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Bridges to the Doctorate Supplemental Instructions for Noncompeting Progress Report

General Information

Progress reports are required to continue support of a PHS grant and for NIH grantees, and must be submitted 2 months before the beginning date of the next budget period using the PHS 2590 (forms and instructions are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm). In addition to the PHS 2590 instructions, follow the guidelines below to prepare the progress report.

Grantees can access a Web site hosted by the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration to determine which progress reports are due. The site is located at http://era.nih.gov/userreports/pr_due.cfm. Grantees are responsible for periodically checking the list, which is updated on/around the 30th of each month. In addition to this Web site, e-mail reminders are sent to the PIs.

Progress Report Submission Guidelines: Streamlined Noncompeting Award Procedures (SNAP)

Progress Reports must be submitted following the Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement. Information about eSNAP is available on the eRA Commons Web site. If your institution has never used eSNAP before, please review the eSNAP User Guide [PDF, 1.4MB] as it has information on how to enable the eSNAP feature for your institution as well as step-by-step instructions on how to submit your annual progress reports electronically.

Specific Instructions

Use Form PHS 2590 in preparing the progress report (forms and instructions are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm) and complete the following forms:

  • Face Page (Form Page 1) except for items 8a and 8b.
  • Progress Report Summary (Form Page 5).
  • Key Personnel Report (Form Page 7).
  • Budget Form pages 2 and 3 (PHS 2590) only if any of your responses to Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) is "yes."
  • Checklist Page (Form Page 6) only if there is a change in performance site(s) that will affect the facilities and administrative costs and/or if program income is anticipated. If program income is anticipated, the Checklist should reflect the amount and source(s).

The Progress Report should begin on Form Page 5, with answers to the three Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) questions. The narrative part is limited to three pages, and numerical and other data may be presented in tabular form (tables and figures are not counted in the three-page limit).

The Progress Report should summarize the progress achieved in the reporting period with respect to the Bridges Program goals. Restate the goals, specific measurable objectives, anticipated milestones and outcomes proposed in the application. Briefly describe the major student development activities implemented, the number of students served, the faculty member introducing/conducting the activity and the progress made in relation to the original goals and objectives.

Describe what has been learned through the program evaluation and any changes made in the program as a result of the evaluation.

Describe any previously funded Bridges activities that are now continuing (or will continue) on institutional funds.

The progress report must also include:

  1. The outcome data on students in biomedical and behavioral sciences for both the Bridges to the Doctorate program and the participating institutions (use sample Table 1):

    • The number of underrepresented students enrolled full-time in master’s degree programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences at each participating master’s degree institution.
    • The number of underrepresented students who completed the master’s degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences from each participating master’s degree institution.
    • The number of underrepresented M.S. students from each participating master’s degree institution who transferred to a Ph.D. degree program in biomedical/behavioral sciences.
    • The number of appointed (program-supported) Bridges students from each participating master’s degree institution.
    • The number of Bridges students who took courses, and participated in mentored research experiences at the partner doctoral institution(s).
    • The number of Bridges students who currently remain in the Bridges program, and who withdrew from the program at each participating master’s degree institution.
    • The number of Bridges students who transferred to a Ph.D. degree program in biomedical/behavioral sciences.
    • The number of (former) Bridges students who remain in the Ph.D. degree program, and who withdrew from the program.
    • The number of (former) Bridges students who completed the Ph.D. degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences.

  2. A list of all Bridges students appointed to the program during the last 5 years in chronological order, including the name, contact information (address, phone and e-mail), underrepresented group he/she belongs to, type and year of degree earned (including the major) and current academic plans or status (use sample Table 2).

Appendix: Limit the appendix to reprints of published papers and preprints of papers in press resulting from and acknowledging Bridges support, and summary of evaluation reports only.
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This page last reviewed on December 13, 2012