Policy Statement
Residents/fellows (trainees) on NIH NRSA grants will be appointed to one of these four NIH NRSA classifications. Programs must give thirty (30) days notification of change in appointment letter to impacted residents/fellows:
- 9582 NIH NRSA Medical Resident
- 9583 NIH NRSA Medical Resident – Graduate Program
- 9568 NIH NRSA Medical Fellow
- 9569 NIH NRSA Medical Fellow – Graduate Program
Per NIH policy, training grants are to be used for trainees pursuing academic research careers and are not provided as a condition of employment, which means that benefits associated with employees cannot be provided to trainees on National Research Service Award (NRSA) training grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Detailed benefit information is available at this link.
Per our stipend level appointment policy, “Trainees in all programs at the same level of training must be paid in accordance with the stipends set by the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC). Trainees may not be paid less than or in excess of the stipend set by the GMEC for their level of training.” Programs must supplement the funds received by the NIH NRSA training grant in order to pay the trainee at the approved stipend for their level of training.
Responsibilities
Programs must give thirty (30) days notification of change in appointment letter to impacted residents/fellows.