FERS Retirement Contributions Program
The purpose of this funding is to defray the FERS retirement costs to the 1862 Land-Grant institutions for former Schedule A appointees performing agricultural extension work.
Applications may only be submitted by 1862 Land-Grant institutions that are making payments to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for FERS retirement costs for the former Schedule A Appointments. See Appendix A for the list of eligible institutions.
Reporting
There are two types of reporting requirements for these funds:
1) Plan of Work. Each 1862 and 1890 land-grant institution is required to submit every five years a plan of work for their agricultural research and extension formula grants authorized under the Hatch Act, Smith-Lever Act, and Sections 1444 and 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act. For more information on this reporting requirement please visit the Plan of Work page.
2) Financial Reporting. Awardees are required to submit a SF-425, Federal Financial Report annually no later than 90 days after the award anniversary date. The final SF-425 is due no later than 90 days after the termination date of the grant. The form should be emailed as a PDF attachment to formulagrantforms@usda.gov. All questions relating to the SF-425 reports should be directed to the Administrative Contact listed in block 14 of the Award Face Sheet.
- NIFA-20-016 NIFA Federal Assistance Policy Guide 2020
- NIFA-15-011 Administrative Guidance for Multistate Extension and Integrated Activities
- FY 1997 Baseline Allocation Data Sheet
- FY 2016 FERS RFA (431.75 KB)
- FY 2016 FERS- Appendix A Final (13.91 KB)
- Smith-Lever Act (44 KB)