Policies and Notices

NIH periodically issues a Guide Notice to update or clarify policies described in an active Funding Announcement. Compliance with these policy updates becomes a term and condition of award. Notices are published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Every year, NIH incorporates the essential features of these Notices into the annual update of the NIH Grants Policy Statement. The NIH Grants Policy Statement makes available, in a single document, the policy requirements that serve as the terms and conditions of NIH grant awards. Because information is incorporated annually, the following material includes only Notices published in the last two years that affect research training and career development funding opportunities. In addition, a number of key historical Notices that affect the research training and career development community are provided in full to provide context for these changes.

General Policy Guidance

• New and Early Stage Investigator Policies
• NIH Grants Policy Statement - Research Career Development ("K") Awards
• NIH Grants Policy Statement - NRSA Individual Fellowships
• NIH Grants Policy Statement - NRSA Institutional Training Grants
• Dual role of Graduate Students and Postdocs Supported by Research Grants (2014)
• NIH-NSF Definition of a Postdoctoral Scholar
• NOT-OD-16-108: Notice of Correction to PA-16-288 "Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp)
• NOT-OD-15-089: Racial and Ethnic Categories and Definitions for NIH Diversity Programs and for Other Reporting Purposes
• NOT-OD-15-053: Notice of NIHs Interest in Diversity
• NOT-OD-14-113: Revised Policy: Descriptions on the Use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Required in Annual Progress Reports beginning October 1, 2014
• NOT-OD-13-093: NIH Encourages Institutions to Develop Individual Development Plans for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers (July 23, 2013)
• NOT-OD-10-019: Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (NOT-OD-10-019)
• NOT-OD-02-017: Graduate Student Compensation

Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Fellowship (F) and Training (T) Awards

• NOT-OD-17-029: Change to Standard Due Dates for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research (F31 - Diversity)
• NOT-OD-17-003: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Postdoctoral Stipends, Training Related Expenses, Institutional Allowance, and Tuition/Fees Effective for Fiscal Year 2017
• NOT-OD-17-002: Adjustment to Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)
• NOT-OD-16-134: Revised: Projected FY 2017 Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)
• NOT-OD-16-105: Revised NIH Parental Leave Policy for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
• NOT-OD-16-062: Revised: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2016
• NOT-OD-16-047: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2016
• NOT-OD-16-007: NIH & AHRQ Announce Transition to New Research Training Table Formats for 2016 and Upcoming Release of the xTRACT System
• NOT-OD-15-120: Notice: Standardized Test Scores Are No Longer Required in Biosketches for Individual Fellowship Applications (F30, and F31)
• NOT-OD-15-112: Advance Notice: NIH Anticipates Transition to New Research Training Data Table Formats in FY 2016
• NOT-OD-15-048: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2015
• NOT-OD-14-101: NIH Announces Change in Policy Requirements for Activation Notices for Fellows Sponsored by Foreign and Federal Institutions
• NOT-OD-16-122: Update: Availability of Resources for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research
• NOT-OD-16-034: Advanced Notice of Coming Requirements for Formal Instruction in Rigorous Experimental Design and Transparency to Enhance Reproducibility: NIH and AHRQ Institutional Training Grants, Institutional Career Development Awards, and Individual Fellowship
• NOT-OD-15-126: ASSIST Now an Option for Institutional Training and Career Development (Ts and K12), Other Training Grants (Ds) and Various Research Applications
• NOT-OD-15-091: Clarifying Publication Reporting Instructions for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) and Renewal Applications
• NOT-OD-16-081: Reminder: NIH & AHRQ Grant Application Changes for Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
• NOT-OD-16-080: Clarifications and Consolidated Biosketch Instructions and Format Pages Available for Applications with Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
• NOT-OD-16-004: NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for 2016 Grant Applications

Career Development Awards (K Awards)

• NOT-OD-16-092: Modification of 'No-Cost Extension' and 'Carryover of Funds' Policies for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award
• NOT-OD-16-082: Change in the Application Process for Individual Mentored Career Development Awards: eRA Commons Usernames Required for Primary Mentors
• NOT-OD-16-054: Clarification: New Salary and Research Cost Allowances for K08 and K23 Career Development Awards
• NOT-OD-16-032: New Salary and Research Cost Allowances for K08 and K23 Career Development Awards
• NOT-OD-15-013: Notice of Clarification of 4-Year Limit of Postdoctoral Research Eligibility for K99 Applicants for PA-14-042 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Usage of Person Months
• NOT-OD-09-036: NIH Policy Concerning Career Development (K) Awards: Leave, Temporary Adjustments to Percent Effort, and Part-Time Institutional Appointments
• NOT-OD-08-065: Revision of NIH Policy Concerning Concurrent Support from Mentored Career Development (K) Award and a Research Grant
• NOT-OD-04-056: Determining Full-Time Professional Effort for Career Awards
• NOT-OD-04-007: MENTORED CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS: CHANGE IN NIH POLICY CONCERNING CONCURRENT SUPPORT FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD AND A RESEARCH GRANT
• NOT-OD-16-122: Update: Availability of Resources for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research
• NOT-OD-16-034: Advanced Notice of Coming Requirements for Formal Instruction in Rigorous Experimental Design and Transparency to Enhance Reproducibility: NIH and AHRQ Institutional Training Grants, Institutional Career Development Awards, and Individual Fellowship
• NOT-OD-15-126: ASSIST Now an Option for Institutional Training and Career Development (Ts and K12), Other Training Grants (Ds) and Various Research Applications
• NOT-OD-15-091: Clarifying Publication Reporting Instructions for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) and Renewal Applications
• NOT-OD-16-081: Reminder: NIH & AHRQ Grant Application Changes for Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
• NOT-OD-16-080: Clarifications and Consolidated Biosketch Instructions and Format Pages Available for Applications with Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
• NOT-OD-16-004: NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for 2016 Grant Applications

NRSA and K Award Authorities and Regulations

• Career (K) Award Authority: K Award Authority_USCODE-2011-title42-chap6A-subchapIII-partB-sec284 (PDF)
• Career (K) Award Authority: K Award Authority_USCODE-2011-title42-chap6A-subchapIII-partB-sec284l (PDF)
• Career (K) Award Authority: K Award Authority_USCODE-2011-title42-chap6A-subchapII-partA-sec241 (PDF)
• Career (K) Award Regulations: K Award Authority_CFR-2015-title42-vol1-part75 (PDF)
• Career (K) Award Regulations: K Award Regulations_CFR-2007-title42-vol1-part52 (PDF)
• NRSA Award Authority: Authorizing Legislation for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Program (RTF - 20 KB)
• NRSA Award Authority: NRSA Award Authority_USCODE-2011-title42-chap6A-subchapIII-partG-Sec288 (PDF)
• NRSA Award Authority: Senate Report Language Associated with the Authorizing Legislation at 42USC288 (RTF - 13 KB)
• NRSA Award Regulations: Federal Regulations for the NRSA Program- May 31, 2001 (PDF - 71 KB)

Archive

• NOT-OD-16-107: Revised: Notice of Reissuance of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship
• NOT-OD-16-063: Notice of Reissuance of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30)
• NOT-OD-16-027: Request for Information (RFI): Strategies to Enhance Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
• NOT-OD-16-024: Notice of Intent to Publish Request for Information: Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
• NOT-OD-15-052: Notice of Reissuance of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
• NOT-OD-15-009: Request for Information (RFI): Physician-Scientist Specific Grant Program to Facilitate the Transition From Training to Independence
• NOT-OD-14-133: Notice to Emphasize the Requirement for Additional Educational Information under PA-14-150 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NSRA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30)"
• NOT-OD-14-096: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-149 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)"
• NOT-OD-14-095: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-148 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Div)"
• NOT-OD-14-094: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-147 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)"
• NOT-OD-14-090: Notice of Clarification Regarding the Additional Educational Information Required for PA-14-150 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NSRA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30)"
• NOT-OD-14-072: Extension of Eligibility Window for PA-14-150: "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30)"
• NOT-OD-14-046: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2014
• NOT-OD-13-111: NIH to Transition Payment for Individual Fellowships at Foreign and Federal Sponsoring Institutions, and Awards to Federal Institutions to Payment Management System Subaccounts in FY 2014
• NOT-OD-13-045: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Biomedical Research Workforce
• NOT-OD-13-035: NIH Requires Use of RPPR for All SNAP and Fellowship Progress Reports, and Expands RPPR Functionality
• NOT-OD-12-033: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2012
• NOT-OD-12-022: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) and Other Fellowship Applications: New Policy on Post-Submission Information on Sponsor's Research Funding
• NOT-OD-11-110: Clarification of Instructions for the Review of Renewal Applications for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (Parent T32 and T35)
• NOT-OD-11-100: Revised Instructions for Inclusion of Appendix Materials in Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (Parent T32)
• NOT-OD-11-097: Modification of Eligibility Criteria for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (Parent F32)
• NOT-OD-11-079: Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Letters of Reference for Career Development (K) Applications
• NOT-OD-11-067: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2011
• NOT-OD-11-059: Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Individual and Institutional Career Development Award (K) applications
• NOT-OD-11-047: Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Reference Forms (Letters of Reference) for Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship (F) Applications
• NOT-OD-11-039: Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Institutional Training Grant (T and D) Applications
• NOT-OD-11-036: Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Letters of Reference for Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship (F) and Career Development (K) Applications
• NOT-OD-11-026: Reminder: Begining January 1, 2011, the NIH Will Require Use of xTrain for the Electronic Submission of Appointment Forms and/or Termination Notices for Institutional Research Training & Career Awards, Individual Fellowships & Research Education Awa
• NOT-OD-11-002: Proposal Preparation Costs Allowable as a Direct Charge for Mentored Career Development Awards
• NOT-OD-10-073: Final Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (Kirschstein-NRSA) Policy for Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Training Grants and Fellowships
• NOT-OD-10-072: NIH Will Require the Electronic Submission of Appointment Forms and Termination Notices via xTrain for Research Training, Fellowship, Education, and Career Awards Beginning January 2011
• NOT-OD-10-071: Enhancing Peer Review: Updated Processes for the Review of all Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship Applications
• NOT-OD-10-047: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2010
• NOT-OD-10-004: Amendment to the Institutional Eligibility Criteria for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowships
• NOT-OD-09-144: Two Critical Issues for Recent Submissions of Applications for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Individual Fellowships - References and Designation of Sponsor
• NOT-OD-09-141: New Reporting and Assurance Requirements for Institutions Receiving Awards for Training of Graduate Students for Doctoral Degrees
• NOT-OD-09-135: Amendment to the Instructions for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant Applications and Other Research Training and Research Education Grant Applications Using Form PHS 398 Fillable Data Tables
• NOT-OD-09-075: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2009
• NOT-OD-09-074: Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Consolidation of Review Criteria for Institutional Research Training Grant Applications (T32) Submitted for FY 2010 Funding
• NOT-OD-08-064: Revised NIH Parental Leave Policy for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Awards
• NOT-OD-08-039: Reminder: Letter Required for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
• NOT-OD-07-087: New FAQs for Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity, and for Policies Related to Parental Leave and Child Care
• NOT-OD-07-085: Revision: Streamlined Review Process to be used for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications (F32)
• NOT-OD-07-057: Revision: Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2007
• NOT-OD-07-025: Revision of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
• NOT-OD-06-095: Clarification Of Eligibility For Mid-Career Investigator Award In Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
• NOT-OD-06-093: Revision: Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
• NOT-OD-06-077: Streamlined Review Process to be used for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications (F32)
• NOT-OD-06-064: Solicitation of Comments: Proposed Modifications to Policies Governing Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
• NOT-OD-06-003: NIH Town Hall Meeting on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Tuition, Fees and Health Insurance Policies
• NOT-OD-02-070: CLINICAL RESEARCH CURRICULUM (K30) AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
• NOT-97-002: SELF-ONLY HEALTH INSURANCE AND TUITION COSTS ON NIH NRSA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS -- MODIFIED POLICY
• NOT-95-124: REVISION OF NIH CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT MECHANISMS
• NOT-95-104: PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS TUITION REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES ON NIH NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS
• NOT-94-200: REMINDER AND UPDATE: REQUIREMENT FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH IN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS
• NOT-93-269: MODIFICATION OF THE LEAVE POLICY FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS
• NOT-93-188: RECRUITMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES INTO INSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD PROGRAMS
• NOT-92-236: REMINDER AND UPDATE: REQUIREMENT FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH IN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS