Cooperative Agreement – GCO

A type of grant award in which there is substantial scientific or programmatic involvement from the extramural funding agency. Substantial involvement means that, after award, scientific or program staff will assist, guide, coordinate, or participate in project activities.

Other Terms: U-series (NIH)

Grant – GCO

A type of financial assistance mechanism providing money, property, or both to Mount Sinai to carry out research or other approved project or activity.

Other Terms: Assistance Mechanism

Transfer Application – GCO

An application that is requesting that the legal and administrative responsibility is transferred from one legal entity to another.

Example: You are a new recruit to Mount Sinai and are transferring your grant here.

Other Term: Change of Grantee Organization

Final Report Application – GCO

An application closing out the project.

Example: Your grant is over and it’s now time to submit the close out documents.

Other Terms: Close Out

Supplement Application – GCO

An application that is requesting additional funding from funding agency beyond what is already approved.

Example: You are requesting funds to replace a piece of equipment that broke or add an additional post-doc.

Other Terms: Revision (NIH)

No-Cost Extension Application – GCO

An application requesting the extension of the award end date without additional funds from the extramural funding agency.

Example: Your grant end date is approaching, you are not done with your research, you would like to continue, and are not requesting any additional funds from the agency to do so.

Non-Competitive Continuation Application – GCO

An application that is not competing with other applications receives additional funding for a budget period within a previously approved project period. Mount Sinai also treats unfunded projects and yearly renewals of clinical trials paid on a per patient basis in this category.

Example: Your grant is for 5 years of funding and you are submitting the required yearly progress report to the agency before the 2nd year begins.

Other Terms: Yearly Renewal, RPPR (NIH), Continuation, Progress Report

Resubmission Application – GCO

An application that has been previously submitted, but was not funded, and is being resubmitted for new consideration.

Example: Your grant was not funded the first time around and you are applying again.