Closeout—Federal Financial Report (FFR)

The Federal Financial Report (FFR) is required for closeout. The FFR report should be prepared according instructions provided by the awarding agency. Commons users with the FSR role can see the Manage Final FFR action on the Closeout Status screen.

Click the Manage Final FFR action to be redirected to the FFR module, from which you can complete the FFR. If you see a View action for the FFR requirement, the FFR has already been submitted and you can use the View action to see the submitted data.

For awards funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the FFR can be initiated from eRA Commons FFR module or from the Closeout Status screen, but users are then redirected to the federal Payment Management System (PMS) to fill out and submit the report. See Federal Financial Report (FFR) Long Form (Non-DOC Awards). Users need appropriate access to the Payment Management System; see the PMS Help Desk page if you have trouble accessing PMS.

Agency-Specific Instructions: For awards funded by Department of Commerce (DOC), users initiate and fill out the FFR form within eRA Commons. See Federal Financial Report (FFR) Module (DOC).

NOTE: Only a signing official (SO) or a user with delegated report submit authority can submit the reports or other data; the program director/principal investigator (PD/PI) can upload, preview, delete and save the closeout report submission package, but cannot complete the final step to submit.