Transcript HOW TO FIND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

By:
Beth Gardner
Procurement and Grants Office
Technical Information Management Section
Phone: 770-488-2700, E-Mail: [email protected]
HOW TO FIND GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES
•CDC Website
•Grants.gov
Searching for Grants on the CDC Website
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Step 2
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Under Grants
and
Cooperative
Agreements.
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Registration information “Get Started”
Pure Edge Viewer software
Finding a funding opportunity “Find”
Downloading an application package
“Apply”
• Check package for errors
• Submit application
Participating Federal Agencies
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Agency for International
Development
Department of
Transportation
Corporation for National
Service
Department of the Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Department of Veterans
Affairs
Department of Commerce
Environmental Protection
Agency
Department of Defense
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Department of Education
Institute for Museum and
Library Services
Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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Department of Health and
Human Services
National Archives and Records
Administration
Department of Housing and
Urban Development
National Endowment for the
Arts
Department of the Interior
National Endowment for the
Humanities
Department of Justice
National Science Foundation
Department of Labor
Small Business Administration
Department of State
Social Security Administration
CDC
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“Get Started”
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“Get Started”
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“Get Started”
Example for the AOR sign-up screen:
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“Get Started”
1. Register your organization
2. Register the E-Biz point of contact
3. Who in the organization can be the
Authorization Organization
Representative (you can have multiple)
4. Register in Grants.gov
5. Download Pure Edge Viewer
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“Get Started”
Step 1 of 3: Organization Registration
• Organization registers with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR), the Federal database for conducting
business with the U.S. Government
- DUNS Number is required for registration
- Two important fields within the CCR:
• E-Business Point of Contact (POC)
– Will authorize organizational representatives at Grants.gov
• M-PIN
– E-Business Point of Contact will use the M-PIN in the
authorization process
• Organizations can check to see if they are registered
and identify their E-Business POC at the CCR website
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“Get Started”
Step 2 of 3: E-Business Point of Contact (E-biz)
• Register your organization with CCR
– You will need a DUNS number
– Your Authorizing Official or Chief Financial Officer
should be the E-biz point of contact
– E-biz POC will receive a M-Pin
– The E-biz POC can give authority to the Authorized
Organization Representative
– Registration takes 3-5 business day so don’t delay
AOR
Organization
E-Biz
AOR
Grants.gov
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“Get Started”
Step 3 of 3: Authorization Organization Representative
• Organization’s E-Business POC authorizes the organization
representative
– E-Business POC will receive an email that an organization
representative is attempting to register at Grants.gov
– E-Business POC will log into Grants.gov and authorize the
organization representative
• Log-in consists of the organization’s M-PIN and DUNS
Number
• After the authorization, the organization representative will
now be an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)
• Only after the authorization has occurred will the organization
representative be able to submit
– An organization can have more than one AOR
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“FIND”
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Email Notifications
• Direct link to the
grant opportunity
synopsis
• Nightly email
notifications
• Register and
select your
specifications
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“FIND”
Advanced Search:
Helpful Hint: Use the Shift or Ctrl Key to highlight more than one option in each box.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“FIND”
Advanced Search:
Helpful Hint: Use the Shift or Ctrl Key to highlight more than one option in each box.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“FIND”
Search Results:
Helpful Hints: Further sorting can be done by clicking on the “Close Date or
“Agency”.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“FIND”
• Provides a quick overview of an opportunity
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“FIND”
- Includes eligibility information
- Link to the full announcement
- Abbreviated description of the opportunity
- Point of contact
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“APPLY”
Helpful Hints: You do not need to register in Grants.gov to obtain the full
announcement or the electronic application, only to upload the electronic
application.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Helpful Hint: The same Funding Opportunity Announcement will also be posted
on the CDC website
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Helpful Hint: You must have Pure Edge Viewer to open the application forms.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Non-Windows Users
• Grants.gov partnered with NIH to provide
a Citrix Server for Non-Windows to view
application packages
• Go to http://www.grants.gov/MacSupport
to locate the instructions for accessing the
Citrix Server
• A non-windows version of PureEdge
should be available November 2006
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Register for notification changes.
Download the application
instructions/package from this
location.
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Select “Save” to
save the
package to your
hard drive.
All mandatory
fields are
highlighted and
denoted with an
asterisk
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“APPLY”
All Mandatory
Documents must be
completed in order
to submit the
application
Optional
documents may
or may not need
to be filled out –
refer to the
agency specific
instructions.
To open a form, highlight the form and then
click “open Form” button.
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“APPLY”
Select
this icon
to receive
field
sensitive
help
You must use
the DUNS
Number that
matches the
DUNS Number
you used for the
registration
process
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“APPLY”
To attached files need to be PDF, you will brows your documents and link to
the screen
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“APPLY”
Submit button will
not become
activated until the
following has been
completed:
-All Mandatory
Fields have been
completed
- All Mandatory
Documents have
been moved to the
Completed box
- All applicable
Optional
Documents have
been moved to the
Completed box
Helpful Hint: To get the “Submit” button activated, use the
“Check Package for Errors” Button to find uncompleted
Mandatory Fields
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
-You must be
fully register at
Grants.gov to
submit the
application “Get
Started”
- Click Submit to
begin the upload
process
- It may take a
few minutes for
the upload – it is
dependent on the
size of your
application
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
The application
will connect
automatically to
the Internet and
to Grants.gov
Enter your
Grants.gov
username and
password – you
must be fully
registered to
successfully
submit
Searching for Grants on Grants.gov
“APPLY”
Scroll to the
bottom of the
confirmation
screen to
receive:
• Grants.gov
Tracking
Number
•Date/Time
Stamp
What to expect after submission?
• Successful Submission
– The submitter will receive the following emails:
• Successful Grants.gov verification email
• Application downloaded by the agency
• Agency-specific tracking number assignment
*This is an optional email notification – CDC does not assign
agency-specific tracking numbers, you will not receive this
email*
• Unsuccessful Submission
– The submitter will receive an email that the
application failed the Grants.gov verification process
Reasons for Unsuccessful Submission
• Incorrect DUNS Number
– You must use the DUNS Number that is listed in your
applicant profile
• Grants.gov validates the DUNS Number provided in the SF424 Form with the DUNS Number in your applicant profile
• Virus Detected
– Grants.gov conducts a virus scan before it will accept
an application
– If virus is detected, you will need to either redownload the application package or fix the corrupted
file
Contact Information
Grants.gov Contact Center
– Monday – Friday, 7AM – 9 PM EST
– 1-800-518-4726
– [email protected]
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Procurement and Grants Office,
Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
- 770-488-2700
[email protected]