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On 31 Mar 96, Rella L Abernathy <rella@bonaire.ccit.arizona.edu> wrote:

>While everyone is hashing over this repayment issue, I'd like to
>find out if anyone has been successful in getting school loans
>deferred during a postdoc.  I currently have a training grant
>fellowship (NSF).  The administrators in charge of our
>grant do not know of any category I might fit in to keep my
>loans deferred.  Since I'm on first year NIH scale, and
>borrowed all the way through college, it's either pay loans
>or pay the rent.  My grace period is up in August, so I have
>a few months to try to devise something.  The biggest problem
>I see is that to fit into the acceptable deferment groups,
>either some medical training must be involved (none in my case),
>or an official certification must be given at the end of the
>fellowship (not in my case either).
>
>Any advice?

There is a "fellowship deferment" option.  Get the deferrment form 
from your lender and have it signed by your administrator or chair.  I 
was able to defer for my entire 2.5 y postdoc.

-Mike