NASA NPR 9680.1

Abstract

<strong>PURPOSE</strong> <br>This NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) provides criteria for the financial management of grants and cooperative agreements with regard to fund advances, letters of credit, suspension and termination of advances, and instructions to recipient organizations. <br><strong>APPLICABILITY</strong> <br>a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Services Support Centers. This NPR applies to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements. <br>b. In this NPR, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted. <br>c. In this NPR, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.