American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Stimulus Funding
Note: Links to websites and pages below that no longer exist have been removed.
Key Resources
UC Berkeley
- Accelerating Spending of ARRA Funding
- ARRA Awards to UC Berkeley
- ARRA Reporting: Vice Chancellor for Research Notice
- Direct Charging Administrative Support Costs on ARRA Projects
- Estimating Jobs Created/Retained for ARRA Proposals
- UCOP C&G Guidance Memo No. 09-03: Reporting of ARRA Awards and Expenditures
Federal
- FederalReporting.gov: On January 17, 2014, with the enactment of the Omnibus Spending bill, Congress ended the reporting requirement for recipients of Recovery awards. January 2014 is the last time recipients had to report on the status of those awards.
- Recovery.gov
- Recovery.gov Agency Profiles
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Recovery Act
- OMB M-11-34, Accelerating Spending of Remaining Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for Discretionary Grant Programs (9/15/11)
- OMB M-10-34, Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (9/24/10)
- OMB M-10-17, Holding Recipients Accountable for Reporting Compliance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (5/4/10)
- OMB M-10-14, Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (3/22/10)
- OMB Frequently Asked Questions: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- OMB M-10-08, Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Data Quality, Non-Reporting Recipients, and Reporting of Job Estimates (12/18/09)
- OMB M-09-21, Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (6/22/09)
- OMB Requirements for Implementing Sections of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Financial Assistance Awards (4/23/09) - Text, PDF - 6/22/09 deadline for comments
- OMB Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (4/3/09)
- OMB Initial Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- OMB Recovery Act Implementation – Improving Grants.gov and Other Critical Systems (3/9/09), Improving Grants.gov (4/8/09), GAO Recovery Act: Consistent Policies Needed to Ensure Equal Consideration of Grant Applications (4/29/09)
- Grants.gov American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
- Grants.gov Recovery Act and System Alleviation Notice
Agency-Specific Information Related to the Recovery Act
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- NIH Standard Terms and Conditions: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- NIH Award Terms and Additional Information for Recipients Receiving Recovery Act Grant Funding
- Recovery Act of 2009: Revised NIH Award Terms Available (7/8/09)
- Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and Suspension of Appeals Process
- NIH ARRA Funding Considerations for Applications with Meritorious Scores that Fall Beyond the Pay-line
- New Business Process for Submitting Revised Project Summary/Abstracts, Specific Aims, and/or Public Health Relevance Statements when Changing the Scope of Proposed Research Projects
- Reminder and Clarification of NIH Policies on Similar, Identical, or Essentially Identical Applications, Submission of Applications Following RFA Review, and Submission of Applications with a Changed Activity Code
- Recovery Act of 2009: Information on Quarterly Reporting Requirements for NIH Award Recipients
- Recovery Act: Reminders on Annual Reporting Requirements and Notice of Revised Financial Closeout Requirements for ARRA-funded Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revisions (3/17/10)
- Recovery Act: Notice on the Proper Management of Recovery Act Spending to Promote Job Creation and Increase the Pace of Scientific Research; and Policy Limiting Second No-Cost Extensions to Recovery Act Grants (3/17/10)
- Recovery Act: Update on ARRA Quarterly Reporting Requirements for Non-Competing Continuation Awards and Relinquished Projects; and Guidance to Avoid Common Errors (3/19/10)
- Grant Funding Opportunities Supported by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
- NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)
- Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites
- Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites for Supplements and Revisions to Active NIH Grants with Recovery Act Funds
- ARRA Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revisions: Clarifications on Programmatic Limitations and use of Modular Budgets
- RRA Administrative Supplements: Clarification on FY2010
Applications
- National Science Foundation
- Department of Commerce
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Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department of the Interior
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Department of Justice
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Department of Labor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Endowment for the Arts
Background
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also called the “Stimulus Law,” was signed into law on February 17, 2009 by President Obama. The Act provides “provides $ 21.5 billion in additional funds for scientific endeavors.”
On February 18, 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the initial guidance for federal agencies, “Initial Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.” This document includes some details related to allocation of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and on the extensive new reporting requirements for recipients of Recovery Act funds. On April 3rd, OMB published “Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.” OMB published further guidance, including more details on specific reporting instructions and on how the data collection will work government-wide.
Some of the new reporting requirements that may be appearing in terms and conditions for awards made with Recovery Act funds include (from page 14 of the initial OMB Guidance):
- Quarterly financial and technical reports
- Reports on number of jobs created
- Evaluation of the completion status of a project
- Detailed information on any subcontracts or subgrants to include data elements required to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
General information on the Recovery Act is published on the Recovery.gov site, and federal agencies receiving the funds are also required to establish a page with specific information. Federal agencies will generally have two years to spend the Recovery Act funds.