National Institutes of Health Intramural Loan Repayment Program

Department Of Health And Human Services, National Institutes Of Health

To recruit and retain health professionals performing research in fields required by the NIH to carry out its mission by providing educational loan repayment for participants with substantial amounts of educational debt relative to income, who agree by written contract to engage in laboratory or clinical research as employees of the NIH for a minimum period of two years for AIDS or Clinical Research or three years for General Research.

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Helps health professionals pay off their student loans while they conduct important research for the NIH. They can receive up to $50,000 each year for their educational debt.

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Funding
$3,685,736 - $6,000,000
Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Research & Innovation Partnerships
Organization
Department Of Health And Human Services, National Institutes Of Health

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What Is This Program?

The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties are forcing some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers. The LRPs counteract that financial pressure by repaying up to $50,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. There are two LRPs, one for researchers not employed by NIH (Extramural) and another for researchers employed by NIH (Intramural).

What Benefits Are Offered?

loan repayment

Repayment of qualified educational debt for NIH researchers to support and sustain their research careers at NIH. Covers AIDS research, clinical research (including for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds), and general biomedical research.

Who Is Eligible?

Industries: biomedical research, AIDS research, clinical research

Region: United States

Other Criteria: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent U.S. resident, Possess an M.D., Ph.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.P.M., D.V.M., A.D.N., B.S.N., or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited institution; or hold the position of Physician Assistant, Total qualified educational debt equal to or more than 20 percent of your institutional base salary (not required for renewal applicants), Appointed at the NIH in a qualified research area, NIH employee or have a firm commitment of employment from an authorized official of the NIH, For AIDS and Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds subcategories: qualified research assignments must involve AIDS or clinical research and be approved by the Loan Repayment Committee (LRC), For General subcategory: focus on attracting and retaining highly talented investigators to pursue biomedical research studies and investigations in a variety of scientific disciplines, generally used for more senior researchers rather than trainees

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This program offers funding up to $6,000,000 (minimum $3,685,736).

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