Blanket Justification forNEA Funding Application Guidelines and Reporting Requirements for Individuals

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

LITERATURE FELLOWSHIPS
Reporting Requirements
For All Years

Rev. October 2011

You can see basic information about your grant at My Grant at a Glance: www.arts.gov/mygrant.
The Reporting Requirements applicable to your grant are described below. Please follow these
instructions carefully. The General Terms & Conditions for Literature Fellowships (General
Terms), report forms, and instructions are on our Web site at www.arts.gov/manageaward/litfellows
under Literature Fellowships. The Arts Endowment reserves the right to request additional information
or work product(s) at any time.

For Translation Projects: As noted in the General Terms, grant activities should be consistent with
those approved for funding by the Arts Endowment. If changes in the project are believed necessary,
you must send a written request with justification to the Grants & Contracts Office before
implementation. The Progress or Final Reports should not be used for conveying and/or requesting
approval for any changes.

PROGRESS REPORT
One Progress Report will be required during the grant period. It is submitted as Section 6 of the
Payment Request Form for Literature Fellowships. The Progress Report is due when you request
over two-thirds of the award amount. The Progress Report must include:
1. a description of all activities supported by the grant that have been undertaken since the grant
period start date, and
2. any grant supported activities planned for the remainder of the grant period (e.g., research,
travel, or other related activities).
FINAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT
All grantees are required to submit acceptable Final Report packages to the Grants & Contracts
Office no later than 90 days after the grant end date. Information submitted as part of the Final
Report package must include your name and grant number.
The Final Descriptive Report for Literature Fellowships is available at
www.arts.gov/manageaward/litfellows. This report is also used to certify that Arts Endowment funds
have been used for the purpose(s) for which the grant was awarded. You can submit this report
online (see next page) or by FAX to the Grants & Contracts Office.
The narrative should provide information about the impact or benefit of this fellowship on your artistic
development. It should also include a brief description of work you accomplished with Arts
Endowment support during the grant period including major achievements and any significant
problems encountered, and information about any public readings or presentations, including
locations, and publication plans. Please limit your response to two pages.

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You will be ineligible for any future Arts Endowment grants if you fail to submit required and
acceptable Final Report packages for previously awarded grants.
Submit the Final Descriptive Report online at www.arts.gov/manageaward/LitOnlineInstructions.
Or, if you prefer, FAX your report materials to the Grants & Contracts Office at (202) 682-5610 or
5609. Do not submit Final Report materials as part of any upcoming application package.
NOTE: The delivery of first-class mail to the NEA continues to be delayed due to security screening.
First-class and Priority mail is put through an irradiation process to protect against biological
contamination which may damage your items. Please FAX payment requests and report forms or use
an alternative delivery service if you are sending fragile or time-sensitive materials.
Acknowledgment of Arts Endowment Support
As indicated in the General Terms, grantees must acknowledge the Arts Endowment's support in all
materials regarding this grant. The Arts Endowment encourages the display, in a prominent manner,
of the Agency’s logo in association with the acknowledgment. Copies of our logo are available on our
website.
Future Publication, Awards, and Other Honors. Each project develops its own history, often long after
the Final Report has been submitted. New information related to your project—future publication(s),
reviews, awards and honors, other opportunities—is appreciated by the Arts Endowment. Our ability
to document the effectiveness of our programs is facilitated by the assistance we receive from our
grantees. Contact the Literature Program regarding how to best provide this information at (202) 682
- 5707. Include your name and grant number on all information sent.
As a reminder, all Federal awarding agencies retain a royalty-free right to use all or a portion of their
grantees’ final report material for Federal purposes (e.g., the use of final report work products to
document the results of our grant programs), including placement on a Federal Web site. For more
information see the General Terms.

REPORTING BURDEN:
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one hour per response. The Arts Endowment
welcomes any suggestions that you might have on improving the reporting requirements and making them as easy to use as possible.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to: Deputy Chairman for Management & Budget, Room 518 National Endowment for the Arts; Nancy Hanks Center; 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW; Washington DC 20506 0001.
NOTE: Grantees are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays an OMB control number that is valid at
the time of issue.

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