Sentences with phrase «stipend levels»

Most universities are now moving toward establishing a minimum stipend level for postdocs, which is reviewed annually and takes into account the recommended stipends set by federal granting agencies.

In response to a new rule governing overtime pay in the United States, the National Institutes of Health yesterday announced its new, increased postdoc stipend levels, which will go into effect 1 December 2016.

To a large extent, postdoc salaries are controlled by a central authority in the form of NIH, which sets stipend levels for training grants (again with the «t» word) and also limits salaries that can be paid by investigator - initiated grants.

Should federal policy extend the NIH recommendations on minimum stipend levels to guidelines (or requirements) for all federal funding agencies?

The working group recommends that the NIH should adjust the starting stipend levels of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) to $ 42,000 and index the starting stipend according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI - U) thereafter.

Penning said that because NIH is on course to increase stipend levels for beginning NRSA postdocs to $ 45,000 a year, new equity issues will surface — not necessarily among postdocs, but between postdocs and faculty.

Instead of focusing primarily on stipend level to attract the best postdocs, the UNC Cottrell Postdoc Award will support postdocs interested in cross-disciplinary research — proteomics, genomics, biocomputing — with a focus on biomedicine.

Update, 11 August, 10:45 a.m.: This article has been changed to reflect a correction to the NIH announcement regarding the date the new stipend levels will go into effect.

Have you ever wondered how funding organizations determine stipend levels for postdocs?

But discussion about establishing stipend levels prompted Victoria McGovern to state that although money is important, there are other things that postdocs should look for in a fellowship.

Your pay should not fall below the appropriate stipend level for your years of experience as a CHOP postdoc.»

Program Highlights Fellowship appointments are renewed annually for a maximum of two years; stipends are commensurate with experience and follow NIH recommended postdoctoral stipend levels.

NIH?s Walter Schaffer, who had earlier joked that he was «wearing his Kevlar,» said that setting such influential guidelines as the NRSA stipend levels is an «awesome responsibility.»

Michael Teitelbaum said that his organization has, in the past, set stipend levels «arbitrarily.»

Those involved in setting science policy (e.g., postdoc stipend levels) at the national and local levels are critical players.

So, how are stipend levels set?

(Currently the stipend levels for the first 3 years post-Ph.

When the salary threshold was not lowered below the NRSA stipend levels (which would still have meant a raise for many postdocs) and postdocs were not exempted from the ruling, it seemed clear that the Department of Labor was not in agreement with institutions that postdocs should be exempted, and that their inclusion was within the spirit of this ruling.

Stipend levels should increase with each year of experience in any postdoctoral position irrespective of their titles by 4 % for the second and third years and 6 % for years 4 through 7.

Most institutions suggest that postdocs should be paid according to the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) stipend levels.