I would be very leery of including an additional year 6 into the year 5 portion of the budget in a 5-year award.  Really, all you're doing is compressing/combining budget years, which I would not do unless the guidance specifically said to do so.  I also would not tell them in the application that you already plan on requesting a NCE, because then they may come to the conclusion that your project is not a good fit for that particular funding opportunity.  I understand the PI wanting to look out for his/her students and ensure scholarship funding for them during that additional year, but you do have 5 years to seek funding from another source for those limited number of students.  Maybe my opinion is more on the conservative side, but I would rather prepare a solid proposal in such a way to increase the likelihood of getting funded by NSF.  If you push the boundaries with a federal agency, you never know how flexible their willing to be for your one project.  Especially because the 5-year opportunities tend to be more competitive.

Kristy

Kristy Ford
Grant Management Manager
Office of Sponsored Programs/MHUMC
4750 Waters Ave. Suite 212
Savannah, GA  31404
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>>> Zoya Hamilton <xxxxxx@UAPB.EDU> 2/27/2008 9:48 AM >>>
Hello colleagues,

One of our PI's is preparing a 5-year NSF proposal that requests
scholarships for students. By the end of the fifth year, a few of the
students will still have one year of school to go. The PI wrote into the
budget for the final year the amount of scholarships for year 5 and for
the additional year 6 for these students and specified in the narrative
that a no-cost extension will be requested from NSF to finish supporting
the last cohort of students. What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks for your input, as always.

Zoya Hamilton, CRA
Associate Director of Research and Sponsored Programs
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Mail Slot 4978, 1200 North University Drive
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
tel. 870-575-8076; fax 870-575-4672

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