The RPPR is used by recipients to submit progress reports to NIH on their grant awards. There are three types of RPPRs

• Annual RPPR - Use to describe a grant’s scientific progress, identify significant changes, report on personnel, and describe plans for the subsequent budget period or year.
• Interim RPPR – Use when submitting a renewal (Type 2) application. If the Type 2 is not funded, the Interim RPPR will serve as the Final RPPR for the project. If the Type 2 is funded, the Interim RPPR will serve as the annual RPPR for the final year of the previous competitive segment. The data elements collected on the Interim RPPR are the same as for the Final RPPR, including project outcomes.
• Final RPPR - Use as part of the grant closeout process to submit project outcomes in addition to the information submitted on the annual RPPR. A final progress report is required for any grant that has passed its project end date and will not be extended through award of a new competitive segment. 

There is no RPPR form available for download. Submit RPPR data through the eRA Commons. The links for each type of RPPR are accessed through the Commons Status tab. The Interim RPPR link will also be accessed through the Commons Status tab. It will appear one day after the project segment end date, but before it has moved to closeout. The Final RPPR link will become available through the closeout module once the grant is eligible for closeout.

• NIH RPPR Instruction Guide
• NIH RPPR Instruction Guide
• NIH RPPR Online Help
• Final Invention Statement

• Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) website
• RPPR Help & Tutorials
• RPPRs: Who Can Do What?

Use data tables with Institutional Research Training grant applications

Go to Data Tables webpage to download blank data tables.

Beginning with RPPRs due on or after October 1, 2019 (FY 2020), recipients must create the required training data tables for submission with NIH and AHRQ T15, T32, T90/R90, and TL1 progress reports via the xTRACT system (NOT-OD-19-108).

Instructions and samples are available on the Data Tables webpage for various data table scenarios.

• Instructions and samples are available on the Data Tables webpage for various data table scenarios.
• xTract Help & Tutorials

The Project/Performance Site Location(s) form included in NIH application packages allows for the collection of 300 performance sites. If you need to add more site locations than the form allows, prepare a separate file using this format page, convert it to PDF, and upload it in the "Additional Locations" attachment field on the Project/Performance Site Location(s) form.

Additional Performance Site Format

General instructions for completing the "Additional Locations" attachment field on the Project/Performance Site Location(s) form are found in the Form Instructions section of the How to Apply – Application Guide. Also check Section IV. Application Information of the funding opportunity for any opportunity-specific instructions.

See Project/Performance Site Location(s) form for a reference copy of the data collection used for the first 300 project/performance sites.

The R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form included in NIH application packages allows for the collection of a contact PD/PI and 99 additional other senior/key individuals (including any multi-PD/PIs). If you need to add more Senior/Key Person Profiles than the form allows, prepare a separate file using this format page, convert it to PDF, and upload it in the "Additional Senior/Key Person Profile(s)" attachment field on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form.

Additional Senior/Key Person Format

General instructions for completing the "Additional Senior/Key Person Profile(s)" attachment field on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form are found in the Form Instructions section of the How to Apply – Application Guide. Also check Section IV. Application Information of the funding opportunity for any opportunity-specific instructions.

See R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form for a reference copy of the data collection used for the contact PD/PI and 99 additional other senior/key individuals.