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**Grantee** : [Grant Number][Grantee I nstitution] **Report:** [Year here] Final Report **Final Report Cover Sheet 1.**  **PR/Award No.:** 2. **Program:** Congressionall y - Directed Projects 3. **Institutional Name & Address** : [I nstitution Name] [City , State] 4. **Project Title** : 5. **Project Dire ctor / Contact Person**  : Name: Title: Address:

Phone: Fax: Email:
**6. Performance Reporting Period:**  **7. Current Budget Period:**  **8. Authorized Representative:** 
Name: Title: Phone: I. Project Description **Project Title: Abstract**  : **Onl ine References**  : [project Web site if available] **Subject Categories:**2

Contacts: [All project contacts here]

Name: Title: Address: Tel: Fax: E

- mail: **II. Budget Summary** Project Funds Awarded by OPE

**Expense (1)Budget**  **(2)Expenditu res**  **(3)Estimated Balance**

A. Administrative Costs 1. Salaries $0 2. Benefits $0 3. Travel $0 4. Equipment $0 5. Materials $0 6. Consultants & Contracts $0 7. Other $0

D. Indirect Costs $0 **Total** $0 $0 $0 Project C ost Share Totals Provided by I nstitution (and Partners if applicable)
**Expense (1)Budget**  **(2)Expenditures (3)Estimated Balance** 3

Total Cost Share $0
**Budget Narrative:** 

### III. Performance Information Please make sure you answer all of the follo wing items. I f any questions do not apply

to yo ur project, enter "N/A" in the text box. I n each text box, leave a space between paragraphs.
1 What is the primary

purpose of y our Congressionally

- directed grant? ( ) Purchase equipment, computers, or ot her technology ( ) Initiate a new academic program ( ) Support an ongoing academic program ( ) Provide general administrative support ( ) Provide financial aid to students ( ) Provide support for research activities ( ) Provide enhanced s tudent services to disadvantaged students and others ( ) Other

2 If the purpose of the grant was to support new or ongoing academic programs, in which area(s) of study ? (check all that apply ) ( ) K

- 12 education, including teacher education ( ) Science education ( ) Health care education ( ) Distance education ( ) Humanitites or arts education ( ) Civic/leadership education ( ) Vocational education ( ) Homeland securit y ( ) Unspecified curriculum development ( ) Oth er

3a Are the objectives and impact of your project being evaluated as described in y our approved grant application? ( ) Yes ( ) No4

3b If you answered "No," please explain.

4a Do y our evaluation activities suggest that the project has been effective in meeting the purposes established by Congress for the grant? ( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Too soon to say (annual reports onl y)

4b If you answered "No," please explain.

5 Does your evaluation suggest that th e Congressionally

- directed project has resulted in increased student access to, or retention in, an institution, program or discipline? ( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Too soon to say (annual reports onl y) ( ) Not sure ( ) Not applicable

6 Does your evaluation suggest that the Congressionally

- directed grant project has resulted in improved student learning? ( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Too soon to say (annual reports onl y) ( ) Not sure ( ) Not applicable

7a Has your project receiv ed any internal or external funding in addition to this Congressionall y - directed grant? ( ) Yes ( ) No

7b If you answered "Yes," what kinds of additional funding? (Check all that apply )5

( ) Other Congressionally

- directed grant(s) ( ) Merit

- based federal funding ( ) Additional institutional funding ( ) State funding ( ) Corporate or foundation support ( ) Other

8 Please list the kinds of activities, products, and resources resulting from y our project since the begi nning of the grant. (Check all that apply ) ( ) Project

- based conferences or s ym posia ( ) Conference presentations ( ) Course modules ( ) Project

- specific Web site ( ) Textbooks ( ) Software programs ( ) Conference proceedings ( ) Books ( ) Video materials ( ) Guides and handbooks ( ) Printed course materials ( ) Web

- based course materials ( ) Technical reports ( ) Journal articles ( ) CD

- ROMs/DVDs ( ) Other (Please write in other)

9a Has your project director changed during this reporting period? ( ) Yes ( ) No

9b If you answered "Yes," please provide the name, title, address, telephone, fax, and E

- mail address of the new project director?

10a OPE serves Congressionally

- direc ted grantees through prompt review of proposals for funding, distribution of information about managing grant projects, and technical assistance on project

- specific issues. Please rate the overall quality of OPE's service to your project: ( ) Superior6

( ) Very satisfactory ( ) About average ( ) Somewhat unsatisfactory ( ) Very poor
10b If you rated OPE's service as less than "Superior," tell us how our service could be improved.

**IV. Performance Narrative** (attachments in Wor d, Excel, or PDF)


### INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SELECTED PRECEDING **SECTIONS OF THE REPORT:** 

## Report Checklist **Grantee: [Grant Number][Grantee Institution] Report: [Year here] Final Report**  indicates completed sections

- all sections must be checked before the report can be submitted. **Section Status**  **Update Preview**  **Project Description** Update **Budget Summary** Update **Performance Information** Update **Performance Narrative** Update **Submit Complete Report** n/a n/a Final Report: A final report is due no more than 90 days after the end date of the project.
Ple ase complete the following sections of the report:
1. Project Description . Please update your database description to include the activities and accomplishments of this performance period contact information. 2. Budget Summary . Please complete the Budget Summa ry and provide a detailed budget narrative in the Budget Narrative section explaining the components of each line item, e.g., "Salaries

- $20,000 (.25 FTE @ $80,000)." If you are not expending funds at the rate expected, explain why. Identify changes to yo ur budget resulting from modifications of project activities described above. Unless notified otherwise, the balance of unexpended7 funds will be available for you to obligate funds through the end of the project period and, after the project ends, availabl e for payments (but no new obligations) during an additional liquidation period of 90 days. 3. Performance Information . This is a questionnaire. 4. Performance Narrative . Please provide a report narrative detailing the activities, successes, and difficulties t hat your project experienced during the entire project period. Upload your essay and other appendices as attachments in this section. The upload function is similar to that used to attach documents to an e

- mail message. 5. Cover Sheet . After you have complet ed the first four sections of the report, you will be able to submit your information to OPE. You will click on "Submit" twice. The first time you click on the "Submit Report" button, a cover sheet will be generated automatically for your review, based on the information you provided. All sections of the cover sheet are pre - populated, except for the items on Authorized Representative and person completing the report at the bottom of the page, which must be completed. After completing these two items, click on the final "Submit" button to send the complete report to us. 

## I. Project Description **Grantee: [Grant Number][Grantee Institution] Report: [Year here] Final Report**  **Update Project Abstract** Enter your project title and a brief abstract in the form provided below. You may copy and paste your abstract using a word processor or text editor, or you may type in your abstract manually. Regardless of the method you choose, your abstract should follow these guidelines:

 Each time you update your abstract, remember t o discuss all major work tasks completed to date as well as current and future activities to be performed during the project period. In this way, successive updates of your abstract over time will increasingly be stated in the past tense. The final abstrac t written in conjunction with your final report will be worded almost entirely in the past tense.
 Your abstract should contain three to five paragraphs but be fewer than 4,000 characters in length.
 Leave two spaces between sentences and one line break be tween paragraphs.
 Do not use bold, italic, underlining, or any other character formatting.
 Do not use tabs or indentation.
 Do not use free

- standing headers. Instead, begin the first line of the paragraph with a header, if necessary. For example, "Awards and Honors: The project director ..." or "Wanted: Volunteers to help pilot ..."
 Put acronyms in parentheses after the full name of a program or organization when first mentioned. Then use the acronym from that point forward. Example: "Developing New Lead ers (DNL)." Do not use: "DNL (Developing New Leaders)." This also applies to project titles.
 For consortia or group projects, use the first paragraph to list each partner institution or organization (not units within each) and its state location, excludin g the grantee institution and separating each partner with a semicolon. For example, if the grantee is Portland Community College, the first paragraph would be formatted like this: "Partners:8 Prince George's Community College (Maryland); American Universit y (District of Columbia)."
 If applicable, conclude your abstract with a final paragraph leading off with the following words: "Awards and Honors: ...." Be sure to include the name and date of the award and the name of the awarding organization.

**Grant Nu mber**  **Project Title Abstract** 

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## IV. P **erformance Narrative Grantee: [Grant Number][Grantee Institution]**  **Report: [Year here] Final Report**  **Instructions** The main purpose a performance report is to summarize and describe the progress of your project toward achieving its goals and objectives. **Final Reports:** In a narrative of five to ten (5

- 10) double

- spaced pages, describe the activiti es and accomplishments of the project for the entire project period. Discuss your progress on meeting each of the goals and objectives originally established for the project. Also discuss any difficulties you may have encountered in meeting the established goals and objectives within the project timeline, and how you resolved those difficulties. Describe any modifications to approved project activities during the project period. Explain why planned objectives were not attained or why scheduled activities we re not implemented. Add other pertinent information on9

the progress of the grant project, as appropriate. Upload your narrative by clicking on the "Upload" button at the bottom of this screen.

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