{"id":4895,"date":"2026-07-23T19:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=4895"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:12:32","slug":"award-modifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Award modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"Securing internal approvals\">Securing internal approvals<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"Budget modifications\">Budget modifications<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"No-cost extensions\">No-cost extensions<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"Cost items requiring approval \">Cost items requiring approval <\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"PI Signature Delegation form\">PI Signature Delegation form<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/#modification\" title=\"Request to add subaward to an existing project\">Request to add subaward to an existing project<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4880\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4880<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:NAU-OSP@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> NAU-OSP&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Award modifications<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Award modifications may be needed when changes occur during the life of a sponsored project. Find information and requirements for requesting changes such as budget modifications, no-cost extensions, and other updates that may require sponsor or Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"modification\" \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel-modification-0\"\n                            id=\"panel-modification-0\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/resources-information\/forms-worksheets-tools\/procedure-securing-internal-approvals\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"Securing internal approvals\">\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"\">Securing internal approvals<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Review the procedures for securing required internal approvals for sponsored project activities at NAU. Find information on approval requirements, responsibilities, and the steps needed to complete the process.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-monsoon  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel-modification-1\"\n                            id=\"panel-modification-1\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/budget-modifications\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"Budget modifications\">\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"\">Budget modifications<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Learn about the requirements and procedures for modifying an approved sponsored project budget. Find information on rebudgeting, prior approvals, and submitting budget modification requests.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-gold  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel-modification-2\"\n                            id=\"panel-modification-2\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/project-management\/award-modifications\/no-cost-extensions\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"No cost extensions\">\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"\">No-cost extensions<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Review the requirements and procedures for requesting a no-cost extension for a sponsored project. Find information on sponsor requirements, expanded authorities, and submitting an extension request.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-green  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel-modification-3\"\n                            id=\"panel-modification-3\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/cost-items-requiring-approval\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"Cost items requiring approval\">\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"\">Cost items requiring approval<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Understand which cost items may require prior approval for sponsored projects at NAU. Find information on approval requirements, rebudgeting, and sponsor-specific requirements for managing project funds.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-true-blue  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            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class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Access the requirements and procedures for establishing and documenting approval delegation.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight-xxx-light  panelTypeText  noHover  hasLink 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                                                                          <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Find requirements and instructions for submitting the request to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP).<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                                                                                        <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                      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