We have never had a problem carrying over all unspent funds into a no cost extenion period with either NIH or NSF.  Both of NIH and NSF say that you cannot request a no cost extension or carry over in order to merely spend out the funds.  However, if there are still elements of the approved scope of work left to complete, analyses left to conduct, or articles still to be written, you have effectively met the criteria.

John

John R. Baumann, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Support
University of Missouri -- Kansas City
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Kansas City, MO 64110

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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Hibbard [mailto:xxxxxx@KGI.EDU]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:26 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] no-cost extensions

Hello all-
I have a PI who would like a no-cost extension for his NSF grant.  We have
no problem with this, but he's asked how much of his approved budget will be
allowed to carry over into that next year.  I can't find anything in the
current Grant Proposal Guide about carry over, except that the grant should
not be continued merely to spend out the funds.  His project spending had a
slow start due to personnel issues, so the funds weren't spend as expected.
Does anyone know the NSF guidelines regarding budget carry over into the
no-cost extension period?
Thanks,
-Amy

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what
no one else has thought.
-Albert von Nagyrapolt

Amy Hibbard
Grants Administrator
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711
T: (909) 607-9313 / 607-7855
F: (909) 607-8086
xxxxxx@kgi.edu
www.kgi.edu

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