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9 Administration of the NRSA Program
9 Administration of the NRSA Program
Pages 177-183
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With the maturation of the program, however, the Committee believes it now is appropriate e to address some of these issues and to make several specific recommendaticns, since funding agencies, individuals, and the academic institutions have now had sufficient experience with it. The committee notes the complex situation that confronted the agencies in FY ~ 975 in beginning to administer the new program.
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The Committee notes ~ hat many individuals at the they begs n predoctoral training are unable to pro ject clearl y their pi ens for a total research training program, particularly as this concern s their future interest in, duration of, and need for federal support during postdoctoral training. The result of this is that some individual s may embark upon a program of predoctoral training up ilizing NRSA support without having any clear knowledge of how this util ization of federal support at the predoctoral Beret may af feet their application for further NRSA support, which may be required for a period of postdoctoral training.
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Nonetheless the committee believes th at it would be in ~ he be st inte re sts o f the program i f cat ear criteria were established to determine these matters. Recommendation.
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The Committee believes that research stipends must be kept s Of f i ciently high to Fennit awardee s to spend f ul time on thei r re sear ch training programs . Above an ~ beyond the IRS opi nion on the t a x st atu s of stipends, the Committee notes that stipend ~ evels have not changed s ince they were f irst established in ~ 97 4, although the cost of ~ iving has i ncrea se ~ si gni f icantIy dur ing this period.
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The Committee endorses multidisciplinary training in both the biomedical and behavioral sciences, particularly at the predoctora' level. It notes, however, that depending upon the objectives of the proposed program, such training frequently can be accomplished within a single academic department.
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Within the broad limits of the be omedical and behavioral sciences, the announcements issued by the NIH and ADAMHA should not be written in a way that results in the exclusion of specific fields or sub ject matter. Thus, although the Institutes within the NIB might conclude it is desirable to describe fields of predoctoral training that are of special interest to the parti cular Institute, it should be made explicit that such description does- not confer any special priority advantage upon applicants who apply f or support in those specific fields and the t al ~ appl ice ti on s f or predoctora ~ support re gardle s s o f f ie Ill wi l ~ be equa ~ ly c ompeti ti ve, wi th qua l i ty the determinant of success.
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The Committee recommends that employment findings from this year's surveys be brought to the attention of academic departments, undergraduate counselors, professional societies, and others concerned with higher education and scientific manpower issues. Publication in a journal having widespread distribution would be one means of effecting rapid communication about charges in career opportunities such as those currently occurring in some of the basic biomedical science fields.
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