Announcement of Childcare Costs for NRSA Supported Individual Fellows

In an effort to bolster assistance to early-career investigators striving to balance professional and personal responsibilities, the NIH will begin providing an option for NRSA fellows to request support for childcare costs in new and continuation applications or as administrative supplements to existing awards effective April 8, 2021.

The NRSA childcare costs apply to full-time NIH-NRSA supported fellowship positions. Each fellow is eligible to receive $2,500 per budget period to defray childcare costs. These costs are permitted for dependent children living in the eligible fellow’s home from birth until the age of 13, or children who are disabled and under the age of 18. Childcare costs do not apply to elder or non-child dependent care costs. These costs will not be tied to any payback obligations.

See NIH Notices NOT-OD-21-070 and NOT-OD-21-074 for additional information.