Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2025

Notice Number: NOT-OD-25-085

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-085.html

Purpose:

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

Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant).

As a reminder, effective October 1, 2024, this mandate applies to both direct salaries (individuals working directly on NIH projects) and indirect salaries (executive salaries in various uncapped cost pools). The mandate appears in the annual appropriation act that provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). HHS/NIH has not received an FY 2025 appropriation and is operating under a Continuing Resolution, the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4)”, that applies the terms and conditions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 restricts the amount of salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Office of Personnel Management recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 1, 2025, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $225,700.

For active awards, including awards that have been issued in FY 2025 (continuation and new) that were restricted to Executive Level II, if adequate funds are available, and if the salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, recipients may rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level. Recipients may not draw down funds, whether direct or indirect costs, to pay salaries above the salary rate limitation, and recipients must have established policies and procedures that are consistently applied regardless of the source of funds.

Please refer to the full notice linked above for further details.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.

NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution

Notice Number: NOT-OD-25-084

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-084.html

Purpose:

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including National Institutes of Health (NIH), operates under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) signed by President Trump on March 15, 2025. This Act (CR) continues government operations through September 30, 2025, at the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 enacted level, with no reduction.

Consistent with NIH practices during FYs 2006 - 2024, NIH Institutes and/or Centers may, at their discretion, issue non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award. All legislative mandates that were in effect in FY 2024 (see NOT-OD-24-110) remain in effect under this CR, as well as the salary limitation set at Executive Level II of the Federal Pay Scale (see NOT-OD-24-057) and the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award predoctoral and postdoctoral stipend levels and tuition/fees as described in NOT-OD-24-104.

Please refer to the full notice linked above for further details.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.

iHARP Talk Tuesday
April 8, 2025 | 4-5pm  | Webex

The Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3), Dr. Eric Stokan, will describe and highlight the results of partnerships between CS3 and COEIT and iHarp, the Metropolitan Governance and Management Transitions (MGMT) lab at IU Bloomington, and others. The talk will reflect on the results and outcomes of these collaborations.

The Office of Contract and Grant Accounting is very pleased to welcome our newest staff, Sheronda Bowie and Angie White.

Sheronda started on February 24 as our new Grant Accountant and Angie’s first day is today. She is our new Senior Financial Analyst.

We are so excited to have both new members of our team!

Sheronda’s email: sbowie1@umbc.edu

Angie’s email: awhite12@umbc.edu 

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On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of a 2025 special book talk sponsored by CS3 and the Dresher Center. The event featured Dr. Felipe Filomeno, Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMBC Global Studies Program. Dr. Filomeno discusses his recent book, entitled Christian Cosmopolitanism: Faith Communities Talk Immigration (2025, Temple University Press). In the talk, Dr. Filomeno explores how Christian congregations can help expand solidarity across boundaries of identity.

Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host:

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship
• The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Ian G. Anson, Ph.D.

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Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, and our director is Dr. Eric Stokan. Our production intern is Jean Kim. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland (UMBC '24).  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.