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Financial Assistance Reference Guide

Essential tips for your NIST award

The Financial Assistance Reference guide provides information on the essential elements and most commonly asked questions of NIST financial assistance recipients. The guide contains a multitude of carefully selected topics designed to assist the NIST grant and cooperative agreement community from acceptance of the award to reporting requirements to amendments and prior approvals during the award to close-out procedures after award completion.

GMD Financial Assistance Reference Guide v3.0
Full Version in PDF

Created October 21, 2016, Updated February 17, 2022