The grant award document has precedence over other guidelines. If the award document does not provide instructions regarding report format, please refer to the appropriate link below for further information. Please provide OSR with a copy of your report for our files. The annual and final technical reports are documents written for the permanent record to convey scientific and technical information on results obtained from activities relating to a single project, task, or agreement within a granting program.
Final reports are often the only deliverable associated with funding received from the grant.
Appropriations from the Congress to a granting agency can be adversely affected by uncollected reports. In addition the Government acceptance of the awardee final deliverables and reports is critical to the overall success of the project. Acceptance of reports often results in release of final payments to the awardee. Conversely, delinquent reports can hinder incremental funding for current awards and halt review of pending proposals. As a general rule, receipt of final reports by the granting agency is expected within ninety days of grant expiration.