NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) STIPEND INCREASE Release Date: January 9, 1998 P.T. National Institutes of Health Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Health Resources Services Administration Effective with all awards made on or after October 1, 1997, the following annual stipend levels apply to all individuals receiving support through institutional or individual National Research Service Awards (NRSA), including the Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) and Career Opportunities in Research (COR) programs. These awards are all made under the authority of Section 487 of the Public Health Service Act. The new stipends are as follows: Career Level Stipend for FY 98 MARC/COR Honors Undergraduates Freshmen/Sophomores $6,420 Juniors/Seniors $8,988 Predoctoral $11,748 Postdoctoral Years of Experience 0 $21,000 1 $22,176 2 $26,160 3 $27,492 4 $28,824 5 $30,144 6 $31,476 7 or more $33,012 THESE STIPEND LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE ONLY FOR AWARDS MADE WITH FY 1998 FUNDS. Retroactive adjustments or supplementation of stipends with NRSA funds for awards made prior to October 1, 1997 is not permitted. Stipend level adjustments can be made only on the award date of the fellowship or the appointment date of the trainee on awards made with FY 1998 funds. Competing and non-competing awards made during the period between October 1, 1997 and the date of this announcement will be retroactively adjusted by the awarding component. Institutions are permitted to supplement NRSA stipends from non-Federal sources according to their own formally established policies, as described in the PHS Grants Policy Statement. 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.
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