grants'gov and electronic research administration eRA What is grants'gov

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grants.gov and electronic research administration
(eRA) What is grants.gov?

• A cross-agency E-Government initiative, spanning
  1000 grants programs and over 400 billion in
  annual awards
• An E-Government initiative, covering all 26
  Federal grant making agencies managed by the U.S.
  Department of Health and Human Services
• A simple, unified storefront for all customers
  of Federal grants to electronically
• Find grant opportunities
• Apply for grants

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grants.gov and electronic research administration
(eRA) Whose idea was grants.gov?

• Congress Public Law 106-107
• Federal Financial Assistance Management
  Improvement Act of 1999
• Presidents Management Agenda (2004)

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Grants.gov addresses inefficiencies in the
current grants environment
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Grants.gov centralizes access to grant
information and applications
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grants.gov and electronic research administration
(eRA) When is grants.gov beingimplemented?

• FIND
• Post 100 Funding Opportunities in FIND by end
  of FY 2005
• APPLY
• 75 Funding Opportunities (FOAs) in FIND provide
  option to apply through grants.gov by end of FY
  2006

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grants.gov and electronic research administration
(eRA) How are the agencies implementing
grants.gov?

• NSF Optional Staged
• NASA Optional Staged
• NOAA Required All programs
• NIH Required Staged
• Etc.

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Grants.Gov is a Very Different Model Uses
Standard Forms

• The application form and instructions will now be
  part of a package that each agency posts on
  Grants.gov along with each funding opportunity
  announcement (FOA).
• Applicants will download the application package
  for the specific FOA from within Grants.gov.
• This specific application package MUST be used to
  apply for the accompanying solicitation.

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Grants.Gov is a Very Different Model Application
is Prepared Off-line

• Required fields of forms filled in with PI and
  institution-specific information
• Required components of proposal and
  certifications/assurances provided as attached
  documents
• Completed application delivered to OSR
• Application up-loaded to grants.gov

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Grants.Gov is a Very Different Model On-time
submission has 2 elements

• - Application accepted by Grants.gov
• Grants.gov sends
• application to agency
• - Application verified and accepted
• by sponsoring agency

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Grants.Gov is a Very Different Model Agencies
will maintain or develop agency-specific
electronic research administration systems

• NSF Fastlane
• NASA NSPIRES
• NOAA Grants Online
• NIH eRA Commons

Each system has its own registration
requirements and validation process.
Important!
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Grants.Gov is a Very Different ModelSystem is
being improved to meet agency and user needs
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Where To Go For Help

• http//www.unh.edu/osr/e-proposals/
• e-proposals_main.html