After issuance of an initial award and if future support is recommended, recipients must submit a satisfactory progress report in order to receive continuation awards for the next budget period. The report should contain the following information:
Title page: give the project title, DOE grant designation, principal investigator/project director's name, address, phone and e-mail address, period of time report covers, and the amount of unexpended funds, if any, that are anticipated to be left at the end of the current budget period; if the amount exceeds 10 percent of the funds available for the budget period, provide information on a separate page as to why the excess funds are anticipated to be available and how they will be used in the next budget period.
Report: Not to exceed 5 pages per investigator (typically academic faculty). Since usually only the program manager reads it and he/she is on a tight schedule, shorter is better. Give results of work for the past year including publications, reports, talks, etc. in which group members have made a significant contribution. Emphasize findings and their significance to the field. Give a brief description of the work planned for the next budget period as well as any present or anticipated problems. Do not include biographical sketches.
Budget: A DOE budget page for each task for the anticipated budget period must be submitted with explanation pages. In addition, budget pages including all funds (base, supplemental, one-shot, etc) awarded for the presently funded period also should be attached. The budget paqes do not need a signed face page.
Personnel Distribution (Word file): Provide a table (use the Table format on page 4) in Word format showing the present personnel and anticipated additions or deletions for the next funded period (use the Comments column to explain). (Note: Once the next year's funding allocation is fixed, then revised budgets and personnel tables will be requested from you by the program manager).