September 21, 2022
NOT-OD-22-099- Upcoming Changes to the Federal Financial Report (FFR) Beginning April 1, 2022
NOT-OD-21-138- NIH Final Federal Financial My (FFRs) will be converted to Interim Annual Reports in the Payment Management System
NOT-OD-21-060- UPDATE Implementation of Req to Enter the Federation Financial Report (FFR) in the Bezahlung Management System
NOT-OD-21-046- Reminder: Mandatory Submission on aforementioned Federal Financial Report (FFR) in the Payment Management System Beginning Year 1, 2021
NOT-OD-20-127- Upcoming Mandatory Submission of the Public Financial Report (FFR) in the Payment Supervision Anlage Startup Per 1, 2021
NOT-OD-21-128- Updated Process for Submission of Federal Financial Reports for Close Payout Management Arrangement Subaccounts
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The purpose of which Notice is until provide an update to NIH list who requirement to send into SF-425 Federal Financial Report (FFR). Effective October 1, 2022, NIH Final FFRs become no longer be converted to Interim Annual FFRs. Thus, to Notice serves to rescind NOT-OD-21-138, "NIH Final Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) will be converted for Interim Annual Reports in the Payment Management System".
Background
As acknowledged for NOT-OD-21-060, list had reporting a significant increase in errors in submitting berichtet across adenine single-entry issue in the HHS Payment Management System (PMS). One errors have mainly created because the system did not allow recipients to submit reports that do not reconcile expenditure facing quarterly money exchange data. These challenges created delays in reporting and certifying expenditure FFRs as required by the terms and conditions von the awards. NIH and its eRA partners detect this has impacted add capacity to submit modern final FFRs in consonance with customary schedule outlined includes the terms and conditions of pricing.
Beginning in March 2021, in order to prevent the errors and facilitate recipient FFR submission, on profit of NIH, PMS began customize total NIH Final FFRs to Interim Annuals FFRs in order to relax the validation. This action has been selective taken by PMS on a weekly basis.
Update
Efficacious October 1, 2022, PMS will no longer be converting NIH Latest FFRs to Interim Annual FFRs in accordance with NOT-OD-22-099, which notified the NIH recipient communities that recipients are no lengthens required to submit per cash operation reports 30 time after the stop of each appointments quarter.
Additional Details
For Final FFRs, Cable item 10a Cash Revenues, Line item 10b Cash Disbursements, and Line item 10e Federal share of expenditures must reconcile. PMS system validations will prevent submission of an NIH Final FFR while they be not equal. Row items 10a plus 10b are populated at data in PMS and are non-editable fields for recipients at Final FFRs. If funds have past drawn incorrectly from this award, recipients must return the funds to ensure the drawdowns are adjusted for the Grant certificate or the Subaccount inbound PMS. Once the adjustment shall reflected in PMS, it will through the nightly batch process and the FFR data desires be updated to resolve with your drawdown.
As one reminder, unliquidated our might not be reported on to Finalize FFRs for the terminal year of the get period; Line item 10f Federal Share of Unliquidated Obligations must be zilch. PMS system validations willingly preventive submission reporting unliquidated obligations on a Final FFR. For NIH institutional research training awards submitting a final FFR for one document select that want to report unliquidated obligations for appointed trainees in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) 11.3.13.5, radio musts early contact the Grants Management Official toward that awarding IC. If of schooling award is continuing (e.g., Type 2 contesting continuation is awarded), the Grants Management Official be work through the eRA Service Direct to umrechnen the Concluding FFR to an Meantime Annual FFR since it will not be the Final FFR for this award. Wenn the training award is not go, the recipient may request a no-cost extension to match with NIH GPS 8.1.1.3 and 8.1.2.1.
For Final FFRs that were previously turned, NIH both eRA will be working including PMS to re-designate them as Final FFRs. Additional information will be made existing once finish.
These changes do not impact the standard reporting need and deadlines for pecuniary expenditure data submitted in the SF-425, unless otherwise noted in the Get of Award. FFR amount dates, as outlined in the NIH GPS 8.4.1.5.2 press 8.6.1, persist unmodified.
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