National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals From Disadvantaged Backgrounds; Notice DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

摘要

Pending approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the availability of educational loan repayment under the NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (the Program). The Program, which is authorized by Section 487E of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 288-5), as added by the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103- 43), provides for the repayment of the educational loan debt of health professionals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, who have substantial debt relative to income, and who agree to conduct clinical research as employees of the NIH. The Program provides for the repayment of up to $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals for each year of obligated service. The purpose of the Program is the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals, who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, to clinical research careers at the NIH. Through this notice, the NIH invites health professionals, who are fr