American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
As with other ARRA webpages, we are adding information as it becomes available. Please stop back often to review the latest content throughout Yale's ARRA website.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
General ARRA FAQs. An excellent place to search for answers to the more general questions about when awards will be issued, length of awards, no-cost extensions, and reporting requirements.
- RAG (Research Administrators Group) Presentation
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009:
ARRA: Impact on YaleRECENTLY ADDED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
Recovery Act Terms of Award. Question F.4.
(New: 05/15/2009)
Can ARRA grant budgets include direct costs to address ARRA administrative and reporting requirements? No. It has been determined that ARRA requirements do not provide sufficient justification to support the provision of direct costs for administrative support in addition to the Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs in the awarded budget. NIH staff will continue to evaluate direct costs requested for administrate support using the guidance provided in OMB Circular A-21 F.6.b.(2) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a021/a021.html However, ARRA requirements will not be considered in this determination, because they are incorporated within the core administrative support for the project, which is reimbursed to the institution through the provision of F&A costs. When direct costs have been requested to address ARRA administrative and reporting requirements in requested budgets, NIH staff will make appropriate adjustments. Revised budgets submitted solely to remove administrative costs will not be accepted.ARRA Award Eligibility. Question C.2.
(New: 05/08/09)
For grants that have been renegotiated to a two-year ARRA-supported project period, the Institutes and Centers must obtain from applicants modified specific aims, etc. for uploading to e-Additions. What are the format requirements for this document? The modified project description is necessary to ensure that the reporting for the revised project is an accurate depiction of the research that was awarded, and to ensure that the electronic grants folder contains an accurate project description for future use in CSR, etc. Depending upon the extent to which the renegotiated project is changed, it is necessary to obtain the following revised sections, labeled with headers EXACTLY as shown:
· Modified Project Summary/Abstract
· Modified Specific Aims Section
· Modified Public Health Relevance Section
PDF format is preferred to MS Word or text, although eAdditions can accept any of these formats.Administrative Supplements (including Summer Research Experiences). Question: B.8.
New: 05/15/09
I received an administrative supplement to support students over the summer and specified in my application a budget end date in August. But the award notice reflects an budget/project period end date of 10/31/2009 (or later). Should I notify the awarding Institute or take other action to correct this? No, this is not an error. The end date is set for a date on or later than 10/31/2009 to accommodate additional time needed to modify eRA Commons systems for Project Extensions, eFSR and Closeout so that these can accommodate separate reporting requirements for ARRA Supplements/Revisions (also known as Type-3) awards. No action is needed on the part of the awardee. In the event you receive a Recovery Act Type 3 award with a budget/project period end date that is before 10/31/2009, be aware that the eRA Commons features will not be immediately available for your use.------------------------------
Q: When are ARRA proposals due to GCA?
In an effort to ensure the highest probability of getting the upcoming ARRA proposals submitted "on time", GCA has established the following set of deadlines:
The Administrative Supplement deadline for most* ICs is April 17, 2009. Proposals must be sent to GCA by no later than Monday, April 13, 2009.
*Not all Institutes and Centers have designated April 17 as the deadline for Administrative Supplements. Please refer to GCA's table of IC deadlines for more information.
Q: When must ARRA projects be completed?
All ARRA funds must be obligated by NIH no later than September 30, 2010. Project completion dates must therefore be no later than September 29, 2011.
All ARRA awards are subject to the standard cost principles in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.Q: Are there special reporting requirements for NIH’s ARRA programs?
Yes. In addition to the NIH General Terms of Award, there are special reporting requirements for recipients of ARRA funds.The ARRA reporting requirements must be met on a quarterly basis. The mechanism for submitting these reports is still under development. Details on the information that must be reported are provided in Section V of each of NIH’s ARRA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).
Yes and no, please take note of the following:
Administrative Supplements
Administrative supplements may be awarded to grants during a no-cost extension; however, the period of support cannot extend beyond the award period for the additional time that was granted. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.
If you are applying for an administrative supplement, you can apply for a length of time to include the parent grant plus the anticipated no-cost extension, up to a maximum of 2 years. Although it is recommended that a no-cost extension be in hand at the time of application, this is not a requirement for administrative supplements.
Competitive Revisions
“To be eligible for a competitive revision, the parent grant must be active at the time revision application is submitted and the research proposed in the revision must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. That is, the period of support requested for the revision cannot exceed the current project period end date of the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension. Also, a no-cost extension must be in place before the revision application is submitted.”
The competitive revision announcement specifies that a no-cost extension must be in place by the time of application. GCA highly recommends that you review the individual institute and center (IC) websites to determine if the IC you are working with has superseded this instruction. In cases where the parent grant is beyond the traditional 90-day period under which Yale – as the grantee – can extend the project under its expanded authorities, you may want to contact the program officer and/or GMS to determine if they will accept a written no-cost extension request with the application.Q: When is a new ProSum needed?
A new ProSum is needed for any ARRA-related activity, whether it is for a supplement or for a new grant. Supplements require a new ProSum and M# because they will be funded by a separate funding source, ARRA, and will have separate additional reporting requirements.
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ARRA Supplement FAQs. This FAQ provides answers to your questions about timing, length of supplements, whether multiple supplements and types of supplements can be submitted, and other quagmires.
Q. Who is responsible for submitting Administrative Supplements to NIH?
- Review
- Sign-off
- Leave for department pickup from GCA. It is the departments responsibility to mail the proposal to NIH
- Review
- Sign-off
- Submit to agency with copy to PI and DBO. The department must include the name and e-mail address of the agency contact on the ProSum
- ARRA Facilities Construction and Renovation Programs (G20) and (C06). FAQ and additional information from the March 23, 2009 webcast. This is a very useful list of questions and answers about the two construction and renovation programs funded by the Recovery Act.
The ARRA Administrative Supplements deadline for most* Institutes and Centers (ICs) is Friday, April 17, 2009. Please note that this is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline. Final proposals should be sent to GCA no later than 5 p.m., April 13, 2009.
For those proposals that come to GCA in paper format, GCA will:When proposals are sent to GCA in electronic format (i.e. via email attachment), GCA will:
*Not all ICs have designated April 17 as the deadline for Administrative supplements. Please refer to GCA’s table of IC deadlines for more information: http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/ARRA-supplements.pdf.
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