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NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP)

The congressionally-established National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) help repay the outstanding student loans of researchers who are or will be conducting nonprofit biomedical or behavioral research. Successful applicants will have up to $100,000 annually of qualified educational debt repaid by the NIH in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. See the Loan Repayment Program FAQs

The annual online application period normally opens on September 1 and runs through mid-November 20. For more information, review the NIH LRP website.

If you have questions or are interested in applying, please contact the LRP Institutional Business Official (IBO), Aubrey Bostick, at aubrey.bostick@osp.utah.edu.

If applying, please list the IBO as Aubrey Bostick using her eRA Commons ID: AUBREYBOSTICK. The alternate IBO is Todd Bjorklund whose eRA Commons ID is: TODDBJORKLUND. 

Last Updated: 9/30/25