ADDRESSING THE NATION’S CHANGING NEEDS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS by National Research Council

Author:National Research Council
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science : Past and Future
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 2000-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

Another obstacle for physician-investigators has been the limitation on salaries for NIH-funded investigators that Congress imposed in 1990. 23(Although not required to do so, AHRQ has followed the NIH policy and has restricted the salaries of its investigators as well.) 24Now set at $141,300, the maximum allowable salary for researchers supported by either agency is less than most medical school faculty members earn. During the 1997-1998 academic year, physicians serving as assistant professors in medical school clinical departments received an average base salary of $127,800 and associate and full professors received $151,600 and $181,000, respectively. 25While most investigators spend less than full-time in research, their base compensation must still be calibrated to the salary cap. So, for example, a faculty member conducting research half-time cannot draw more than $70,650 in salary from an NIH or AHRQ grant. As a result, medical schools and their faculty must often seek supplementary funds from other sources to carry out federally sponsored clinical research.

23 “Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts.” NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 6 January 2000. Available: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html.

24 Drott, Greta. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. Personal communication, July 1999.

25 Association of American Medical Colleges. AAMC Data Book: Statistical Information Related to Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals. Washington, D.C.: AAMC, 1999.

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