Suite 301
6705 Rockledge Dr
Bethesda, MD 20892
- Eventually, termination forms will be submitted electronically via eRA Commons (xTrain), maybe July 2009
Forms: Financial status report (FSR)
Stipends Table for FY 2009
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Predoc stipends – beginning July 1, 2009
First year of NLM support, regardless of experience: $20,976 for any bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in any field, the same as year 1 NRSA level. Stipend increases by 5% each year. A total of 5 years of NLM trainee support is permitted, which can include up to 3 postdoc years. However, a postdoc slot must be available if a trainee is moving from predoc to postdoc. |
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NLM Model |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Predoc
(any Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) |
$20,976 |
$22,025 |
$23,126 |
$24,282 |
$25,496 |
Previously appointed predoctoral trainees from prior budget periods will continue to receive a 5% increase per year.
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Postdoc stipends
First year of support: based on prior years of postdoc experience. Each subsequent year of support: add one year of experience. No additional cost of living increase. Up to 3 years of NLM support is permitted for a postdoc. NLM trainees are exempt from NRSA payback requirement. For MDs, internship/residency counts as qualifying experience.
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NLM Model |
Years of postdoc experience |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7(+) |
Postdoc |
$37,368 |
$39,360 |
$42,204 |
$43,860 |
$45,504 |
47,460 |
$49,344 |
$51,552 |
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Tuition
- Tuition Reimbursement:
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- Predocs: 60% of tuition requested = up to $16,000
- Postdocs: 60% of tuition requested = up to $16,000
- STTPs (short-term training program for minority recruitment): 1/4 of predoc = up to $4,000
- Degree and non-degree programs receive equal treatment for tuition reimbursement
- Provide full tuition amount when filling out annual progress report
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- NLM will calculate tuition reimbursement based on full tuition
Training-Related Expenses
- Predocs: $6,500 (TRE) + $2,000 (health insurance) = $8,500
- Postdocs: $6,500 (TRE) + $4,000 (health insurance) = $10,500
- Used to defray the costs of "other" research training costs, faculty and staff training salaries, consultant costs, equipment research supplies and faculty travel
- Applies to single and family coverage options
- Predocs and Postdocs training at the NLM – please indicate how your institution plans to cover the NLM fellow while they are on fellowship. NLM does not directly reimburse for health insurance coverage.
Unobligated Grant Balances
- NLM does not approve carryover of unobligated/unexpended grant funding balances from prior budget periods
- Unobligated balances are used to offset the next active budget period of the grant
- Grantees should regularly check their Federal Cash Transaction Reports (PMS-272) authorization
For All Grantees: Conflict of Interest
- Each grantee institution must:
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- Enforce a written policy on conflict of interest that complies with the NIH regulations
- Inform investigators of the institution's policy and NIH regulation
- Inform investigators of their reporting responsibilities
- Provide adequate guidelines for enforcement mechanisms and sanctions where appropriate
- Investigator reporting responsibilities differ by institution
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- At a minimum, must report "significant financial interests" (including those of spouse and dependent children) that would affect or appear to affect the research
- Conflict of interest website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/
For All Grantees: Public Access Mandate
- All final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication
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- Includes trainee publications resulting from NLM training grant
- Requirement as of April 7, 2008
- NIH progress reports, applications, and proposals must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) when citing a paper that falls under the policy and arose from an NIH award
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- Requirement as of May 25, 2008
- Some journals automatically submit published articles to PMC: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm
- Otherwise, PI must submit via NIH Manuscript Submission system: http://www.nihms.nih.gov
- Public access website: http://publicaccess.nih.gov
Email or call us anytime with questions
- Filling out forms? Contact your grant specialist:
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- Arnita Miles: Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Utah, Wisconsin
- Andrew Diggs: Harvard, Missouri, Rice, Stanford, UC Irvine, Washington
- Ebony Simmons: Colorado, Indiana, OHSU, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Yale
- Program related? Contact program officer, Dr. Valerie Florance
- When in doubt? Contact program analyst, Mark Siegal
- Contact info: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/Staff.html
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