The purpose is to document progress of a noncompeting grant through a Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR).  The reporting is for the prior grant period. 

NIH grant recipients must submit annual progress reports.  Recipients/PI will describe scientific progress, identify significant changes in objectives or scope, report on personnel, and describe plans for the subsequent budget periods/years in these annual reports.

Progress Reports should be submitted to NIH prior to due date.  NIH may delay future funding of awards until all reporting elements are complete.

Only the project director/principal investigator (PD/PI) or their delegate can initiate the RPPR.

Role of Grant Administrator:

Quarterly

  • The GA will obtain a list of all upcoming RPPR’s due for the Center (MGH IPF# is 4907701).
    • This information is available at the link below:
    • eRA Commons will have a full list of progress reports and their due dates.
      • SNAP (Streamlined Non-Competing Award Process) RPPRs are due approximately 45 days before the next budget period start date.
      • Non-SNAP RPPRs are due approximately 60 days before the next budget period start date).
      • Check listing by due date then check for PI’s within the Center who have upcoming RPPR’s

 Monthly

  • If any RPPR’s are due, records falling under SNAP are due to NIH on the 15th of the month, not the 1st as noted.
  • Go to https://public.era.nih.gov
    • Log in with designee eRA Commons username and password (if you don’t have a username, contact your Grant Administrator at Research Management. Also, request that you have access to all your department PI’s)
    • Click RPPR on menu bar. Use dropdown menu to choose PI which will then display a list of their grants with current due dates.
    • Click appropriate grant #, click Initiate – Once initiated, eRA Commons creates the report and change status to Work in Progress.
    • Notify appropriate PI that the RPPR has been initiated and request their Other Support page if changes have occurred in the past year. OS pages are required for all Key Personnel and Subcontract PI’s.  OS page should be reviewed and cross checked within Insight and then with the Finance Director for accuracy (this only pertains to MGH key personnel).  If OS pages of outside key personnel have outdated information, notify them for an updated copy.
    • Request from PI, Bios of any NEW key personnel (if applicable), review for proper format and that appropriate information is listed.
    • After the grant is initiated, click Edit to view the tabs
    • You will see eight tabs on the top – DA will review each tab and answer all questions to the best of their ability.
      • Cover Page
      • Accomplishments
      • Products
      • Participants
        • Finance Director will be notified of RPPR and due date and request any carryforward amount for this grant/a list of personnel paid off this grant with >1 calendar month effort during the current reporting period.
          • Be sure to edit current names with effort.
        • To include PI effort, you must click edit next to their name view above section and add effort/calendar months, then click “add” before the “Save” button. Repeat for any other personnel already listed.
        • If personnel are new, click “add” in the first section after entering their information and effort. Remember to click the SAVE button.
          • In this section, remove duplicate names/sites
        • If there has been a reduction in effort of >25%, it must be noted and a justification uploaded
      • Impact
      • Changes
        • It is recommended to review the current NOA and check see if changes have occurred to the Human/Animal section (if applicable).
      • Special Reporting Requirements
      • Budget (Section H. applicable to Non-SNAP awards only)
    • Update the information as necessary and select the Save button at the end of each tab/page. Save can but done several times throughout in order not to lose information.  Tabs/sections can be completed in any order.   Navigating away from any page on the RPPR without selecting Save results in the loss of any information entered prior to the last save.
  • Once the DA checks that all Administrative information is complete and up-to-date, go back to menu bar and click Manage RPPR then click Check for Errors. Correct errors if appropriate for DA to do so.  At this point, notify PI of the remaining questions needing their attention (send a list of each question and under which tab it falls).
  • Instruct PI to complete the unanswered questions then check for errors. All errors must be corrected prior to submission.  Once complete, PI (not the DA) must route RPPR to the Research Management GA for review and submission to NIH.   Inform the PI of who the GA is and be sure that is the name chosen in Section A.  (ONLY the PI can route RPPR to RM and only RM GA can submit to NIH)