List any products resulting from the project during this reporting period. Examples of products include:

• publications, conference papers, and presentations;
• website(s) or other Internet site(s);
• technologies or techniques;
• inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses; and
• other products, such as data or databases, physical collections, audio or video products, software, models, educational aids or curricula, instruments or equipment, research material, interventions (e.g., clinical or educational), or new business creation.

If there is nothing to report under a particular item, state "Nothing to Report."

Publications, conference papers, and presentations

Report the major publication(s) resulting from the work under this award. There is no restriction on the number. However, agencies are interested in only those publications that most reflect the work under this award in the following categories:

• Journal publications. List peer-reviewed articles or papers appearing in scientific, technical, or professional journals. Include any peer-reviewed publication in the periodically published proceedings of a scientific society, a conference, or the like.
  
  A publication in the proceedings of a one-time conference, not part of a series, should be reported under "Books or other non-periodical, one-time publications."

  Identify for each publication: Author(s); title; journal; volume: year; page numbers; status of publication (published; accepted, awaiting publication; submitted, under review; other); acknowledgement of federal support from this project (yes/no).

• Books or other non-periodical, one-time publications. Report any book, monograph, dissertation, abstract, or the like published as or in a separate publication, rather than a periodical or series. Include any significant publication in the proceedings of a one-time conference or in the report of a one-time study, commission, or the like. 
  
  Identify for each one-time publication: author(s); title; editor; title of collection, if applicable; bibliographic information; year; type of publication (e.g., book, thesis or dissertation); status of publication (published; accepted, awaiting publication; submitted, under review; other); acknowledgement of federal support from this project (yes/no).

• Other publications, conference papers and presentations. Identify any other publications, conference papers and/or presentations not reported above. Specify the status of the publication as noted above.

   

Website(s) or other Internet site(s)

List the URL for any Internet site(s) that disseminates the results of the research activities. A short description of each site should be provided. It is not necessary to include the publications already specified above in this section.

Technologies or techniques

Identify technologies or techniques that resulted from the research activities. Describe the technologies or techniques that were shared.

Inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses

Identify inventions, patent applications with date, and/or licenses that have resulted from the research. Submission of this information as part of an interim or final research performance progress report is not a substitute for any other invention reporting required under the terms and conditions of an award.

Other products

Identify any other significant products that were developed under this project. Describe the product and how it was shared. Examples of other products are:

• data or databases;
• physical collections;
• audio or video products;
• software;
• models;
• educational aids or curricula;
• instruments or equipment;
• research material (e.g., Germplasm, cell lines, DNA probes, animal models);
• interventions (e.g., clinical, educational);
• new business creation; and
• other.

Provide the following information on participants & other collaborating organizations during this reporting period:

• What individuals have worked on this project?
• Has there been a change in the active other support of the PD/PI(s) or senior/key personnel since the last reporting period?
• What other organizations have been involved as partners?
• Have other collaborators or contacts been involved?

What individuals have worked on this project?

Provide the following information for: (1) PDs/PIs; and (2) each person who worked, and was funded by the project, during this reporting period. Please note that such reporting does not constitute a formal institutional report of effort on the project, but rather is used by agency program staff to evaluate the progress of the project during a given reporting period.

• Provide the name and identify the role the person played in this project. Indicate the total number of months (including partial months) (Calendar, Academic, Summer) that the individual worked on this project. Using the project roles identified below, select the most senior role in which the person worked on the project for any significant length of time. For example, if an undergraduate student graduated, entered graduate school, and continued to work on the project, show that person as a graduate student, preferably explaining the change in involvement.
  • Project Roles:
    • PD/PI
    • Co PD/PI
    • Faculty
    • Community College Faculty
    • Technical School Faculty
    • K-12 Teacher
    • Postdoctoral (scholar, fellow or other postdoctoral position)
    • Other Professional
    • Technician
    • Staff Scientist (doctoral level)
    • Statistician
    • Graduate Student (research assistant)
    • Non-Student Research Assistant
    • Undergraduate Student
    • Technical School Student
    • High School Student
    • Consultant
    • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Participant
    • Other (specify)
• Describe briefly how this person contributed to this project. If information is unchanged from a previous progress report, provide the name only and indicate "no change."
• Identify the person's state, U.S. territory, and/or country of residence. State whether this person has collaborated internationally.
  • If the participant was U.S.-based, state whether this person collaborated internationally with an individual located in a foreign country, and specify whether the person traveled to the foreign country as part of that collaboration, and, if so, what the duration of stay was. The foreign country(ies) should be identified.

  • If the participant was not U.S.-based, state whether this person traveled to the U.S. or another country as part of a collaboration, and, if so, what the duration of stay was. The destination country should be identified.

    Example:

    • Name: Mary Smith
    • Total Number of Months: 5.5
    • Project Role: Graduate Student
    • Researcher Identifier: 1234567
    • Contribution to Project: Ms. Smith has performed work in the area of combined error-control and constrained coding.
    • State, U.S. territory, and/or country of residence: Michigan, U.S.A.
    • Collaborated with individual in foreign country: Yes
    • Country(ies) of foreign collaborator: China
    • Travelled to foreign country: Yes
    • If traveled to foreign country(ies), duration of stay: 5 months

Has there been a change in the active other support of the PD/PI(s) or senior/key personnel since the last reporting period?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period or no change from the previous reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe active other support for the PD/PI(s) or senior/key personnel whose support has changed and what the change has been (e.g., a previously active grant that has closed, a previously pending grant that is now active). Active other support includes all financial resources, whether Federal, non-Federal, commercial or organizational, available in direct support of an individual's research endeavors, including, but not limited to, research grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or organizational awards, (e.g., Federal, State, local or foreign government agencies, public or private foundations, industrial or other commercial organizations). Annotate this information so it is clear what has changed from the previous submission. Other support does not include prizes or gifts.

Submission of active other support information is not necessary for pending changes or for changes in the level of effort for active support reported previously. The awarding agency may require prior written approval if a change in active other support significantly impacts the effort on this award.

What other organizations have been involved as partners?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe partner organizations – academic institutions, other nonprofits, industrial or commercial firms, state or local governments, schools or school systems, or other organizations (foreign or domestic) – that were involved with the project. Partner organizations may have provided financial or in-kind support, supplied facilities or equipment, collaborated in the project, exchanged personnel, or otherwise contributed.

Provide the following information for each partnership:

Organization Name:

Location of Organization: (if foreign location list country)

Partner's contribution to the project (identify one or more)

• Financial support;
• In-kind support (e.g., partner makes software, computers, equipment, etc., available to project staff);
• Facilities (e.g., project staff use the partner's facilities for project activities);
• Collaboration (e.g., partner's staff work with project staff on the project);
• Personnel exchanges (e.g., project staff and/or partner's staff use each other's facilities, work at each other's site) and
• Other.

More detail on partner and contribution (foreign or domestic).

Have other collaborators or contacts been involved?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Some significant collaborators or contacts within your organization may not be covered by "What people worked on the project?" Likewise, some significant collaborators or contacts outside your organization may not be covered under "What other organizations were involved as partners?" For example, describe any significant:

• collaborations with others within your organization, especially interdepartmental or interdisciplinary collaborations;
• collaborations or contact with others outside your organization; and
• collaborations or contacts with others outside the U.S. or with an international organization.

Identify the state(s), U.S. territory(ies), or country(ies) of collaborators or contacts.

It is likely that many PDs/PIs will have no other collaborators or contacts to report.

This component is used to describe ways in which the work, findings, and specific products of the project have had an impact during this reporting period. Describe distinctive contributions, major accomplishments, innovations, successes, or any change in practice or behavior that has come about as a result of the project relative to:

• the development of the principal discipline(s) of the project;
• other disciplines;
• the development of human resources;
• teaching and educational experiences;
• physical, institutional, and information resources that form infrastructure;
• technology transfer (include transfer of results to entities in government or industry, adoption of new practices, or instances where research has led to the initiation of a start- up company)
• society beyond science and technology; or
• foreign countries.

What was the impact on the development of the principal discipline(s) of the project?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe how findings, results, techniques that were developed or extended, or other products from the project made an impact or are likely to make an impact on the base of knowledge, theory, and research in the principal disciplinary field(s) of the project. Summarize using language that a lay audience can understand (e.g., Scientific American style).

How the field or discipline is defined is not as important as covering the impact the work has had on knowledge and technique. Make the best distinction possible, for example, by using a "field" or "discipline", if appropriate, that corresponds with a single academic department (i.e., physics rather than nuclear physics).

What was the impact on other disciplines?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe how the findings, results, or techniques that were developed or improved, or other products from the project made an impact or are likely to make an impact on other disciplines.

What was the impact on the development of human resources?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe how the project made an impact or is likely to make an impact on human resource development in science, engineering, and technology. For example, how has the project:

• provided opportunities for research and teaching in the relevant fields;
• improved the performance, skills, or attitudes of members of underrepresented groups that will improve their access to or retention in research, teaching, or other related professions;
• provided scholarships; or
• provided exposure to science and technology for practitioners, teachers, young people, or other members of the public?

What was the impact on teaching and educational experiences?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe how the project made an impact or is likely to make an impact on teaching and educational experiences. For example, has the project:

• developed and disseminated new educational materials;
• led to ideas for new approaches to course design or pedagogical methods; or
• developed online resources that will be useful for teachers and students and other school staff?

What was the impact on physical, institutional, and information resources that form infrastructure?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe ways, if any, in which the project made an impact, or is likely to make an impact, on physical, institutional, and information resources that form infrastructure, including:

• physical resources such as facilities, laboratories, or instruments;
• institutional resources (such as establishment or sustenance of societies or organizations); or
• information resources, electronic means for accessing such resources or for scientific communication, or the like.

What was the impact on technology transfer?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe ways in which the project made an impact, or is likely to make an impact, on commercial technology or public use, including:

• transfer of results to entities in government or industry;
• instances where the research has led to the initiation of a start-up company; or
• adoption of new practices.

What was the impact on society beyond science and technology?

If there is nothing significant to report during this reporting period, state "Nothing to Report."

Describe how results from the project made an impact, or are likely to make an impact, beyond the bounds of science, engineering, and the academic world on areas such as:

• improving public knowledge, attitudes, skills, and abilities;
• changing behavior, practices, decision making, policies (including regulatory policies), or social actions; or
• improving social, economic, civic, or environmental conditions.

What percentage of the award's budget was spent in foreign country(ies)?

Describe what percentage of the award's budget was spent in foreign country(ies) for this reporting period. If more than one foreign country was involved, identify the distribution of funding between the foreign countries.

U.S.-based recipients should provide the percentage of the budget spent in the foreign country(ies) and/or, if applicable, the percentage of the budget obligated to foreign entities as first- tier subawards.

Recipients that are not U.S.-based should provide the percentage of the direct award received, excluding all first-tier subawards to U.S. entities. If applicable, provide separately the percentage of the budget obligated to non-U.S. entities as first-tier subawards.

If not previously reported in writing to the agency through other mechanisms, provide the following additional information or state, "Nothing to Report," if applicable:

Changes in approach and reasons for change

Describe any changes in approach during the reporting period and reasons for these changes. Remember that significant changes in objectives and scope require prior approval of the agency.

Actual or anticipated problems or delays and actions or plans to resolve them

Describe problems or delays encountered during the reporting period and actions or plans to resolve them.

Changes that had a significant impact on expenditures

Describe changes during the reporting period that may have had a significant impact on expenditures, for example, delays in hiring staff or favorable developments that enable meeting objectives at less cost than anticipated.

Significant changes in use or care of human subjects, vertebrate animals, biohazards, and/or select agents

Describe significant deviations, unexpected outcomes, or changes in approved protocols for the use or care of human subjects, vertebrate animals, biohazards, and/or select agents during the reporting period. If required, were these changes approved by the applicable institution committee (or equivalent) and reported to the agency? Also specify the applicable Institutional Review Board/Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval dates.

Change of primary performance site location from that originally proposed

Identify any change to the primary performance site location identified in the proposal, as originally submitted.

This component is used to provide information regarding the cumulative outcomes or findings of the project. For the final RPPR for the project, provide a concise summary of the outcomes or findings of the award (no more than 8,000 characters) that:

• is written for the general public (non-technical audiences) in clear, concise, and comprehensible language;
• is suitable for dissemination to the general public, as the information may be available electronically;
• does not include proprietary, confidential information or trade secrets; and
• includes up to six images (images are optional).