New NRSA Stipend/Salary FAQs

July 20, 2022

If you receive support through an institutional research training grant or individual fellowship, you may have wondered how the initial NRSA stipend level is determined for postdoctoral trainees and fellows, or when to expect your payments to increase if NIH announces an increase during your appointment. Find the answers to these questions and more in our new Stipend/Salary FAQs.

How Are Childcare Costs for NRSA Trainees and Fellows Requested?

February 10, 2022

Our policy team continues to receive questions about how institutions can request childcare costs for full-time predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees appointed on NRSA institutional research training awards and full-time NIH-NRSA supported fellowship positions. These and many other questions related to childcare costs can be found in our Childcare Costs FAQs. Even if you have requested childcare costs in past Fellowship applications, the process is slightly different with the new FORMS-G applications and the updated FAQ in this post is worth another look.

Announcement of Childcare Costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Supported Individual Fellows

March 2, 2021

As part of our on-going efforts to develop programs which support family-friendly research environments for the NIH-supported workforce, NIH will begin providing an option for NRSA fellows to request support for childcare costs in new and continuation applications or as administrative supplements to existing awards effective April 8, 2021. The NRSA childcare costs apply to full-time NIH-NRSA supported fellowship positions. Each fellow is eligible to receive $2,500 per budget period to defray childcare costs. The NRSA childcare costs are not tied to any payback obligations.