Senior Salary Approvals
Category	Applicability	Recommending Body	Approval Authority	Staff Contact [Documents Required]
SBRS	Senior Investigators	SBRS Policy Board for Eligibility and Salary Band	Director, NIH for all SBRS salaries. Salaries above Executive Level I require the approval of the Secretary, DHHS.	Mimi Blitz for SBRS Policy Board [See SBRS Check Sheet]
Title 38 [Physicians Special Pay (PSP)]	Title 5 (GS) Physicians and Dentists with patient care responsibilities or who manage large-scale clinical trials.	Medical Executive Committee (MEC) for clinical credentials. Clinical Salary Review Board for TC*and increases in TC requiring the approval of the Director, NIH.	Director, NIH for TC* above Executive Level I, or if increase is >$30,000. Once Director, NIH approves TC* > EX-I, IC Directors may approve PSP changes of </= $30,000 when TC does not exceed the current NIH cap.	Natascha Pointer for MEC Janis Thurman for Title 38 [See Title 38 Check Sheet]
Title 42	All eligible scientific staff [e.g., Senior Investigators, Investigators, Senior Scientists, Senior Clinicians, Staff Scientists, Staff Clinicians, Research Fellows, Clinical Fellows, etc.]	The Medical Executive Committee for clinical credentials. See Title 42 Pay Model for details or contact Mimi Blitz	See Title 42 Pay Model for details or contact: Mimi Blitz Jane Spencer Joyce Lively	Natascha Pointer for the MEC. For Title 42 Mimi Blitz Jane Spencer Joyce Lively

* Total compensation (TC) is the annual rate of base pay and locality pay, and when applicable, Title 5 recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances, Title 42 recruitment and retention incentives, Physicians Comparability allowances, Physician Special Pay, performance increases and cash awards.