[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR600.26]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
              CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 600--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RULES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 600.26  Funding.

    (a) General. The project period during which DOE expects to provide 
award support for an approved project shall be specified on the Notice 
of Financial Assistance Award (DOE Form 4600.1).
    (b) Budget period and continuation awards. If the project period is 
12 months or less, the budget period and the project period shall be 
coextensive. Multiyear awards, including formula awards, shall generally 
be funded annually within the approved project period. Funding for each 
budget period within the project period shall be contingent on DOE 
approval of a continuation application submitted in accordance with a 
schedule specified by DOE. A continuation application shall include:
    (1) A statement of technical progress or status of the project to 
date;
    (2) A detailed description of the awardee's plans for the conduct of 
the project during the coming year; and
    (3) A detailed budget for the upcoming budget period, including an 
estimate of unobligated balances. A detailed budget need not be 
submitted if the new or renewal application contained future-year 
budgets sufficiently detailed to allow DOE to review and approve the 
categories and elements of cost. Should the award have a change in scope 
or significant change in the budget, DOE may request a detailed budget.
    (4) DOE shall review a continuation application for the adequacy of 
the awardee's progress and planned conduct of the project in the 
subsequent budget period. DOE shall not require a continuation 
application to compete against any other application. The amount and 
award of continuation funding is subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (c) Renewal awards. Discretionary renewal awards may be made either 
on the basis of a solicitation or on a noncompetitive basis. If DOE 
proposes to restrict eligibility for a discretionary renewal award to 
the incumbent grantee, the noncompetitive award must be justified in 
accordance with Sec. 600.6(b)(2). Renewal applications must be submitted 
no later than 6 months prior to the scheduled expiration of the project 
period unless a program rule or other published instruction establishes 
a different application deadline.
    (d) Extensions. Unless otherwise specified in the award terms and 
conditions, recipients of financial assistance awards, except recipients 
of SBIR awards (See Sec. 600.181), may extend the expiration date of the 
final budget period of the project (thereby extending the project 
period) if additional time beyond the established expiration date is 
needed to assure adequate completion of the original scope of work 
within the funds already made available. A single extension, which shall 
not exceed twelve (12) months, may be made for this purpose, and must be 
made prior to the originally established expiration date. The recipient 
must notify the cognizant DOE Contracting Officer in the awarding office 
in writing within ten (10) days of making the extension.

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