September 2006

NIH offers $35,000 in annual student loan repayment

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications to its five Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) — the Clinical Research LRP, Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Contraception and Infertility Research LRP, Health Disparities Research LRP, and Pediatric Research LRP.

Through these programs, the NIH offers to repay up to $35,000 annually of the qualified educational debt of health professionals pursuing careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The programs also provide coverage for federal and state tax liabilities.

Applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree, devote 50 percent or more of their time to research funded by a non-profit organization or government entity (federal, state, or local), and have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their institutional base salary. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or U.S. nationals to be eligible. Deadline for applications is 8 p.m. EST, December 1, 2006.

“The NIH Loan Repayment Programs offer an easy and effective way for research scientists to focus more on medical research and less on repaying student loans,” says Dr. Norka Ruiz Bravo, deputy director for extramural research at the NIH. “Through these programs, the NIH has opened doors for many young scientists to launch careers in research without the burden of student loan debt.”

Visit www.lrp.nih.gov to apply.

Source: National Institutes of Health, www.nih.gov

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