Transcript Grants.gov Steps - University of South Florida

A guide to navigating Grants.gov
Slideshow Overview
• Getting Started With Grants.gov
• Searching and Downloading Grant
Applications
• Completing and Submitting Grant
Applications
• After Your Grant is Submitted
Getting Started With
Grants.gov
Why do we have to use Grants.gov?
• In 1998 Grants.gov was one of the 24
President’s Management Agenda -- EGovernment Initiatives (see Public Law 106-107)
• Intended to provide a simple, unified electronic
storefront for interactions between grant
applicants and the Federal agencies that
manage grant funds
• Website located at http://grants.gov/
PureEdge Viewer
• In order to download and apply for grants
through Grants.gov, you must first install
PureEdge Viewer on your computer
• PureEdge Viewer software is free and
available on the Grants.gov website at:
http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer#new
Searching and
Downloading Grant
Applications
Searching for Grant Applications
To search for grant
Opportunities, click
“Find Grant Opportunities”
Searching for Grant Applications
4 ways to search for grant
opportunities
Searching for Grant Applications
Search for grants by entering
keywords, a funding opportunity
number, or a CDFA
Searching for Grant Applications
Search results will appear.
Click “Grant” to learn more
about a grant opportunity.
Searching for Grant Applications
Once you have read the
grant opportunity you can click
“Apply for Grant Electronically”
to download the grant application.
Downloading the Grant Application
If the grant is available for
electronic submission, a
“download” hyperlink will appear.
Click the “download” link.
Downloading the Grant Applications
Step 1:
Click “Download Application Instructions”
Step 2:
Click “Download Application Package”
Downloading the Grant Applications
Open up the file or save it
to your hard drive.
Completing and
Submitting Grant
Applications
This information is
automatically populated
Complete each mandatory document
by highlighting the document and
clicking “Open Form”
Fields highlighted in yellow are
mandatory
Clicking on the “Close Form”
button will only temporarily save
your work
CAUTION: To save your work –
Click on the “Save” button located
on the Cover Page before exiting
To submit your completed forms, highlight the form title
and click on the arrow to the right under the “move
form to submission list.” This will move the form to the
“Mandatory Completed Documents for Submission”
window.
Completed forms will appear in
the window on the right
Check your package
for errors before submitting
Submitting
• After checking for errors, save the file to your
hard drive or storage device
• In order to submit the proposal, email the saved
file to your Senior Grants Specialist
• Your Senior Grants Specialist will submit the
proposal on behalf of the University
• Proposal must be submitted a minimum of
business 2 days before the due date
Possible Barriers
• PureEdge Viewer for MAC Users and NonWindows Users
– Citrix Server available for non-Windows users to
complete the applications—Free
– Virtual PC Version 7 $129 to VPC with “Windows XP
Professional” $249--per user
• File Types – Depending on the form it may
require the document to be converted to PDF
• Transferring large files from PI to SGS via email
Known Barriers
• 48 hours prior to deadline date
needed to ensure submission
– Validation of the Authorized
Organizational Representative can
take up to 24 hours
– Validation by the Agency to accept the
application can take up to 24 hours
After Your Grant is
Submitted
NIH Submissions
• In NIH’s eRA Commons you can:
– Track your application
– View reviewer comments
– Submit progress reports
– And more!
• To register for the Commons, please
contact Andrew Gosnell at
[email protected]
NIH eRA Commons
https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/
NSF Submissions
• NSF FastLane
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Update or Modify Submissions
Withdraw Submissions
Notifications and Requests
Progress Reports
Update Contact Information
• To register for FastLane, please contact Andrew
Gosnell at [email protected]
Thank You!