This provision does not apply to qualifying loan consolidations. Before the commencement of loan repayment, or during lapses in loan repayments, due to administrative complications, Leave Without Pay LWOP , or a break in service, LRP awardees are wholly responsible for making payments or other arrangements that maintain their loans current, such that increases in either principal or interest do not occur. Loan repayment will commence after a loan repayment award begins, expected to be no earlier than July 1 and no later than September 30 annually.
Notice Number:. Key Dates. Release Date:. Related Announcements. Issued by. Applicants must have total qualifying educational debt equal to or in excess of 20 percent of their institutional annual base salary at the time of the award.
Institutional annual base salary is the annual amount the organization pays for the individual's appointment, whether the time is spent on research, teaching, patient care, or other activities. Institutional annual base salary excludes any income that an applicant may earn outside of the duties of the organization. This criterion is not applicable to applicants for a renewal award.
Applicants must be employed by and conduct qualifying research as defined above supported by a domestic nonprofit foundation e. A domestic foundation, professional association, or institution is considered nonprofit if exempt from Federal tax under the provisions of Section of the Internal Revenue Code 26 U. NIH grants and university salaries are considered eligible funding. Applicants must agree to conduct only research that is not prohibited by Federal law, regulations, or policies of the U.
Applicants who receive LRP awards must conduct their research in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local law e. Additionally, awardees must engage in qualified research for an average of at least 20 hours per week during each quarterly service period of the LRP award. Individuals who have applied previously for the LRP, but did not receive an award, are eligible to apply for a new award if they meet all of the above eligibility criteria. Recipients of a Ruth L.
Any individual who owes an obligation of health professional service to the federal government, a State, or other entity, unless deferrals or extensions are granted for the length of their Extramural LRP service obligation.
Individuals who receive any research funding support or salary from a for-profit institution or organization. Individuals employed by an institution located outside the United States.
Application Receipt Period: September 1 through November 18, p. EST Applicants submit the following: Applicant information Applicant's NIH Biosketch Applicant's NIH eRA Commons ID Personal statement, which includes a discussion of career goals and academic objectives Funding Information: source s of applicant's research funding Description of Research Activities, which describes the current or proposed research project including the specific responsibilities and role of the applicant in conducting the research.
Reference letters are expected to include the following information about the applicant: Previous training and experience to prepare for a research career Commitment to a career in research Potential for a successful career in research Research related strengths and weaknesses Overall recommendation Institutional Business Officials submit a certification that: Assures the applicant will be provided the necessary time and resources to engage in the research project for the period of the Loan Repayment Program award two years for a new award and one or two years for a renewal award Assures the applicant is or will be engaged in research for an average of 20 hours per week a total of hours during a week quarter or a total of hours during a week quarter Certifies the sponsoring entity is a domestic nonprofit institution exempt from tax under 26 USC Confirms the applicant's institutional annual base salary Confirms the applicant is a U.
Citizen, U. National, or Permanent Resident of the U. Renewal Award Applications Loan repayment awardees who wish to apply for a renewal award should do so no earlier than the year before their current award ends. Change of Institution After the application submission deadline, a change of institution may be permissible, pending approval from the Institute or Center reviewing the application.
Coal miner. Dairy farmer. Educator teaching, training. Emergency response worker. Federal employee. Health care professional. Law enforcement officer. Long shore or harbor worker. Migrant or seasonal farm worker. Military service member. Postdoctoral researcher. Published writer or poet. Railroad worker. Performing artist.
A lender that serves multi-family housing loans. Federal contractor or subcontractor. None of the above. Disaster relief. Homeless assistance. Domiciliary care. Land or property ownership. Mental health services. Military sexual trauma. Veteran burial issues. Two-year program for NIH investigators conducting research with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
In November , Public Law P. Two-year program 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.
Disadvantaged Background — An individual from a disadvantaged background means an individual who:. Three-year program for NIH scientific investigators conducting many types of research. In June , P. Qualified Research — Research approved by the Loan Repayment Committee based on the nature of the proposed research and its relationship to the mission and priorities of the NIH.
Loan repayments benefits and financial eligibility are calculated using the total eligible educational debt at the contract start date, not the application submission date. All Extramural LRP new awards are two years. Repayments for a new award are calculated using the eligible educational debt at the contract start date.
Payments are made on a quarterly basis, starting with the highest priority loan per NIH guidelines. If a loan is paid-in-full before the end of the contract, subsequent quarterly payments will be directed to the loan with the next highest priority.
See a full list of the loan priority order. There is no limit on the number of renewal awards an LRP awardee can receive. Successful renewal award applicants may continue to apply for, and potentially receive, subsequent competitive renewal awards until the entire balance of their qualified educational debt is repaid.
Payments are made on a quarterly basis, starting with the loan with the highest priority per NIH guidelines. All Intramural LRP renewal awards are one year. If a loan is paid-in-full before the end of a contract, subsequent quarterly payments will be directed to the loan with the next highest priority.
Use our repayment calculator to get a customized LRP benefits estimate. Overview The NIH Loan Repayment Programs LRPs are a set of programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers.
Already an Applicant? Login Here. Application Process Interactive Roadmap. Eligibility General Eligibility No applicant will be excluded from consideration on the basis of age, race, culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors.
Rather, the focus is on attracting and retaining highly talented investigators to pursue biomedical research studies and investigations in a variety of scientific disciplines. Generally, this subcategory is used to attract or retain more senior researchers rather than trainees. For the General subcategory, a "qualified research assignment" is one that is approved by the LRC based on the nature of the proposed research and its relationship to the mission and priorities of NIH.
Definitions Clinical Research — Patient-oriented research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena for which an investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials.
Pediatric Research For investigators conducting research directly related to diseases, disorders, and other conditions in children. Definitions Pediatric Research - Research that is directly related to diseases, disorders, and other conditions in children. Definitions Health Disparity Populations — Health Disparity Populations are determined by the Director of NIMHD, after consultation with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and are defined as populations where there is significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates in the population as compared to the health status of the general population.
Contraception and Infertility Research For investigators conducting research in conditions that impact on the ability of couples to either conceive or bear young. Definitions Contraception Research — Research that has the ultimate goal of 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 from a family with an annual income below low-income thresholds.
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