Are there special Closeout requirements for NIH’s ARRA programs?
With the minor exception of those cases described below, NIH grantees with ARRA-funded administrative supplements and revisions are required to submit separate closeout documents (Final Progress Report, Final Financial Status Report, and Final Invention Statement) to closeout the Recovery Act funding at the time the ARRA funding ends. These closeout reports for the ARRA funding are required even when the parent grant continues beyond the period of ARRA support. The only two exceptions are: • In situations where multiple ARRA supplements and/or competitive revisions are awarded to the same parent grant, awardees are only required to submit a single Financial Status Report (FSR) at the time the project period of the last ARRA supplement or revision ends (e.g., after the project periods for all other supplements and revisions have also expired). Reminder, when multiple ARRA supplements/revisions are awarded, if any one of the awards is extended, then the FSR due date for all the ARRA supp