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Within the last four months of a grant period, the Principal Investigator must consider whether additional time will be necessary to accomplish all activities in his/her program.
If additional time is needed and sufficient funds remain, the P.I. may request a no-cost extension from the sponsoring agency.
In general, no-cost extensions must be requested from a sponsor and an approval or denial received in writing before OSPR incorporates the extension into the grant information within PeopleSoft.
To Request a No-Cost Extension:
- The P.I. prepares an e-mail to the OSPR Post-Award Coordinator indicating:
- The project number
- The sponsoring agency
- The current end date
- The requested revised end date
- REASONS FOR EXTENDING THE PROJECT - note that additional time to merely exhaust remaining funds is not considered a valid reason for extension.
- The Post Award Coordinator determines whether a no-cost extension request can be submitted. Reasons why it could not may include:
- Grant is a sub-agreement with another agency whose own grant is coming to an end.
- Sponsor does not require extension requests (see below).
- The request is too late (normally less than 10 days before a grant's end date).
- Sponsor has specifically indicated that extensions are not allowed.
- If the request is allowed, the Post Award Coordinator will help draft an extension request and show to the P.I. for approval before sending it to the sponsoring agency (unless the sponsoring agency requires that the extension request come directly from the P.I. himself/herself).
- When a determination is given to OSPR from the sponsoring agency, the P.I. will be informed of the decision and OSPR will adjust the grant information within DePaul's financial system accordingly.
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EXPANDED AUTHORITIES:
Certain federal sponsors of DePaul University grants have adopted a streamlined set of procedures to minimize administrative backlogs in sponsor/grantee transactions. These procedures are the "Expanded Authorities". One aspect of them is that grantees are authorized to unilaterally extend the grant one time for a period up to twelve months from the original expiration date. In these cases, the Principal Investigator need only inform the sponsoring agency no less than 10 days before the original expiration date of the new end date and a revised reporting schedule if applicable.
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Please check with the OSPR Post-Award Coordinator to confirm whether the Expanded Authorities apply to your grant.
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