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NIH Notice: NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) – 5 different categories

Targeted population: Biomedical or Behavioral  Researchers with qualified educational debt

Award Amount: up to $50,000 in exchange for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research

Deadline: Annually from September 1 through November 15

For more information:

• Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers (LRP-CR)
  (NOT-OD-19-116) Office of the Director, NIH
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• Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Contraception and Infertility Research (LRP-CIR)
  (NOT-OD-19-120) Office of the Director, NIH
  
  
• Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP-HDR)
  (NOT-OD-19-118) Office of the Director, NIH
  
  
• Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research (LRP-PR)
  (NOT-OD-19-117) Office of the Director, NIH
  
  

·         Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (LRP-IDB)
(NOT-OD-19-119) Office of the Director, NIH      

 

The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) will repay up to $50,000 annually of an LRP awardee's qualified educational debt in exchange for a commitment to conduct biomedical or behavioral research.  .  All initial awards (not renewals) are for two years in length.  Applicants must provide institutional certification that they will have protected time to conduct research for the length of the award.

The applicant must be a U.S. citizen, U.S national, or permanent resident of the U.S. by the LRP award start date.  Four of the Five LRPs require the applicant to possess a doctoral degree.  The exception is the Contraception and Infertility LRP which also accepts certain master's degrees and is also available to graduate students and postgraduate research fellows training in the health professions. 

 

Beginning September 1, 2019, NIH participation in the LRP-HDR will be expanded to include all NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). Previously, all LRP-HDR applications were assigned to and reviewed by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). LRP-HDR applicants will have the option of selecting one NIH IC from a drop-down list when applying. They may also select one additional IC for secondary review assignment.