RPPR Research Performance Progress Report

OMB Number: 0690-0032
Expiration Date: 10/31/2024

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
RESEARCH PERFORMANCE PROGRESS REPORT (RPPR)
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AWARD INFORMATION
1. Federal Agency:

2. Federal Award Number:

3. Project Title:
4. Award Period of Performance Start Date:

5. Award Period of Performance End Date:

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR
6. Last Name and Suffix:

7. First and Middle Name:

8. Title:
9. Email:

10. Phone Number:

AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL
11. Last Name and Suffix:

12. First and Middle Name:

13. Title:
14. Email:

15. Phone Number:

REPORTING INFORMATION
Signature of Submitting Official:

16. Submission Date and Time Stamp:

17. Reporting Period End Date:

18. Reporting Frequency:

19. Report Type:

Annual

Not Final

Semi-Annual

Final

Quarterly
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
20. Recipient Name:

21. Recipient Address:

22. Recipient DUNS:

23. Recipient EIN:

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
24. What were the major goals and objectives of this project?

25. What was accomplished under these goals?

26. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?

27. How were the results disseminated to communities of interest?

28. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals and objectives?

PRODUCTS
29. Publications, conference papers, and presentations
30. Technologies or techniques

31. Inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses

32. Other products

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PARTICIPANTS & OTHER COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS
33. What individuals have worked on this project?

34. Has there been a change in the active other support of the PD/PI(s) or senior/key personnel since the last
reporting period?

35. What other organizations have been involved as partners?

36. Have other collaborators or contacts been involved?

IMPACT
37. What was the impact on the development of the principal discipline(s) of the project?

38. What was the impact on other disciplines?

39. What was the impact on the development of human resources?

40. What was the impact on teaching and educational experiences?

41. What was the impact on physical, institutional, and information resources that form infrastructure?

42. What was the impact on technology transfer?

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43. What was the impact on society beyond science and technology?

44. What percentage of the award’s budget was spent in foreign country(ies)?

CHANGES/PROBLEMS
45. Changes in approach and reasons for change

46. Actual or anticipated problems or delays and actions or plans to resolve them

47. Changes that had a significant impact on expenditures

48. Significant changes in use or care of human subjects, vertebrate animals, biohazards, and/or select agents

49. Change of primary performance site location from that originally proposed

PROJECT OUTCOMES
50. What were the outcomes of the award?

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DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS (VOLUNTARY)
Gender: (Select all that apply)
Female

Male

Transgender, non-binary, or another gender
Prefer not to answer
Do you identify with any of the following groups that the federal government, in Executive Order 13985, has identfied as
underserved? Check all that apply.
Members of religious minorities
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons
Persons with disabilities
Persons who live in rural areas
Persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality
No, I do not identify with any of these groups
What is your race and/or ethnicity?
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Middle Eastern or North African
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White
Disability Status:
Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
Yes

Blind or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses
Serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs
Other serious disability related to a physical, mental, or emotional condition

No
Do not wish to provide

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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), this Privacy Act Statement serves to inform you of the following
concerning the collection of the information on this form.
AUTHORITY: Public Law 106–107—NOV. 20, 1999, Federal Financial Assistance Management
Improvement Act of 1999; 2 CFR § 200.328.
PURPOSE: This information is required of grant recipients, with the exception of the demographic
information. Provision of contact information on principal investigator allows contact, if needed.
Contact information, roles, and state/U.S. territory/country of major collaborators allows
Commerce to gauge performance in building partnerships. Demographic information for major
participants allows Commerce to gauge whether our programs are reaching everyone, regardless of
demographic category, and whether under-represented groups have equal access to programs,
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