• Financial Report (reviewed and signed by PI)• Patent Report• Technical Report (prepared and submitted by

PI)• NSF now requires an “Outcomes” report

written in lay language (prepared and submitted by PI).

Final Reporting

• Format varies with agency• Typically is not reviewed by SRS or SRAS• Agencies differ in time window that technical

report is due (90 days for National Science Foundation)

• Report can be quite extensive in detail

Technical Report

Technical Report (NSF example)

Graduate students Organizational Partners Other Collaborators or Contacts Activities and Findings Training and Development Outreach Activities Journal Publications Books or Other One-Time Publications Other Specific Products Contributions Within Discipline Contributions to Other Disciplines Contributions to Human Resource Development Contributions to Resources for Research and Education

Required Elements

Agency will typically NOT provide new funding until final report is submitted

Technical Report

Data Management & Retention

Policy varies with agency Some require data retention for as long as

five years after publication of results Good practice is to retain data for as long as

possible (this includes work of postdocs, students and technicians)

Keep data in a well-annotated state

We’ll be available at lunch today to answer additional questions…….

Wrap Up & Questions (?)