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Reporting period (grant)

A defined time window within a multi-period grant for which the recipient must submit progress and/or financial reports to the sponsor, often aligned with budget years or work-package completion dates.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A Horizon Europe project has 18-month reporting periods; the consortium submits a periodic report at the end of each.
Is an instance
An NIH grant has annual reporting periods aligned with the budget year, with RPPR submission required 60 days before the next budget period start.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A one-off ad-hoc query from the sponsor is not a structured reporting period.
Not an instance
Internal monthly management reports are not formal sponsor reporting periods.

Editorial commentary

Reporting periods structure the rhythm of post-award management. Common patterns include annual reporting (US federal, NIH RPPR), 18-month or 24-month periodic reporting (Horizon Europe), and milestone-driven reporting (industry SRAs). Each period typically requires a technical/scientific narrative, financial actuals, deviations explanation, and risk update. Reporting periods determine the cadence of subsequent payments and continuation decisions.

References

US NIH Grants Policy Statement; Horizon Europe Annotated Grant Agreement.

Also known as

Period of reporting · Reporting interval · Reporting cycle (grant)

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Reporting period (grant)"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/reporting-period-grant" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

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  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/reporting-period-grant",
  "sameAs": [
    "Period of reporting",
    "Reporting interval",
    "Reporting cycle (grant)"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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