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From page 1... ... The issues were examined in detail and led to the development of several high priority items on the Committee's future research agenda. These high priority research items are: ~ a ~ problems involved in training clinical invest igators; (b ~ the relationship between training grants and the quality of training in the biomedical and behavioral f ields; ~ c the expected decline in opportunities for academic careers and its potential impact on research productivity; and (d ~ determina1 Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... Starting on July I, ~ 980, stipends will be increased to $5r040 for predoctoral trainees, and to a base ~ ever of $13, 3 8 0 for pos "doctoral trainees wi th incremental al lowances made for prior experience O The 25 percent 1 imit for institutional al Jowances on training grants will be replaced by a pi an that allows a maximum of $3, 000 for each predoctoral trainee and $5, 000 for each postdoctoral trainee. For postdoctoral fellowships, the maximum institutional allowance wil ~ be $5,000 per 1 2-month period at nonfederal institutions and $2, 000 at federal institutions . Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... Amendments have been made to the Health Services Research, Health Statistics and Medical Technology Act of ~ 978 (PL 95-623 ~ to permit the use of NRSA support for training in heal th services research . Committee Recommendations The Committee has made no change in its numerical reco~nr~ndations for training from those that appeared in its 1978 Report and, in general, has also affirmd its nonnu~rical recomT~ndations made last year wi th regard to the separate areas of research training. Read the entire page →

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... The issues were examined in detail and led to the development of several high priority items on the Committee's future research agenda. These high priority research items are: ~ a ~ problems involved in training clinical invest igators; (b ~ the relationship between training grants and the quality of training in the biomedical and behavioral f ields; ~ c the expected decline in opportunities for academic careers and its potential impact on research productivity; and (d ~ determina1

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... Starting on July I, ~ 980, stipends will be increased to $5r040 for predoctoral trainees, and to a base ~ ever of $13, 3 8 0 for pos "doctoral trainees wi th incremental al lowances made for prior experience O The 25 percent 1 imit for institutional al Jowances on training grants will be replaced by a pi an that allows a maximum of $3, 000 for each predoctoral trainee and $5, 000 for each postdoctoral trainee. For postdoctoral fellowships, the maximum institutional allowance wil ~ be $5,000 per 1 2-month period at nonfederal institutions and $2, 000 at federal institutions .

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... Amendments have been made to the Health Services Research, Health Statistics and Medical Technology Act of ~ 978 (PL 95-623 ~ to permit the use of NRSA support for training in heal th services research . Committee Recommendations The Committee has made no change in its numerical reco~nr~ndations for training from those that appeared in its 1978 Report and, in general, has also affirmd its nonnu~rical recomT~ndations made last year wi th regard to the separate areas of research training.

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