Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (1994) / Chapter Skim
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9 RECOMMENDATIONS AND REMAINING CONSIDERATIONS
9 RECOMMENDATIONS AND REMAINING CONSIDERATIONS
Pages 89-92
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Likewise, aware of the diminishing competitiveness of NRSA stipends in attracting the most able scientists to health research, NIH recently proposed to the Department of Health and Human Services that NRSA stipends be increased at the predoctoral level to $10,000 and at the f~rst-year postdoctoral level to $19,600.~ Each of these actions reflects a commitment on the part of the federal government to enhance the effectiveness of the NRSA program. The committee shares this commitment and has identified further modifications to the NRSA program to increase its effectiveness in meeting national needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists.
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Not only should stipend levels be increased to make them competitive, but the training budget should be sufficient to allow annual cost-of-living adjustments computed into each training grant's continuation base, with due consideration to differences in costs by region, as suggested by public hearing participants. RECOMMENDATION: The committee recommends the NRSA stipend support at the predoctoral level be increased to $12,000 and f~rst-year postdoctoral stipends increased to $25,000 (both adjusted for inflation)
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NIH does not have a standard taxonomy for race and ethnic origin. The Public Health Service Form 398, which is used for competing research grants and for NRSA institutional training grants, specifies the following categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, black (not of Hispanic origin)
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program was launched. The MARC program has served and should continue to address the important goal of strengthening the training capabilities of undergraduate minority institutions as well as training minority students who might choose research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
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