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Continuation decision

The sponsor's formal determination, typically at the end of a reporting period, of whether to continue funding the next budget period of a multi-year grant, based on satisfactory progress and continued funding availability.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
An NIH programme officer reviews the annual RPPR and issues a continuation award for the next year.
Is an instance
A Horizon Europe Project Officer recommends acceptance of the periodic report and triggers the next pre-financing tranche.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A new competing renewal application is not a continuation decision.
Not an instance
Early termination is the opposite of a positive continuation decision.

Editorial commentary

Continuation decisions are routine for multi-year US federal awards and Horizon Europe projects. They are based on review of the annual or periodic report and may be 'satisfactory' (continue without change), 'satisfactory with comments', or 'unsatisfactory' (triggering corrective action plans, partial funding, or rarely termination). NIH continuation decisions are reflected in updated Notices of Award; Horizon Europe continuation decisions are issued through the Funding & Tenders Portal review process. Most continuations are routine but some are scrutinised.

References

US NIH Grants Policy Statement; Horizon Europe periodic review process.

Also known as

Continuation determination · Annual continuation decision

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

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Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

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