Sea Grant Institutional Awards - No-Cost Extensions

Sea Grant Institutional Awards - NOAA and State Resources Agency

No-Cost Extension

State Resources Agency: No further extensions will be considered or approved for awards under the State Resources Agency.

NOAA Federal Grant: Permission to extend funds remaining at the end of each grant year must be obtained from the Sea Grant Director 45 days prior to the termination date of each year’s award. A project leader should not assume that funds will automatically be extended. The email request must originate from the principal investigator and he/she must carbon copy all necessary parties. Please send your request to sgfiscal@ucsd.edu, address the email to Dr. Russell Moll, and include the following in your message:

1) The relevant grant number;
2) The Sea Grant project number;
3) Your campus account and fund numbers and/or purchase order number;
4) The new requested end date;
5) A justification for the need for additional time: Describe how and why progress has been delayed, which objectives have not yet been completed and a new timeline for their activities;
6) Indicate expected fund balance for each expense category, the reason for the balance, and an explanation of how the funds will be used (provide dollar amounts).
7) If applicable, justification for the extension of the traineeship; and

In order for a request to be reviewed, the project must have the following:

1) Cost-share documentation of all investigators must be up-to-date;
2) Progress report must accompany request as a separate document; and
3) Progress reports must be up-to-date.

NOTE: Please be aware that extensions do not extend the due date of the Annual Cost Share Report or the annual progress report . Additionally, approval of a no-cost extension for the research project does not automatically extend the traineeship(s) associated with the project. No-cost extension requests for traineeship funds must be specifically requested. In addition, extensions to the final year of a project necessitates the submission of an annual progress report .