Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS)
and Human Services (HHS)
June 23, 2020
NOT-OD-22-215 - NIH Final Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) will no longer be converted to Interim Annual Reports in the Payment Management System
NOT-OD-22-099- Upcoming Changes to the Federal Financial Report (FFR) Beginning April 1, 2022
NOT-OD-21-138 - NIH Final Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) will be converted to Interim Annual Reports in the Payment Management System
NOT-OD-21-128 - Updated Process for Submission of Federal Financial Reports for Closed Payment Management System Subaccounts
NOT-OD-21-060 - UPDATE Implementation of Requirement to Submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR) in the Payment Management System
NOT-OD-21-046 - Reminder: Mandatory Submission of the Federal Financial Report (FFR) in the Payment Management System Beginning January 1, 2021
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
The purpose of this Guide Notice is to inform the NIH recipient community of the change in Federal Financial Reporting (FFR) SF-425 submission requirements. Beginning January 1, 2021, respective to NIH grant awards that require submission of an FFR, NIH grant recipients will be required to submit the SF-425 Federal Financial Report (FFR) in the Payment Management System (PMS) as opposed to the eRA Commons/FFR Module. FFRs submitted prior to January 1, 2021 shall use the FFR module in the eRA Commons based on the previous requirements set forth by the agency (see NIH Grants Policy Statement 8.4.1.5.2).
This change to FFR submission requirements does not impact the timeline. Therefore, FFR due dates, as outlined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, 8.4.1.5.2 and 8.6.1, remain unchanged.
NIH is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide proper policy guidance and training to all recipients (including NIH recipients). Additional implementation details and PMS training information will be provided in a forthcoming notice.
NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Systems Policy Branch
Email: OPERAsystemspolicy@nih.gov