Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

February 22, 2022

This Notice provides information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards.

Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in the annual appropriation act that provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). At this time, NIH has not received an FY 2022 appropriation and is operating under a Continuing Resolution, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022” (Public Law 117-70), that applies the terms and conditions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

See for NOT-OD-22-076 details.

Last Updated on February 22, 2022