Grants Closeout @ NIH
Policy requires three reports to properly close out a grant:
- Final Financial Status Report (FSR),
which must indicate the exact balance of unobligated funds
and may not reflect any unliquidated obligations
- Final Invention Statement and Certification, which must
list all inventions that were conceived or first actually
reduced to practice during the course of work under the
project or document “None” when applicable. The
grantee must submit this report whether or not the funded
project results in any subject inventions, and whether
or not inventions were previously reported.
- Final Progress Report, which should address the following:
- A statement of progress toward the originally stated aims;
- A list of all significant results, both positive and negative;
- A list of publications, if any, resulting from the project;
- A report on the inclusion of gender and minority study subjects; and
- A description of any data, research materials or other information that is available to be shared with other researchers;
Closeout at NIH is becoming a centralized process managed by the Division of Extramural Activities Support (DEAS).
Grantees are strongly encouraged submit all reports electronically through the Commons.
See chart of NIH Grant Closeout Process (PDF - 28 KB)
This page last reviewed: March 12, 2008
