Year-End Grant Reports and Renewals

Year-End Grant Report

A year-end grant report is due by June 1. Year-end reports must include:

• An account of the year’s events that includes information about the topics, format, and location(s), as well as a list of members and attendees, with their uniqname and program affiliation, for each meeting.
• A summary (250 words) of the workshop’s accomplishments for the year and key ways it supported interdisciplinary research: advances in graduate student research, emerging ideas, questions, or collaborations.
• Itemized Expense Report. No receipts are necessary. Attach a budget narrative (as necessary) to explain any portions of the budget that require explanation. For a detailed listing of valid expenses, please review the Allowable Expenses section before preparing your application budget and year-end report expense listing, or both.
• (As necessary) Explanation of any departures from the approved budget.
• We also welcome feedback on the structure of the RIW program.

All of the above should be submitted via the RIW System. Once the Rackham RIW team provides preliminary year-end report approval, your faculty sponsor and department administrator will have to indicate their approvals of the year-end report through a link emailed to them by the RIW System. After those approvals, the report goes back to Rackham for final approval and funds disbursement. Failure to submit and/or approve (faculty sponsor and department administrator) the year-end report by the end of the fiscal year (June 30 annually) will result in the workshop waiving its right to approved funding.

Grant Renewal Applications

Applications for renewal for an existing group are due by the first business day of August. RIWs cannot begin a renewal application until they have submitted their year-end report. Once the year-end grant report is submitted, please go to the RIW System Application Home to begin the Renew Application process.

Renewal applications must follow the same requirements as new applications. Renewing RIWs should address how they intend to build on their work from previous years and continue to maintain and expand their membership.