NIGMS Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Management Plan

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is currently operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR). CRs are stop-gap measures that allow ongoing agency programs to function, generally at a level comparable to that in the previous fiscal year. NIGMS will follow these funding guidelines provided that sufficient funds are available under this CR:

• Noncompeting (type 5) R01 Awards: NIGMS will follow the NIH policy to pay committed levels for noncompeting continuation awards.
• Competing (type 1, type 2, and type 9) R01 Awards: NIGMS will make competing awards in its ongoing research grant programs. New grants within ongoing NIGMS programs (type 1s) will be awarded at levels that, on average, are equal in size to a new competing award in FY 2002. Competing continuation awards (type 2s and type 9s) will be awarded at the grant’s previous year funding level.

Awards issued under the CR may be revised if and when NIGMS receives a FY 2003 appropriation that provides sufficient funds for increases. At that time, a revised NIGMS FY2003 financial management plan will be posted.

Extended Deadline for Loan Repayment Program

The NIH has extended the application deadline for its extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program and Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program. The new deadline is January 31, 2003.

The extramural loan repayment programs provide for the repayment of educational loan debt of qualified health professionals who agree to conduct research for at least two years, including repayment of up to $35,000 of the principal and interest of their educational loans. The 2003 programs differ from the 2002 programs in that the awards are no longer restricted to NIH grantees. Applicants must conduct qualifying research supported by a non-profit institution, non-profit foundation, non-profit professional association, or U.S. government entity (federal, state, or local) and meet other eligibility requirements. Information is available from NIH's Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, http://www.lrp.nih.gov, tel. 866-849-4047, Fax 866-849-4046, email: lrp@nih.gov. See also the FAQs on the extramural LRPs at: http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about/ extramural/ extramural_faq.htm

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