Don ’t Miss Out! NIH Loan Repayment Applications Now Being Accepted

Ericka Boone, Ph.D., Director of NIH Division of Loan Repayment  Applications are currently being accepted for the FY 2020 NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) until November 15, 2020. And, there are some important changes to the program we would like to spotlight for you. For over three decades, the NIH LRPs have helped recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. LRP award funds repay a recipient’s qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research at a domestic, nonprofit, or government entity. Priority research areas for the NIH LRPs include clinical, pediatrics, health disparities, contraception and infertility, as well as clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. And, now here are some exciting new changes we would like to highlight about the LRPs going forward… Starting earlier this month, NIH raised the loan repayment award amount from a maximum of $35,000 to a maximum of $50,000 per year (NOT-OD-19-117). This change, as part of implementing the 21st Century Cures Act, means that over a two-year new award, talented researchers can now receive a maximum of up to a total of $100,000. LRP awards are also competitively renewable. Raising the LRP award maximum amount – a recommendation first presented in the 2014 NIH Physician Scientist Workforce Working Group report – is an exciting step in further strengthening and stabilizing the ...
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