Updated Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Effective October 1, 2024, the HHS policy on salary rate limitation outlines that the legislative mandate limiting salary to Executive Level II, currently $221,900, applies to both:

• Direct salaries (individuals working directly on NIH projects) and
• Indirect salaries (executive salaries in various uncapped cost pools)

The policy change applies to new, competing renewal, and non-competing continuation awards issued on or after October 1, 2024. 

For more details, see the full Guide Notice.