NOFO Field: Award Notices
NOFO Location:
Award Administration Information - first field
- Preceding Field:
Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
- Subsequent Field:
Administrative and National Policy Requirements
OMB Guidance:
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices -- Required.
This section must address what a successful applicant can expect to receive
following selection. If your practice is to provide a separate notice stating
that an application has been selected before you actually make the award, this
section would be the place to indicate that the letter is not an authorization
to begin performance (to the extent that you allow charging to awards of
pre-award costs at the recipient’s own risk). This section should indicate that
the notice of award signed by the grants officer (or equivalent) is the
authorizing document, and whether it is provided through postal mail or by
electronic means and to whom. It also may address the timing, form, and content
of notifications to unsuccessful applicants.
Effective for FY 2012 FFOs the following language is mandatory for this section:
To enable the use of a universal identifier and to enhance the quality of information
available to the public as required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006, to the extent applicable, any proposal awarded in response to this announcement
will be required to use the Central Contractor Registration and Dun and Bradstreet Universal
Numbering System and be subject to reporting requirements, as identified in OMB guidance
published at 2 CFR Parts 25, 170 (2010),
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr25_main_02.tpl
.
Additional Guidance:
Published Examples:
A. Award Notices:
To enable the use of a universal identifier and to enhance the quality of information
available to the public as required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006, to the extent applicable, any proposal awarded in response to this announcement
will be required to use the Central Contractor Registration and Dun and Bradstreet Universal
Numbering System and be subject to reporting requirements, as identified in OMB guidance
published at 2 CFR Parts 25, 170 (2010),
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr25_main_02.tpl
.
A. Award Notices:
The notice of award made by NOAA is signed by the NOAA Grants
Officer and is the authorizing document. It is provided electronically
or by postal mail to the appropriate business office of the recipient
organization.
A. Award Notices:
Successful applicants may be asked to modify objectives, work plans, or budgets
prior to final approval of an award. The exact amount of funds to be awarded, the final
scope of activities, the project duration, and specific NOAA cooperative involvement
with the activities of each project will be determined in pre-award negotiations among the
applicant, the NOAA Grants Office, and NOAA program staff. Projects should not be
initiated in expectation of federal funding until a notice of award document is received
from the NOAA Grants Office.
A. Award Notices:
Successful applicants will receive notification that the application has been recommended
for funding to the NOAA Grants Management Division. This notification is not an authorization
to begin performance of the project. Official notification of funding, signed by the NOAA grants
Officer, is the authorizing document that allows the project to begin. Notification will be issued
to the Authorizing Official and the PI of the project either electronically or in hard copy.
Unsuccessful applicants will be notified that their proposals were not selected for
recommendation. Unsuccessful applications will be kept on file in the program Office for a
period of 12 months, then destroyed.
A. Award Notices:
The NSGO will notify each unsuccessful applicant by
informing the state Sea Grant Program through which the
application was submitted via e-mail. This email will contain a
written summary of the review panel comments. The state Sea
Grant Programs will, in turn, formally notify each unsuccessful
applicant and forward the summary comments provided by the NSGO.
The applications that are not ultimately selected for funding
will be destroyed one year after submission date.