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NIH Promotes Careers in Research by Repaying Student Loans
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Endocrine Insider
NIH is now accepting applications for its extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). The programs repay up to $35,000 of educational loan debt annually for individuals who commit to conducting at least two years of qualified biomedical or behavioral research at a nonprofit institution of their choice. The purpose of the programs is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals as scientific investigators. Participants receive loan repayment benefits and tax offsets, which serve as one means of helping them to remain in the scientific workforce. The five extramural LRPs are for individuals conducting clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. To qualify for the LRPs, applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree (except for the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP); devote at least 20 hours per week to research funded by a domestic nonprofit organization or federal, state, or local government entity; have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their institutional base salary; and be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident. The annual application cycle started September 1 and will continue until December 1, 2008. Visit www.lrp.nih.gov for more details and to apply. |
