---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 68b.7"
title: "42"
number: "68b.7"
heading: "What does an individual have to do in return for the Scholarship Program award?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/68b.7"
---

# §68b.7. What does an individual have to do in return for the Scholarship Program award?

- (a) **General.** For each academic year of scholarship support received, participants must serve as full-time employees of the National Institutes of Health:
  - (1) For not less than 10 consecutive weeks of each year during which the participant receives the scholarship; and
  - (2) **For 12 months for each academic year for which the scholarship has been provided.**
- (b) **Beginning of service.** The period of obligated service under [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section must begin within 60 days of obtaining the undergraduate degree, except for participants who receive a deferment under [§ 68b.8](/cfr/42/68b.8.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 288-4.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 48274, Aug. 12, 2015, unless otherwise noted.