This document contains and overview of the NIH Commons website, how to submit progress reports via eSNAP, and how to handle non-SNAP eligible progress reports.
The RPPR is used by grantees to submit progress reports to NIH on their grant awards. This page provides an overview of the annual RPPR, the final RPPR and the interim RPPR and provides resources to help you understand how to submit a progress report.
Progress reports document grantee recipient accomplishments and compliance with terms of award. There are three types of RPPRs, all of which use the NIH RPPR Instruction Guide.
1. Annual RPPR – Use to describe a grant’s scientific progress, identify significant changes, report on personnel, and describe plans for the subsequent budget period or year.
2. Final RPPR – Use as part of the grant closeout process to submit project outcomes in addition to the information submitted on the annual RPPR, except budget and plans for the upcoming year.
3. Interim RPPR – Use when submitting a renewal (Type 2) application. If the Type 2 is not funded, the Interim RPPR will serve as the Final RPPR for the project. If the Type 2 is funded, the Interim RPPR will serve as the annual RPPR for the final year of the previous competitive segment. The data elements collected on the Interim RPPR are the same as for the Final RPPR, including project outcomes.
The following resources may help with RPPR initiation and submission:
Annual RPPR Due Dates:
Interim and Final RPPR Dues Dates:
Search this report of pending progress reports due within the next 4 months for an organization by IPF number.
The RPPR requests various types of information, including:
Accomplishments
· What were the major goals and objectives of the project?
· What was accomplished under these goals?
· What opportunities for training and professional development did the project provide?
· How were the results disseminated to communities of interest?
· What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals and objectives?
Products
· publications, conference papers, and presentations
· website(s) or other Internet site(s)
· technologies or techniques
· inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses
· other products, such as data or databases, physical collections, audio or video products, software, models, educational aids or curricula, instruments or equipment, research material, interventions (e.g., clinical or educational), or new business creation.
Participants and Other Collaborating Organizations
Impact
Changes/Problems (not required for Final or Interim RPPR)
· Changes in approach and reasons for change
· Actual or anticipated problems or delays and actions or plans to resolve them
· Changes that have a significant impact on expenditures
· Significant changes in use or care of human subjects, vertebrate animals, biohazards, and/or select agents
Budgetary Information (not required for Final or Interim RPPR)
Project Outcomes (only required on Final and Interim RPPR)