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FACILITY PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEM


GPRA Goals

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) FY 2003 Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA) Performance Plan identifies goals relevant to the operation, construction, and upgrade of NSF-supported facilities. The goals are identified as:

  • Operations: For 90 percent of operational facilities, keep scheduled operating time lost to less than 10 percent.
  • Construction/Upgrade: For 90 percent of construction, acquisition, and upgrade projects, keep any negative cost and schedule variances to less than 10 percent of the approved project plan.

Definition of a Facility?

To qualify as a "facility" for the purposes of GPRA reporting, the award or collection of awards made by NSF must meet the following criteria:

  • Established through construction and/or acquisition, upgrade or operate infrastructure, instrumentation, equipment, or software that is intended to enable a broad segment of researchers and/or educators to conduct research and/or education activities; AND
  • Funded through the "Tools" category of NSF's budget; AND
  • The approved project expenditure plan is at least $5M for construction projects, and the approved annual expenditure plan is at least $1M for operations projects. For Operations projects, this refers to the Operations and Maintenance portion of the project expenditure plan as opposed to funds provided for research and/or education.

Reporting Requirements

In order to assess progress relative to the GPRA goals for facilities, NSF requires those facilities that meet the above criteria to submit an annual Operations Report and/or Construction/Upgrade Report. The reporting period covers the federal fiscal year, October 1st - September 30th.

Each report has two reporting cycles. The estimates that will be submitted at the beginning of the fiscal year and actuals that will be collected at the end the federal fiscal year.


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