Although the grant expired June 30 with no word on its renewal, the agency continued its work, spending money it believed would be arriving shortly.
While the grant expires after three years, program administrators said they expected to be able to renew it as long as the school is successful.
Her grant had expired, and she was still some way off completing her PhD dissertation.
Even if the grants expire, the solar industry can still use a 30 percent federal investment tax credit in place through 2016.
After the grant expired, the Metropolitan Arts Commission continued financing the project at the same level, $5,000 a year.
The program was a success, and although the grant expired in 1955, the program was kept in place.
However, by 2000, the grants expired and were not renewed.
Meeting this goal was a condition for getting more federal money once the initial grant expired.
But he also said that he hoped that the federal government would take over when his grants expired.
He noted that the 1995 grant expired last year, prompting him to exercise those options.