Suggested comprehensive final progress report ¹ format (5-10 page limit)

1. Project Identification
   • Organization Title
   • Project Title
   • Award Number
   • Report Period
2. Introduction - A very brief summary of the project and target audience.
3. Purpose/Goals - List of the objectives and goals of the project as described by grant proposal.
4. Approach - Describe the work that has been performed and link to the goals and objectives.
5. Results - Outline the results of your project linked directly to the goals and objectives noted in this report and in the proposal. Additionally, include the following:
   1. Output period
   2. Number of students reached (can be broken down annually, or summed over life of project)
      • Contact hours with students
      • Number of low income or underserved youth reached ²
   3. Number of teachers reached
      • Contact hours with teachers
6. Evaluation - Outline any problems or programmatic changes that were made to the project (provide linkages to the project proposal). Explain how these problems/changes affected the approach and/or results.
7. Changes/Problems Encountered - Outline how you will adapt/improve the program if funded the following year.
8. Dissemination of Results – Describe how project results or products have been shared, through workshop participation, distribution, presentations, website materials, etc.
9. How to improve the project – Outline what worked and what didn't work, and how you would do the project differently based on evaluation results or your own observations.
10. Attachments - Link or list other documents as appropriate, such as products including curricula materials, websites, videos, articles/news clippings, project photographs, project maps or geographic/spatial data files, and/or evidence of NOAA support (e.g. photographs of signs at project site, funding credit in outreach materials, press releases, etc.).

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¹When are final reports due? A final comprehensive report is due three months after the completion of your award. Your report due dates will be posted on Grants-On-Line and you will be notified via email when the report is due and when it is delinquent.

²What do you mean by underserved population? Reported information can include (please specify) the ethnic (minority and English as a second language students), gender (percentage females), and social (participants in free or reduced lunch - may include minority and female students) demographics of the participants.