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NIH has transitioned from the use of Financial Status Reports (FSRs) to Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) items 10.d. – 13.e. for the reporting of expenditure data. See guide notice NOT-OD-11-017 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-11-017.html).
A Federal Financial Report (FFR) is a statement of expenditures associated with a grant. Recipients of Federal funds are required to complete an FFR to report the status of funds for grants to the sponsor of the grant. The FFR module allows grantees to electronically submit these reports via the Electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons system.
If you have the FSR role in Commons, you can use the FFR module to search for grants and associated FFRs for your institution. In the FFR module, you can perform the following tasks:
With the FSR role, you can also access the FFR module from the Closeout Status screen.
NOTE: NIH requires all financial expenditure data to be submitted via eRA Commons. This includes all initial FFRs being prepared for submission and any revised FFRs being submitted or re-submitted to NIH.
With the recent transition of expenditure data reporting from Financial Status Reports (FSRs) to FFRs, it is possible that a user may need to revise a previously submitted FSR. In this case, the revised report should also be submitted using the FSR format. The eRA Commons will automatically select the correct form for the user.
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