Form Approved Through 03/31/2020 OMB No. 0925-0001
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Payback Agreement
To be completed by Trainees and Fellows before beginning the first 12 months of postdoctoral support.
COMPLETED FORM SHOULD BE MAILED TO THE AWARDING FEDERAL AGENCY GRANTS
MANAGEMENT OFFICE NAMED IN THE NOTICE OF AWARD.
THIS AGREEMENT IS A REQUIRED CONDITION OF
AWARD.
Introduction-Section 1602 of the NIH Revitalization Act of
1993, which was signed into law on June 10, 1993,
contains provisions which substantially modify the service
payback requirements for individuals receiving Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA).
These modifications apply to individuals beginning
Kirschstein-NRSA-supported appointments or fellowship
awards on or after June 10, 1993. Under these
requirements:
Predoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA recipients will not incur a
payback obligation;
•
Postdoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA recipients will incur a
payback obligation only during the initial 12 months of
postdoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA support;
•
Postdoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA recipients in the 13th or
subsequent months of Kirschstein-NRSA support do not
incur any additional payback obligation.
•
Under the new requirements, payback obligations stemming
from postdoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA support may be
discharged in the following ways:
By receiving an equal period of postdoctoral
Kirschstein-NRSA support beginning in the 13th month
of such postdoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA support;
•
By engaging in an equal period of health-related
research, research training, and/or health-related
activities that averages at least 20 hours per week
based on a full work year;
•
By engaging in an equal period of health-related
teaching that averages at least 20 hours per week
based on a full work year.
•
Kirschstein-NRSA appointments or individual awards will be
governed by the service payback requirements articulated
in the National Research Service Award Guidelines. These
guidelines can be found in the NRSA portion of the most
recent version of the NIH Grants Policy Statement found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm
.
I. SERVICE REQUIREMENT
In accepting a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service Award to support my postdoctoral research
training, I understand that my first 12 months of Kirschstein-
NRSA support for postdoctoral research training carries
with it a payback obligation. I hereby agree to engage in a
month of health-related research, health-related research
training, or health-related teaching for each month I receive
Kirschstein-NRSA support for postdoctoral research
training up to and including 12 months. If I receive
Kirschstein-NRSA support for postdoctoral research
training for more than 12 months, I agree that the 13th
month and each subsequent month of Kirschstein-NRSA-
supported postdoctoral research training will satisfy a
month of my payback obligation incurred in the first 12
months. This service shall be initiated within 2 years after
termination of Kirschstein-NRSA support. The research,
teaching, and/or health-related activities shall be on a
continuous basis and shall average at least 20 hours per
week of a full work year. For information regarding deferral
of the NRSA obligation due to participation in the NIH Loan
Repayment Program see:
http://www.lrp.nih.gov
.
II. FINANCIAL PAYBACK PROVISIONS
I understand that if I fail to undertake or perform such
service in accordance with Section I, the United States will
be entitled to recover from me an amount determined in
accordance with the following formula:
A = F [(t-s)/t]
Where “A” is the amount the United States is entitled to
recover; “F” is the sum of the total amount paid to me under
the initial 12 months of my postdoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein
National Research Service Award support; “t” is the total
number of months in my service obligation; and “s” is the
number of months of such obligation served.
Except as provided in Section III below, any amount the
United States is entitled to recover from me shall be paid
within the 3-year period beginning on the date the United
States becomes entitled to recover such amount. The
United States becomes entitled to recover such amount 2
years after termination of my Ruth L. Kirschstein National
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