Jennifer:
Two years ago, we had a F32 awardee who requested a no-cost extension
beyond his three year grant based on an "exceptional circumstance."
They were sympathetic to his problem, but, unfortunately, did not grant
the extension.  Only comment received was for him to try and expend his
remaining funds prior to the end of the grant.

Pam Mott
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:35 AM
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Subject: [RESADM-L] Extending an F32 beyond three years

Good morning,

Has anyone ever successfully requested an extension of a Postdoctoral
NRSA (F32) beyond the normal limit of three years of support?

The F32 program announcement states that waivers of the three-year limit

may be possible "under certain exceptional circumstances" if additional
training time is needed.   Of course, my first question when reading
this was does waiving the three-year limit mean that they are simply
giving us a no-cost extension or will they actually provide an
additional year of funding?

This is the first time that I can remember that one of our F32 awardees
has tried to request an extension so it would be helpful to hear some
others' experiences before we formally approach NIH.  Any information
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jennifer

Jennifer Lech
Senior Grants Officer/eRA Systems Specialist
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
5 Cambridge Center, 7th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone:  (617) 258-5220
Fax:  (617) 258-6184
E-mail:  xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu

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