NRSA Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2025
Notice NOT-OD-25-105 supersedes NOT-OD-24-104 and establishes stipend levels for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Kirschstein-NRSA awards for undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral trainees and fellows, as shown in the tables below.
The stipend levels are to be used in the preparation of future competing and non-competing NRSA institutional training grant and individual fellowship applications. They will be administratively applied by NIH to all applications currently in the review process.
Stipends
Effective with all Kirschstein-NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 2024, the following annual stipend levels apply to all individuals receiving support through institutional research training grants or individual fellowships.
Undergraduates: For institutional training grants supporting undergraduate trainees (T34, TL4), appointments for undergraduate candidates will continue to be made by distinct categories (i.e., Freshmen/Sophomores and Juniors/Seniors), but the stipend levels for the categories will be the same:
Career Level
Stipend FY 2025
Monthly Stipend
Fresh/Soph/Juniors/Seniors
$14,628
$1,219
Predoctoral Trainees and Fellows: For institutional training grants (T32, T35, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F30, F31), one stipend level is used for all predoctoral candidates, regardless of the level of experience.
Career Level
Years of Experience
Stipend for FY 2025
Monthly Stipend
Predoctoral
All
$28,788
$2,399
Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows: For institutional training grants (T32, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F32), the stipend level for the entire first year of support is determined by the number of full years of relevant postdoctoral experience when the award is issued. Relevant experience may include research experience (including industrial), teaching assistantship, internship, residency, clinical duties, or other time spent in a health-related field beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree. Once the appropriate stipend level has been determined, the trainee or fellow must be paid at that level for the entire grant year. The stipend for each additional year of Kirschstein-NRSA support is the next level in the stipend structure and does not change mid-year.
