U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Essential First Steps
Registration
Before starting an application, prospective applicants must register for an LRP login account using one of the methods provided on the portal page. Registration must be completed during the open application period. Please review the Application Periods. Registration completed at other times will be invalidated.
Renewal Award
Current and former LRP awardees may apply for a competitive renewal award provided that they continue to meet eligibility requirements, with the exception of the debt-to-income ratio.
Renewal award applicants must apply to the same LRP from which they received their current/former LRP award. If an LRP participant would like to change LRPs, they must apply as a new (not renewal) award applicant through that LRP. For example, if an individual received an LRP award through the Pediatric Research LRP but now wants to be considered under the Clinical Research LRP, that person would be required to apply for a competitive new award through the Clinical Research LRP.
Successful renewal awardees can continue to apply for, and potentially receive, subsequent renewal awards until the entire balance of their qualified educational debt is repaid.
Next Steps
Please select the Program associated with your current or most recent award and navigate through the pages to learn about the Program, Eligibility, Review Process, Benefits, Contractual Obligations, Deadlines, Preparing an Application, and Loan Requirements & Resources. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Eligibility & Programs page.
Clinical Research
For investigators conducting patient-oriented clinical research with human subjects or research on disease in human populations involving material of human origin.
Pediatric Research
For investigators conducting research directly related to diseases, disorders and other conditions in children, including pediatric pharmacological research.
Health Disparities Research
For investigators conducting research that focuses on one or more of the minority health disparity populations defined by NIMHD and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Contraception and Infertility Research
For investigators conducting research in conditions that result in the failure of couples to either conceive or bear young, or research on providing new or improved methods of preventing pregnancy.
Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
For clinical investigators coming from an environment that inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skill and ability required to enroll in and graduate from a health professional school, or a family with an annual income below low-income thresholds.
AIDS Research
For NIH investigators conducting research with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
For NIH clinical investigators coming from an environment that inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skill and ability required to enroll in and graduate from a health professional school, or a family with an annual income below low-income thresholds.
General Research
For qualified health professionals, particularly physicians, to conduct research at NIH as employees of NIH.
There is no renewal for ACGME fellows. Renewal applicants must apply to the General Research LRP for a renewal award.
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Sep 1, 2016 - Dec 1, 2016