Tuition and fees are allowable for trainees, and an amount for institutional expenses will be provided. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of allowable direct costs, or the actual indirect costs rate, whichever is less. Postdoctoral fellows and trainees in the first 12 months of postdoctoral NRSA support incur one month of payback obligation for each month of support. The 13th and subsequent months of postdoctoral NRSA support are considered payback service for prior postdoctoral support. Predoctoral fellows and trainees do not incur a service payback obligation.
Discretionary funds are available.
For Institutional Training Grants, a final progress report is due at the close of the project period. Annual Financial Status Reports are also required for Institutional National Research Service Awards. These Financial Status Reports must be submitted within 90 days after the close of each budget period. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are required of all fellows and trainees upon termination of support. In addition, grants records are subject to audit and inspection by Federal auditors.