NIAID Reminders on Special ARRA Terms

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Stay on Top of ARRA Policies
Recently, we've seen a lot of policy activity on the ARRA front.

Here's a brief summary of the hubbub with links to pages that can tell you more.

Pay Attention When Submitting Your Financial Report

Combine ARRA administrative supplements and revisions into one Financial Status Report. Keep ARRA reports separate from your parent grant's.


The following information applies only to financial reporting documents that you submit at the end of your ARRA grant.

If you have a non-ARRA grant with more than one ARRA administrative supplement or revision (competing supplement):
Combine the ARRA portions into a single Financial Status Report after the last supplement or revision ends.
Be sure to keep this information separate from your parent grant's financial reporting information.
If you have an ARRA supplement to an ARRA grant, keep all your information together and submit one report at the end of your project period.
To read about this in more detail, see the March 17, 2010, Guide notice.

Avoid Quarterly Reporting Problems

NIH released guidance to help you sidestep common errors when you file your quarterly report through FederalReporting.gov.

The guidance also tells you how to correctly identify your award number on a noncompeting application (It's more complicated than you might think).

See the March 19, 2010, Guide notice for more information. Your business office should have already received an email from NIH explaining what to do.

Go to NIH's Recovery Act Recipient Reporting site for instructions, FAQs, and other resources to help you navigate the process. Though we offer some advice at What You Need to Do if You Get Stimulus Funds, NIAID is not involved in your quarterly reporting.

No-Cost Extensions -- Tread Lightly

You can take one no-cost extension -- we will approve additional extensions in extremely dire circumstances only.

If you have an ARRA award and haven't already spent your money, do so as soon as possible.

Though we do not expect you to take a no-cost extension for your ARRA grant, you have the option as a term of award. Keep in mind that we will approve additional extensions in extremely dire circumstances only.

For more on NIH's no-cost extension policy for ARRA awards, see the March 17, 2010, Guide notice.

Extra Information for Summer Supplements

Don't forget that for summer supplements, your progress report has to include special information for each person your grant supported.

To get the details, see Scientific Progress Reporting on Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators, or read the March 17, 2010, Guide notice.

http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/newsletters/2010/0331.htm#n05