Grants'gov Contact Center

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• Grants.gov Contact Center
• 1-800-518-4726
• support_at_grants.gov

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Introduction

• Established as a Governmental Resource E-Grants
  Initiative
• Part of the President's 2002 Fiscal Year
  Management Agenda to Improve Government Services
  to the Public

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Benefits

• Simplifies the grants management process
• while creating a centralized, online process to
  Find and
• Apply for over 1,000 grant programs from the 26
• Federal grant making agencies.
• Streamlines the process of awarding over
• 500 billion annually to state and local
  governments,
• academia, not-for-profits and other
  organizations.

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Register Today!

• Registration only required for submitting an
  application via Grants.gov
• Process is two-phased for increased
  organizational security and efficiency for
  conducting business with the federal government.
• Phase I Prepare your organization
• Phase II Prepare yourself

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Phase IDUNS

• Verify your organization has received their
  unique Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
  http//fedgov.dnb.com/webform/

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Phase I Central Contractor Registration

• Verify your organization has registered with
  (CCR) www.ccr.gov
• Identify E-business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC)
• The E-Biz POC Authority for Organization to
  Designate Grants.gov Authorized Organization
  Representatives (AOR)

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Phase II

• Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)
• Preparing Yourself
• Register with the Credential Provider to receive
  your username and password https//apply.grants.g
  ov/OrcRegister
• Log onto and register the username and password
  at Grants.gov https//apply.grants.gov/GrantsgovR
  egister
• Notify the appropriate internal authorizer, the
  E-business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC), that you
  have submitted the AOR request and need approval

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Grants.gov Homepage
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Applicant Resources
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Find - Advanced Search
Further selection allows you to narrow your
search

• By Funding Instrument

• By Eligibility

• By Agency

• By Sub-Agency

Use the Shift or Ctrl Key to highlight more than
one option in each box!
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Find - Basic Search
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Find Results
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Synopsis
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Apply
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Cover Sheet
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Cover Sheet
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Cover Sheet
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Cover Sheet
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Adobe Submission Screen
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Receipt Confirmation
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Track My ApplicationApplicant Submission

• Receipt
• Grants.gov E-mail Verifying Receipt
• Validation
• Grants.gov E-mail Verifying Successful Submission
• OR Rejection Due to Errors
• Transmission to Agency
• E-mail Sent Once Agency Retrieves Submission
• If Agency Assigns Tracking

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Track Your Application
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E-mail Notifications
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Tips

• Follow Grantor instructions
• Ensure you answer all the questions
• Proofread follow fonts and formatting guidelines
• Include sufficient program details
• Emphasize and justify significance of problem
• Be realistic
• Do not propose more work than can be done during
  grant period
• Insufficient budget
• Ensure you submit early
• In time to meet the Grantor agency deadline
• Make a copy for your records

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Tips

• Limit File Attachment Name to Under 50 Characters
• Use Numbers to Indicate Correct Sequence
• Do Not Use Any Special Characters (Ex. -, , /,
  , ) or Spacing in the File Name or for Word
  Separation
• The Exception is Underscore ( _ )

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Important Reminders

• Register early
• DUNS in the application package must be the same
  as your AOR registration
• Follow agency instructions
• Submit early
• Announcements close in Eastern Time
• Adobe Reader 9.0 latest version

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Grants.gov Support

• Grants.gov Contact Center
• Monday Friday, 7 AM 9 PM ET
• 1-800-518-4726
• support_at_grants.gov