• A 3% annual increase should be applied to salary for all personnel for each budget period.

DHHS Salary Cap

Effective January 1, 2024, the DHHS salary limitation for Executive Level 2 was increased to $221,900. For additional information, please refer to NIH Notice: NOT-OD-24-057.  Note that this salary cap applies to all DHHS agencies.

Graduate Assistants

The graduate assistant stipend for UConn Health students is $34,000.  If applying for an individual fellowship or training grant from NIH, refer to the NRSA requirements for stipend, tuition, and institutional allowance.

Post-Doctoral Stipends

• Below are the current National Research Service Award (NRSA) Post Doctoral stipend levels that should be taken into consideration when preparing your proposal budget. These stipend levels must be used when applying to the NRSA for support. Current stipend levels can also be found on the NIH website.
• Use of the stipend level which is consistent with the intended postdoctoral years of experience is recommended for use with other support sources.

 

Years of Experience	Stipend
0	$56,484
1	$56,880
2	$57,300
3	$59,592
4	$61,572
5	$63,852
6	$66,228
7+	$68,604