[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR1260.26] [Page 282] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SPACE ADMINISTRATION PART 1260--GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS--Table of Contents Subpart A--General Sec. 1260.26 Financial management. Financial Management October 2000 (a) Advance payments by electronic funds transfer will be made by the Financial Management Office of the NASA Center which issued the grant in accordance with procedures provided to the recipient. The Recipient shall submit Federal Cash Transaction Reports (SF 272) to the aforementioned office and to the Administrative Grant Officer (if NASA has delegated administration) within 15 working days following the end of each Federal fiscal quarter, containing current estimates of the cash requirements for each of the four months following the quarter being reported. There will be a phase-in term for NASA adoption of an automated 272 system not requiring the forecast estimates. It is anticipated that this forecast requirement will be deleted no later than October 1, 2001. The final SF 272 is due within 90 days after the expiration date of the grant. The final SF 272 shall be submitted to the Financial Management Office, with copies sent to the NASA Grant Officer, and to the Administrative Grant Officer when the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been delegated grant closeout responsibilities. (b) Unless otherwise directed by the Grant Officer, any unexpended balance of funds which remains at the end of any funding period, except the final funding period of the grant, shall be carried over to the next funding period, and may be used to defray costs of any funding period of the grant. This includes allowing the carry over of funds to the second and subsequent years of a multiple year grant. This provision also applies to subcontractors performing substantive work under the grant. For grant renewals, the estimated amount of unexpended funds shall be identified in the grant budget section of the recipient's renewal proposal. NASA reserves the right to remove unexpended balances from grants when insufficient efforts have been made by the grantee to liquidate funding balances in a timely fashion. [End of provision] [[Page 283]]