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National Institutes of HealthHappy New Year!
I hope your holiday season was a restful and enjoyable one. As the FY 2024 Loan Repayment Program (LRP) application cycle concluded on November 16th, it is noteworthy that more than 2,100 researchers nationwide applied for an award. If you’d like to know where we are in the review process, take a look at our annual application cycle timeline .
A significant change in the recent application cycle was the expansion of the Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (L32) where applications can now be assigned, reviewed, and potentially funded by any of the 24 NIH Institutes and Centers that participate in the Extramural LRP. We fully expect this expansion to mirror the positive outcomes we observed with the expansion of the Health Disparities Research LRP (L60) that took place in 2020.
|
Fiscal Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
| L60 Success Rate |
22% |
23% |
15% |
21% |
37% |
44% |
49% |
61% |
| L60 Applications |
512 |
462 |
451 |
392 |
462 |
437 |
471 |
437 |
| L60 Awards |
111 |
105 |
67 |
83 |
171 |
193 |
231 |
267 |
If you missed the opportunity to apply for an LRP award last November, you can stay informed about upcoming events leading to the next application cycle, which opens on September 1, 2024, by subscribing to our emails. Additionally, you can follow us on X/Twitter and Facebook for updates and announcements.
For inquiries, you can reach us at 866-849-4047 (Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST) or lrp@nih.gov .
Wishing you a successful and productive 2024.
Best regards,
Matthew Lockhart, M.B.A.