What you have to keep in mind is that the budget period end date is what
actually drives expenditure of funds.  However, with many agencies using the
A-110 automatic carryover thing, budget periods become somewhat irrelevant.
Except in cases like this training grant.

Actually NIH training grants that I've seen have budget periods and no
carryover, so that money has to be spent each year also.  Where you really
need to look is at your award's terms and conditions.  It may well be
correct that the money has to be spent by 9/30/99 (it may have more to do
with the end of your budget period than the end of the federal fiscal year).

Pat Hawk
Sponsored Projects Administrator
University of Oregon
5219 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403-5219
tel:  541/346-2504
fax: 541/346-5138

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Chamness [mailto:xxxxxx@COFC.EDU]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 10:49 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: NASA Expiration Date

Have you ever heard of NASA saying that funds on a Training Grant
Supplement must be spent by the end of NASA's fiscal year (Sep 30, 1999)
even though the project expiration date on the Training Grant is not
until Feb 28, 2000?

We have received incremental funding (6 Supplements) on a NASA Training
Grant. A NASA Contract Officer told me that NASA considers the project
expiration date to be Feb 28, 2000, because that is the expiration date
on Supplement 6. However, the appropriation code on Supplement 2 shows
that Supplement 2 funds are NASA's 1998 funds, which expire on Sep 30,
1999. We are being told by NASA that we must spend the Supplement 2
funds by Sep 30, 1999, even though the project expiration date is Feb
28, 2000.

This same NASA contract officer said that a no-cost extension would
extend the project ending date, but would not effect the deadline by
which the grant funds must be expended! I would appreciate hearing from
anyone who has encountered this situation with NASA.

Thanks,
Laurie

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Laurie P. Chamness                    Phone:  (843) 953-4973
Assistant Director                        Fax:  (843) 953-6577
Research & Grants Admin          E-mail:  xxxxxx@cofc.edu
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC  29424

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