The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued Notice Number NOT-OD-25-025, which raises the salary cap for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards to $225,700. It is effective retroactive to January 1, 2025.
The new cap amount should be used in all new and/or renewal proposals that include individuals who are over the cap. The new cap may be applied to distributions on existing awards retroactive to January 1.