Until Closeout Do Us Part
What do these three recent notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts have in common?
NOT-OD-24-055 – NIH Enforcement of Unilateral Closeout Reporting in the System for Award Management Responsibility/Qualification (formerly Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)
NOT-OD-24-047 – Reminder for NIH Closeout Reporting Requirements and Closeout Email Notifications
NOT-OD-24-017 – NIH Will Send Reminder Notifications to Recipients with Final Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) in Rejected Status Beginning November 2023
They all relate to a grant recipient’s responsibility to submit timely and accurate final grant expenditure, progress, and invention reports within 120 calendar days of the end of the period of performance. These notices reinforce our commitment to doing our part by providing recipients with clear guidance, reminders, and system notifications of required actions, as well as, strictly enforcing regulations through unilateral closeout and reporting to SAM.gov when those actions aren’t taken.
From the first time you drew down funds from an award, you vowed to adhere to the terms and conditions of award, including timely administrative and financial reporting, until closeout do us part.
Resources
NIH Grants Policy Statement Section 8.6 Closeout
NIH Grants and Funding Closeout page
eRA Submit Closeout page
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Grants policy Source Type: funding