September 2007

NIH debuts campaign to promote research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) debuted its “Strength in Numbers” campaign to promote opportunities for healthcare professionals seeking careers in biomedical and behavioral research by funding up to $35,000 annually in loan repayments.

Part of NIH’s Loan Repayment Program, the campaign will fund up to $35,000 annually for loan repayments of qualified educational debt of health professionals pursuing careers in one of NIH’s five loan repayment programs: clinical research, clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, contraception and infertility research, health disparities research, and pediatric research. The programs also provide coverage for federal and state tax liabilities.

More than 5,200 research scientists have benefited from the $380 million investment in student loan and tax relief.

To qualify, applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree, devote 50 percent or more of their time to research funded by a nonprofit 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 or permanent residents.

All applications must be completed by Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. EST. Visit www.lrp.nih.gov to apply.

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