OF RECORD: FY 2016 Postdoc Stipend Levels	Print Issue
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The Office of the Vice Provost for Research, in consultation with the Provost Council on Research, is responsible for setting minimum stipend levels for postdoctoral trainees across the University. The University has adopted the National Research Service Awards stipend scale for all postdocs: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-048.html

FY 2016 Required Minimum Stipend Levels
(July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016)

It is important to remember that above stipend levels represent minimums. Schools and departments may establish their own guidelines as long as stipend rates meet or exceed those established by the University. Penn investigators are also expected to comply with any postdoctoral stipend guidelines that are promulgated by their sponsors, if these sponsor-specified guidelines exceed the Penn minimum stipend levels.

Note: Stipends should be adjusted upwards during the course of the Penn fiscal year, either at the time of the annual postdoctoral reappointment, at the time of the annual grant renewal or at the beginning of the NIH fiscal year.

—Dawn Bonnell, Vice Provost for Research