NSF grantees will keep reporting to the innovation engines
Published Date: 10/20/2026
Notice
Summary
The National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to keep collecting reports from groups funded by its Regional Innovation Engines program for another three years. This helps NSF track progress and improve the program. If you’re a grantee, you’ll keep sharing updates, and everyone has until December 21, 2026, to share thoughts on how to make reporting easier and better.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Continued reporting: Quarterly, ERT, SIP, SGP
Grantees must keep submitting four types of reports: Quarterly Reports (Q1 and Q3 of year 1), the Engines Report Template (ERT) semiannually throughout the up-to-10-year award (in place of the RPPR), the Strategic and Implementation Plan (SIP) developed starting in year 1 and completed by the end of year 2, and the Strategic Growth Plan (SGP) developed beginning in year 4 and finalized by year 5. NSF will use these reports to decide on continued funding and to monitor progress.
Estimated hours per report and respondent roles
NSF estimates specific response counts and hours: ERTs cover 21 engines with 2 responses/year at 10–20 hours per response; Quarterly Reports cover 12 new projects with 2 responses (Q1 and Q3) at 10–20 hours each; SIPs cover 12 engines with 1 response (Year 1: 40–80 hours; Year 2: 50–100 hours); SGPs cover 21 engines with 1 response (Year 3: 5–10 hours; Year 4: 50–150 hours; Year 5: 100–120 hours). Typical respondents include the NSF Engine CEO, leadership team, evaluation lead, communications lead, and advisory entities.
Per-new-award total burden: 175–350 hours (3 years)
NSF estimates that a newly awarded Engine would incur about 80–160 hours of reporting burden in Year 1, 70–140 hours in Year 2, and 25–50 hours in Year 3, for a three-year total of about 175–350 hours per newly awarded Engine.
NSF seeks 3-year renewal; comment deadline
The National Science Foundation is asking OMB to renew its information collection for the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program for up to 3 years. If you want to comment on the renewal, written comments must be received by December 21, 2026, and the current OMB approval expires December 31, 2026 (OMB Control Number 3145-0284).
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