Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements FY 2018 (NOT-OD-18-137) Office of
the Director, NIH
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, restricts the amount
of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The
Office of Personnel Management has recently released new salary levels for the
Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 7, 2018, the salary limitation for
Executive Level II is $189,600.
For awards issued in those years that were restricted to
Executive Level II (see Salary Cap
Summary, FY 1990 – FY 2017) including competing awards already issued in
FY2018, if adequate funds are available in active awards, and if the salary cap
increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, grantees may
rebudget to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level. However,
no additional funds will be provided to these grant awards.
Once
the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation for FY 2018 is
enacted, NIH will publish the annual Notice of legislative mandates to provide
information on any statutory provisions that limit the use of NIH grant funds
in FY 2018.
As in years past, since the effective date of the increased salary cap is in the middle of a month (January 7th for 2018), the monthly January cap is prorated to $15,758.06, see the table below for a summary:
As in years past, since the effective date of the increased salary cap is in the middle of a month (January 7th for 2018), the monthly January cap is prorated to $15,758.06, see the table below for a summary:
