Post Award Management

Due to unanticipated circumstances, a Principal Investigator (PI) may need additional time to complete the project. A request for a no-cost extension must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and should provide such information as cause of delay, objectives to be accomplished, amount remaining, and period of extension. Requesting an extension simply to allow sufficient time to spend the available balance is not acceptable.

Some federal Sponsors, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), authorize UTD to extend a project under “Expanded Authority” as long as the Sponsor is notified in advance by OSP. After OSP receives Sponsor approval for the no-cost extension, complete and route the needed internal documentation to OPM. The termination date in Peoplesoft is then changed by OPM.

For projects that require the Sponsor's written approval for a no-cost extension, OPM cannot extend the termination date until written approval from the Sponsor is received and internal documentation processed by OSP. The timing for such requests varies by Sponsor, but should generally be processed in sufficient time prior to the scheduled termination date of the project (approx. 30 – 60 days).