Post-Award

Post-Award

The Awardee must promptly notify the URC program coordinator if funding received from another source overlaps with the aims and allocated expenses of this award. In such instances, it may be necessary to relinquish all or part of URC funding. 

Project Reports

Awardees are required to submit four annual reports for URC awards. These reports provide the URC with needed insight into both the progress of work, the post-completion impact of each award made through the program, as well as supporting future allocations of institutional funds to the URC.

Non-compliant award recipients will be ineligible to apply for another URC grant until all the reports are submitted and accepted by the URC.

No-cost Extension (NCE)

URC awards are non-renewable grants, designed to be completed within one 12-month time period, beginning to end. While it is not routine practice for the URC to grant No-Cost Extensions, on occasion additional time is needed due to extenuating circumstances that may have hindered the completion of the project. Upon approval by the URC leadership, one NCE may be permitted for a project.

The URC leadership will consider written requests for No-cost Extensions to include the following:

  • Requested NCE date range (up to 4 months, maximum). Include the begin and end dates.
  • Research progress. A detailed timeline of progress made on the current project. Include the date research actually began.
  • A brief narrative stating the reason(s) preventing completion of the current URC project. Include the awarded end date.  
  • A detailed justification for No-cost Extension request that includes a list of planned steps leading to the completion of the project by the end date of the NCE
  • If the original budget is reallocated or adjusted, include the new budget and a detailed justification for the budget changes.

Send the no-cost extension request to the attention of the URC Administrative Support at urcappl@emory.edu.

URC Proposal Review Duty (Updated) 

URC awardees are required to serve on the URC review panel for a period of three (3) consecutive years beginning with the award period immediately following their award cycle. This service includes the review and scoring of URC proposal submissions.  In addition to reviewing grant applications, the subcommittee chairperson may call an in-person subcommittee meeting to finalize the subcommittee's proposal selections.  

Post-Award FAQs

Yes, in some circumstances. For example, the PI of the award is leaving Emory prior to the end of the URC project. A detailed justification in support of the request to reallocate URC funds to another Emory faculty must be submitted, in writing, to the URC coordinator for approval by the URC co-chairs.  A budget, current at the time of the request, must be submitted with the Justification.  The justification must be signed by the PI's department chair." 

* Reallocation of URC funds is ONLY granted to another Emory faculty member, not to another institution.

  • If you have received previous URC funding, then please note that you cannot receive new URC funds until after 3 URC annual grant cycles have passed from the completion date of your previous URC grant.
  • If a no-cost extension (NCE) was approved for your previous grant, then the end date of the NCE is considered the completion date.
  • To receive funding after 3 URC grant cycles have passed, you can apply to the URC in the 3rd cycle after completion of your last URC grant. Example: If you submitted a URC application during the URC 2019-2020 cycle and received project funding in 2020-2021 (and didn’t use a no-cost extension), then you would “wait out” submission/award cycles 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and then be eligible to submit an application in the URC grant cycle 2023-2024, which would provide project funding in 2024-2025.

URC grant recipients are required to serve as URC application reviewers for 3 consecutive years following completion of their URC grant.  Recipients will review URC grant applications for the subcommittee to which they submitted their awarded proposal.  In addition to reviewing grant applications, the subcommittee chairperson may call an in-person subcommittee meeting to finalize the subcommittee's proposal selections. 

Yes. Awardees are required to submit four annual reports for URC awards. These reports provide the URC with needed insight into both the progress of work, the post-completion impact of each award made through the program, as well as supporting future allocations of institutional funds to the URC. Each report is due June 30th annually for four continuous years following the completion of the URC award project . Recipients will be notified by an email containing a link to the Report, which is submitted online through the Emory InfoReady URC portal.

Non-compliant award recipients will be ineligible to apply for another URC grant until all the reports are submitted and accepted by the URC.