Extramural Loan Repayment for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Conducting Clinical Research - #93.308
Program Objectives
To encourage the recruitment and retention of qualified health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to conduct clinical research. Clinical research consists of patient-oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin (such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which the investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, or epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes research or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials.
Funding (obligations)
(Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 09 $13,132,490; FY 10 $11,847,226; FY 11 $12,000,000
Related Programs
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program - (NHSC Loan Repayment Program)
Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program - (CIR LRP)
Disadvantaged Health Professions Faculty Loan Repayment (FLRP) and Minority Faculty Fellowship Program (MFFP) - (FLRP/MFF)
National Institutes of Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program - (NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program AIDS LRP)
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