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(c) Reporting. Every three months
during the award period, the grantee
will produce a quarterly report of
progress. The grantee's quarterly
progress report should provide a concise
summary of the progress made towards
completion of activities in the annual
work plan. The grantee should pay
particular attention in the report to
achieving any milestones set forth in the
work plan, delays in achieving
milestones, and the affect of delays on
the final product. Details regarding the
format of quarterly progress reports will
be provided in the FLRC Terms and
Conditions at the time of award. In
addition to the regular reporting, the
grantee will provide ad hoc and timely
"hotline" reports on any significant
issues that arise with respect to
management and implementation of the
work.
C. Responsibilities
1. Center Responsibilities
The centers have the primary and lead
responsibility to define objectives and
approaches; plan research, conduct
studies, and analyze data; design
products; and publish results,
interpretations, and conclusions of their
work.
Occasionally, we will request quick
turnaround projects from the FLRC.
These projects include: Commenting on
our research plans, providing critical
commentary on research products,
conducting research, composing policy
briefs, performing statistical analyses,
pulling together key research findings
and recommendations in PowerPoint
presentations, developing products,
organizing research dissemination
opportunities such as seminars and
workshops and other activities designed
to inform the agency's R&D initiatives.
Funding for these as well as other
related activities should be included in
the budget narrative at a level of
$200,000. The agency can raise the
ceiling above $200,000 for quick
turnaround projects if both need and
funds exist. For qualitative research,
assuming the materials were ready to be
tested, quick turnaround would be
defined as focus groups taking place
within three weeks to one month of task
order award, with top line (executive
summary-summary of findings) reports
to be delivered within one week after
research is concluded. For quantitative
research, a quick turnaround might
involve an online research panel.
Therefore, prospective applicants
should ensure that they have the
capability of bringing on skilled,
relevant partners who couldaccommodate this type of timeframe, if
they currently do not have the in-house
capability to do so.
Jointly with us, each center will select
approximately eight nationally
recognized scholars or experts and
financial services/social marketing
practitioners from the non-profit and
business sectors who are unaffiliated
with any center to provide assistance in
formulating the center's research agenda
and advice on implementation. Each
center must select four scholars/
practitioners or experts, and we will
select four scholars/practitioners. Efforts
will be made in selecting the scholars/
practitioners to ensure a broad range of
academic disciplines and viewpoints.
Funded under this agreement, the
scholars/practitioners must meet once a
year at the FLRC Annual Conference in
Washington, DC. On occasion, all
centers' scholars/practitioners will meet
jointly to evaluate and provide advice
on Consortium objectives and progress.
Further, the centers may contact the
scholars/practitioners throughout the
year for suggestions regarding center
activities. The agency's Project Officer
or representative will participate in all
meetings.
2. SSA Responsibilities
We will be involved with the
Consortium in jointly establishing
research priorities and dates to
accomplish the objectives of this
announcement. We, or our
representatives, will provide the
following types of support to the
Consortium:
(a) Consultation and technical
assistance in planning, operating, and
evaluating the Consortium's activities.
(b) Information about our programs,
policies, and research priorities.
(c) Assistance in identifying our
information and technical assistance
resources pertinent to the centers'
success.
(d) Review of Consortium activities
and collegial feedback to ensure that
objectives and award conditions are
being met. We may suspend or
terminate any cooperative agreement in
whole or in part at any time before the
date of expiration, if the awardee
materially fails to comply with the
terms and conditions of the cooperative
agreement, if the awardee does not meet
technical performance requirements, or
the project is no longer relevant to the
agency. We will promptly notify the
awardee in writing of the determination
and the reasons for suspension or
termination together with the effective
date. We reserve the right to suspend
funding for individual projects inprocess or in previously approved
research areas or tasks after granting
awards.
In general, we seek organizations with
demonstrated capacity for providing
quality innovative R&D, and working
with government policymakers.
II. Award Information
A. Type of Award
All awards made under this program
will be made in the form of a
cooperative agreement. A cooperative
agreement, as distinct from a grant,
anticipates substantial involvement
between the agency and the awardee
during the performance of the project. A
comprehensive annual review process
will allow us to evaluate, recommend
changes, and approve each center's
activities. Our involvement may include
collaboration or participation in the
activities of the centers as determined at
the time of award. The terms of the
award are in addition to, not in lieu of,
otherwise applicable guidelines and
procedures. The issuance of the terms
occurs along with the notice of award.
The grantee must apply to continue
the cooperative agreement in order to
receive funds in subsequent years of the
5-year agreement. The grantee will
produce a continuation application,
subject to review and approval by us.
The continuation application should
clearly describe a set of research, and
dissemination activities that best
address the priorities of the agency. We
will engage in a dialogue with grantees
throughout the award period regarding
research topics. Based on that dialogue,
we will provide the grantee with
guidance (in writing) on the agency's
research priorities for the subsequent
continuation cycle.
B. Availability and Duration of Funding
1. Approximately $5.0 million will be
available to fund the initial 12-month
budget period of a proposed five-year
cooperative agreement(s) pursuant to
the announcement.
2. Applicants must include detailed
budget estimates for the first year,
assuming a funding level of $5.0
million. If an applicant receives an
award under the FLRC for less than $5.0
million, the agency and the applicant
will jointly renegotiate research
priorities.
3. The amount of funds available for
the cooperative agreement in future
years has not been established.
Legislative support for continued
funding of the Consortium cannot be
guaranteed and funding is subject to
future appropriations and budgetary
approval. We expect Consortiumsupport during future fiscal years at an
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