Applying for NEH grants using Grants.gov

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Applying for NEH grants using Grants.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities
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NEH and Grants.gov

• From 2006, all institutions applying for an
  NEH grant must apply via Grants.gov, the
  government-wide grants portal.  To help our
  applicants, NEH has created this presentation to
  
• provide an overview of Grants.gov
• walk you through the application process
• Please consult the grant program guidelines
  located on NEHs website (www.neh.gov) to learn
  how to prepare the substantive materials, such as
  your narrative and budget, that you will submit
  to NEH using Grants.gov.

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Grants.gov is . . .

• a cross-agency e-government initiative, spanning
  1000 grant programs and over 400 billion in
  annual awards
• a unified storefront for all customers of
  federal grants to electronically
• find grant opportunities
• apply for grants
• manage grants
• an e-government initiative, covering over 30
  federal grant making agencies and is managed by
  the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Grants.gov provides robust functionality

• It allows the grant community to
• search for available grant opportunities and
  related application packages
• receive automatic e-mail notices about new grant
  opportunities from the NEH or other agencies
• download application packages
• submit completed application packages
• track the status of submitted applications
• submit all their applications to one place no
  need to learn one system for NEH, another for
  NSF, another for NIH, etc. All agencies use
  Grants.Gov.

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Grants.gov provides significant support to its
users

• Online user support
• online tutorial, training demonstration,
  context-sensitive help, FAQs, user guide
• available at http//www.grants.gov/CustomerSuppor
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• Personalized support
• e-mail support_at_grants.gov
• toll-free phone number 1-800-518-4726

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Grants.gov Home Page Use this page to find out
about grant opportunities or to get help with
using Grants.gov.
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You can tell Grants.gov to send you automatic
e-mail notifications about grants in certain
funding categories. In this example, you will
be notified about all humanities grants from any
agency.
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You can also have Grants.gov send you notices
about all grant opportunities from particular
agencies. In this example, you will be notified
about any new grant opportunities for both NEH
and IMLS.
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To learn about NEH grant opportunities, visit
NEHs Apply for a Grant page. You will be able
to access the guidelines for all our programs.
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NEH guidelines include step-by-step instructions
for applying via Grants.gov
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We remind you to register your institution with
Grants.gov if you havent done so already. As
part of this process, you will designate one or
more AORs (Authorized Organization
Representatives) who are authorized to submit
applications on behalf of your institution. We
also include a link to our helpful registration
checklist.
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We then ask you to download the free PureEdge
viewer software needed to fill out the
application package. PureEdge is a form-filling
program similar to Adobe Acrobat.
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Now you are ready to click the button to download
the application. Note the large button that
appears in every NEH guideline.
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After you click the button, you are taken
directly to the download page on Grants.gov. You
can now download the application package and save
it on your hard drive.
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After downloading the application package, you
open it using PureEdge. You do not have to be on
the Internet to work on your application. Note
there are three forms or documents you must
complete.
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You then fill out each of the three forms, using
the step-by-step instructions provided in NEHs
grant guidelines.
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Using the attachments form, youll attach the
files that make up the heart of your application,
including your narrative. NEH requires that you
convert your files to PDF (Acrobat) format
before attaching them.
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At any time, you can click SAVE to save a copy of
your application on your hard drive. You can
return to work on your application later or even
e-mail it to your colleagues so that they can
work on it as well.
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When you are done with your application, you
should send it to your AOR (Authorized
Organizational Representative). The AOR will
open it in PureEdge, click the SUBMIT button, and
use his/her username and password to send it to
Grants.gov
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In summary

• Register early!! Even if youre not planning on
  applying right away, you should go ahead and
  register with Grants.gov so you are ready to go.
• Consult the NEH guidelines. They contain all the
  information you need to register and apply,
  including our handy Registration Checklist. See
• http//www.neh.gov/grants/
• Presentation by Brett Bobley, NEH CIO
  (bbobley_at_neh.gov)