U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Supporting Scientific Discovery
The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties are forcing some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers.
The LRPs counteract that financial pressure by repaying up to $35,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. Since tomorrow's medical breakthroughs will be made by investigators starting in their research careers today, the LRPs represent an important investment by NIH in the future of health discovery and the wellbeing of the Nation.
Application Periods and Documentation Deadlines
Extramural New & Renewal Awards
Online Application Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Nov 15, 2017
Supporting Documentation Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Nov 15, 2017
Intramural New Awards
Online Application Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Apr 3, 2018
Supporting Documentation Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Apr 17, 2018
Intramural ACGME New Awards
Online Application Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 15, 2018
Supporting Documentation Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 29, 2018
Intramural Renewal Awards
Online Application Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Feb 8, 2018
Supporting Documentation Period
Sep 1, 2017 - Feb 22, 2018
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Featured Success Story
The LRP award eased the long-term financial pressures of my student debt
Nicholas E. Hagemeier, M.S, Ph.D, Pharm.D.
PharmacistDr. Nick Hagemeier, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and Director of ETSU’s Community Pharmacy Practice Research Fellowship Program. His research focuses on health communication specific to prescription drug abuse prevention and treatment.
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Featured Success Story
The program is amazing and every year I recommend it to all of my eligible fellows
Jeff Gold, M.D.
PhysicianDr. Jeff Gold is a Youngstown Ohio native, he is also a Professor of Medicine and serves as the Director of Simulation at the Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU). His current research focuses on the use of simulation to understand factors associated with safe and optimal utilization of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) by healthcare practitioners.
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Featured Success Story
The LRP gave me time to devote to my research career
Kevin Erickson, M.D., M.S.
Nephrology; Polycystic Kidney DiseasesDr. Erickson received his B.A. in Economics in 2000 from Amherst College; his M.D. in 2006 from the University of Pennsylvania; and his M.S. in Health Services Research in 2012 from Stanford University. Dr. Erickson completed his residency and internship programs at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia and a Nephrology Fellowship at Stanford University.
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After losing one child to Neimann-Pick Disease Type C, the Marella family is hopeful that new experimental treatments at the NIH will allow their son Andrew, and several other children with the same disease, to have a better quaity of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LGefTTpYQ0&feature=youtu.be
Thomas Reese (NIH/MBL): Visualizing Synaptic Signaling
How neurons work on a molecular level is the research focus of Dr. Thomas Reese’s NINDS Section on Structural Cell Biology. He talks about his four decades of neuroscience research at http://bit.ly/1t8Ep4t
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