Are there set salary and fringe benefit levels applicable to fellowship programs?
Fellowship recipients are not considered employees of the Federal government or the sponsoring institution and therefore do not receive salaries or fringe benefits. Instead, a stipend is provided as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. Stipends are set amounts for 12-month periods of full-time training and must be paid in accordance with the stipend levels established by the NIH. Current stipend levels can be viewed at: http://grants1.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm (scroll down to see: “NRSA Stipend Levels”).
