OF RECORD: FY 2017 Postdoc Stipend Levels	Print Issue
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Note: A Revised Version of FY2017 Postdoc Stipend Levels was published on September 13, 2016. See here: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v63/n05/post-doc-stipends-increased.html

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. In recent years, the University has adopted the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) stipend scale: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-16-047.html

The NIH indicated that it will increase NRSA postdoctoral stipends to at least $47,476, effective December 1, 2016. As a result, the University, effective December 1, will also increase postdoctoral stipend levels to at least this amount.

Stipend levels both before and after December 1 are indicated below. Please note that these 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 promulgated by their sponsors, if these sponsor-specified guidelines exceed the Penn minimum stipend levels.

Note: Stipends should be adjusted upwards 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

Note: A Revised Version of FY2017 Postdoc Stipend Levels was published on September 13, 2016. See here: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v63/n05/post-doc-stipends-increased.html