CSREES Expanded Authorities Demonstration

Introduction

The USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and FDP University participants will undertake a pilot to explore whether it would be feasible for CSREES to eliminate the requirement for agency approval on second no-cost extension requests.

CSREES will require that all initiations for second no-cost extensions follow the requirements outlined in the FDP IV General Terms and Conditions. This demonstration will exclude extensions that would result in a project period in excess of five (5) years or the statutory time limitation of the award, as indicated on the CSREES Form 2009, award face sheet, whichever is less.

This project will become effective December 1, 2004, and continue through September 30, 2005. At the conclusion of the demonstration project, CSREES will evaluate whether there have been any negative consequences of extending this flexibility and whether to 1) abandon the idea, or 2) adopt this process permanently for all FDP institutions and all CSREES grantees under Terms and Conditions - A.

Guidelines

The CSREES agency-specific FDP IV Terms and Conditions currently require that when more than one no-cost extension or an extension of more than 12 months is required, the extension(s) must be approved in writing by the Authorized Departmental Officer (ADO). In an attempt to reduce administrative burden on our recipients, CSREES is participating in a pilot demonstration with a set of FDP organizations to explore whether it would be feasible for CSREES to eliminate the requirement for agency approval on second no-cost extension requests.

Effective December 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2005, the participants listed below may initiate a second no-cost extension of the expiration date of the award of up to 12 months unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

The ADO must be notified by the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) within 10 days of the approval. If the AOR fails to notify the ADO within 10 days of their approval and prior to the expiration of the award or should more than two no-cost extensions or an extension of more than 12 months be required, approval is necessary from the ADO. The fact that funds are expected to remain unobligated at the expiration of the award is not in itself sufficient justification to receive an extension of time.

FDP Participants

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station	Gilliland, Diane	d-gilliland@tamu.edu
Colorado State University.	Johnson, Lynn	lynn.johnson@research.colostate.edu
University of Wisconsin - Madison	Andresen, Robert C.	randresen@rsp.wisc.edu
University of Missouri	Warnock, Mike	warnockm@missouri.edu
University of Florida	Prindle, Brian	prindle@ufl.edu
University of Hawaii	Kakugawa, Paul	pkakugaw@hawaii.edu
University of Minnesota	McKoskey, Kevin	kevin@umn.edu
Cornell University	Brainard, Linda	lms16@cornell.edu
New Mexico State University	Fernandez, Neta	nfernand@nmsu.edu
Pennsylvania State University	Antholosky, Paul	pma3@psu.edu
University of California - Davis	Hakim-Elahi, Ahmad	ahakimelahi@ucdavis.edu
University of Nebraska	Braaten, Norm	nbraaten1@unl.edu
North Carolina State University	Chaffee, John	john_chaffee@ncsu.edu
Washington State University	Nordquist, Dan	nordquist@wsu.edu
University of Arizona	Hornung, Janice	jgh@neurobio.arizona.edu
University of Georgia	Lyman, Virginia	mvl@ovpr.uga.edu
University of Texas - Austin	Rodela, Barbara	brodela@mail.utexas.edu
University of Kansas - Center for Research	Altieri, Joanne	jaltieri@ku.edu
University of Virginia	Kane, Gerald	gjk5y@virginia.edu
California Institute of Technology	Mayo, David	David.mayo@caltech.edu
University of Michigan	Randolph, Jim	nihJim@umich.edu
University of Rochester	Liders, Gunta	gunta.liders@rochester.edu
University of Massachusetts – Medical School	Giehl, Bethanne	bethanne.giehl@umassmed.edu
University of Pennsylvania	Rudczynski, Andy	abrud@pobox.upenn.edu

Contact

CSREES (Coordinator: Carol Langguth, Branch Chief, Awards Management Branch/OEP, CSREES)

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