Sponsored Programs Requests for FSRs Will Come Earlier and be Due Earlier

For those who work on Financial Status Reports (FSRs), beginning in December, you'll hear from Sponsored Programs 30 days earlier than in the past for Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) grants final reports.

While you still will have a total of 30 days to review, sign, and return to Sponsored Programs, the process will begin earlier, or closer to the project's end, as depicted below.

This will allow Sponsored Programs time to ensure that it meets a new hard-line set by NIH requiring payments and expenditures to match at the time of Federal Financial Report (FFR) submission. 

This new NIH policy change mirrors existing requirements by the other DHHS Operating Divisions announced on 9/22/2022, effective 10/1/2022 (NOT-OD-22-215).

Sponsored Programs did not want to add to the burden of the busy season for financial reporting, so we are starting this in December. That said, if you are currently in possession of a DHHS final FSR, please do your best to review and return signed memos ASAP. Thank you! Sponsored Programs appreciates your help!