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 electronic Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (e-SNAP) http://era.nih.gov/services_for_applicants/reports_and_closeout/esnap.cfm. The progress report due information is available in the Commons status system (http://era.nih.gov/userreports/pr_due.cfm). In addition to the eSNAP 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 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, 1MB] 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.
After the signing official clicks the Submit button, the system will verify that the eSNAP contains all the required data in the correct format. The PI will receive an e-mail indicating either there is a missing/invalid data or that the eSNAP has been accepted for submission. Once accepted, the status of the submitted eSNAP is set to "Submitted."
Specific Instructions
The Progress Report should be no more than eight pages (including graphs and/or tables). If needed, use the continuation pages available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/2590/continuation.doc. Number the pages sequentially (1, 2, 3, etc., do not use 2a, 2b, 2c, etc.).
- Provide a brief overall summary of the progress made during the current reporting period only. Describe the major student development activities that contributed in achieving the goals set by the program. Briefly describe any challenges faced by students when applying to Ph.D. and/or predoctoral training programs. Include the current status of previous PREP participants.
- Restate the goals, specific measurable objectives, anticipated milestones and outcomes proposed in the application. Describe the measurable outcomes as they relate to the objectives. Provide program outcomes as outlined in PREP Sample Table 1.
- Briefly describe other institutional student development and training programs that are synergistic with PREP. Describe the PREP students' participation in these activities as well as their interactions with predoctoral students in the participating departments.
- Describe any activities within the institution geared toward increasing faculty members' awareness of diversity issues as well as increasing the number of underrepresented students within the participating departments.
For the evaluation of the program, provide the following information:
- Summary of the evaluator’s findings.
- Program actions in response to these findings.
- Institutional actions to address identified issues.