Grant Administration Manual
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Note: CBCRP will continue to use the current 2007-2008 Grant Administration Manual through July 2010.
Here's a brief overview:1. Annual and Final Progress Reports are required for all grants. The Annual Report is due by June 1 and the Final Report is due by August 31. No release of continuation funding will be made until these reports are submitted with all the requested information and forms. Please use the forms that can be downloaded from this page. Please include current vertebrate subjects and human subjects approval documents with the report. Include publication reprints with the report. A report that is >90 days overdue may result in a recall of funds.
Annual and Final Fiscal Reports are due by September 30. We will mail you the fiscal form with your current working budget at least 30 days before due date. You can re-budget up to 25% the budget categories using the Adjusted Working Budget Column to avoid negative balances in the right hand column. A report that is >90 days overdue may result in a recall of funds.
2. Fiscal Adjustments and other forms:
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Use the No-Cost Time Extension to change the end date, and carry forward unspent funds into a new fiscal year. You can extend for three months, six months, or one year. For extensions longer than three months you need to submit this form along with an Annual Progress Report. Please submit No-Cost Extension requests by May 30.
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Use the Carry Forward Request for unexpended funds, when greater than 25% of the annual total direct costs. Please submitted the form to us by May 31, and explain why there were unspent funds in the space provided on the form.
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Use the Change in Approved Expenditures for re-budgeting in a current fiscal year-submit during current fiscal year. Justify changes in the space provided on the form.
Reminders:
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Notify us in advance if you are resigning, moving to a new institution, or will receive overlapping grant support.
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You cannot transfer any award outside California.
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You cannot increase the Indirect Cost rate.
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Changes in research aims and key personnel must be approved by CBCRP.
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Please acknowledge CBCRP support and cite the grant number in publications.
- Please refer to the Grant Administration Manual for further details on these and other key issues to comply with scientific, fiscal, and other grant requirements.
