NIH Salary Cap Update

The Executive Order for the 2019 pay schedules was posted on March 28, 2019 to the Office of Personnel Management’s website. NIH has released a corresponding notice regarding the new salary limitation as well: NOT-OD-19-099.

The Executive Level II salary, on which the NIH Salary Cap is based, has been raised from $189,600 to $192,300, effective January 6, 2019.  Any new funding proposals created with NIH as the sponsor should use the new $192,300 salary cap threshold. Additionally, you may rebudget existing awards to accommodate the new cap. AURA Grants has been updated to reflect the new salary limitation.

Thank you,
Arpa Orojian
Director, Quality Management
arpa@uchicago.edu
773-834-5853