FY 2020 Fiscal Policies for Grant Awards: Funding Levels, Salary Limits, and Stipend Levels

NIH issued guidance for NIH Fiscal Operations for FY 2020 including the following policies:

• FY 2020 Funding Levels – Non-competing continuation awards made in FY 2020 will generally be issued at the commitment level indicated on the Notice of Award.
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) – Increase of NRSA stipends by approximately 2 percent for predocs and 4-5 percent on average for postdocs.
• Next Generation Researchers Initiative Policy – Prioritizing meritorious R01- equivalent applications from early stage investigator (ESI) principal investigators.
• Salary Limits – Salary limit is set at $197,300.

For additional guidance and details, see NOT-OD-20-068.