Notice Number: NOT-HS-24-007
Release Date: February 12, 2024
Related Announcements: February 7, 2024 – Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2024. See Notice NOT-HS-24-006, which is rescinded by this notice.
Issued by: AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY (AHRQ)
Purpose: This Notice provides information regarding the salary limitation for AHRQ grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards.
Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under AHRQ grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant) and contract awards. The mandate appears in the annual appropriation act that provides authority for AHRQ to incur obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). At this time, AHRQ has not received an FY 2024 appropriation and is operating under a Continuing Resolution, the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22)”, that applies the terms and conditions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Office of Personnel Management recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale, effective January 1, 2024. For further details refer to the full announcement at NOT-HS-24-007.
Please direct all inquiries to: AHRQ Division of Grants Management, Email: GrantsManagementInbox@AHRQ.HHS.gov; AHRQ Division of Contracts Management, Email: contractingoffice@ahrq.hhs.gov
