“How much is NIH’s annual stipend for a postdoc with a fellowship award?”

For individual fellowship awards, NIH determines the stipend level for the first year of support based on the candidate’s number of full years of relevant postdoctoral experience when the award is issued. For fiscal year 2022, a fellow with zero years of postdoctoral experience would receive a stipend of $54,835; a fellow with seven or more years of postdoctoral experience would receive a stipend of $65,598.

You can reference a full table of fiscal year 2022 stipend levels on our Salary Cap, Stipends, & Training Funds page.