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Satisfactory Progress)". The column labeled "Budget Period 02"
listed a stipend of $25,000 and total support of $28,000.2 The
funds listed for "Budget Period 03" were prorated for a 9-month
period as requested by petitioner in his MARC application and
included a stipend of $18,750 and total support of $21,000.3
In September 1986, petitioner enrolled at Drexel University
and submitted a research fellowship activation notice to NIGMS
whereby petitioner's MARC award was to be activated for the 12-
month period extending from September 15, 1986, to September 14,
1987. In addition to his research activity, petitioner was
expected to take a Ph.D. qualifying examination during his first
year at Drexel. Petitioner took the examination in the spring of
1987 but did not pass. Thereafter, petitioner was expected to
take a set of practice qualifiers in the ensuing year and
demonstrate marked progress in his grades to maintain his
admission status at Drexel.
In July 1987, petitioner wrote to two NIH officials
requesting a 1-year deferral of the remaining portions of his
MARC fellowship grant. In his request, petitioner indicated that
he intended to return to Lincoln University to complete the final
year of an Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant project that
2 An institutional allowance of $3,000 was presumably
included in the total support amount.
3 A prorated institutional allowance of $2,250 was
presumably included in the total support amount.
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