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Grants.gov is bringing major changes to the federal research grants submission
process. NIH will soon require all competing research grant applications
to be submitted electronically via the Web portal Grants.gov on a new
SF424 application. The transition,
which began in December 2005, will be completed by May 2007 when all
grant programs will be submitted electronically.
More Instructions and Information About Electronic Submission of
Grant Applications: Grants.gov SF424 Guide
Principal investigators and other research staff members are strongly
urged to acquaint themselves with the new forms, advanced technology,
and procedural changes.
GETTING STARTED
What to Do Before
You Begin
Users who plan to access, complete, and submit federal proposal
applications through Grants.gov should review the following:
· Registration - Does the PI
have an account on eRA Commons? [NIH Only]
To apply for NIH funding via Grants.gov, the PI must be registered with eRA Commons. PIs DONOT need to register with Grants.gov - UAMS has registered
as an institution. Tim Atkinson, Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs,
is a registered authorized organization representative (AOR).
To register with eRA
Commons: Request a new
account from ORSP at least 2 weeks prior to the submittal date of any
Grants.gov submission. If you are uncertain about an account or need a
new account, please contact Suzanne Alstadt, Assistant Director of ORSP, at sealstadt@uams.edu.
The PureEdge
Viewer is a small, free program that will allow you to access, complete,
and submit applications electronically and securely via Grants.gov.
NIH requires
that applicants submit attachments to Grants.gov as a PDF. NOTE:
Grants.gov might accept other file types; however, NIH will ONLY ACCEPT
PDF. Using PDF allows you to preserve the formatting of your document.
PDF generator
software is available to help you save your documents as PDFs. There are
several programs available for both PCs and Macs, along with Web sites
that will perform the conversion for you.
WHAT DO I
NEED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS THROUGH GRANTS.GOV?
In order to
submit an NIH grant proposal through the Grants.Gov Web site, you will
need the following:
WILL THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING MY GRANT PROPOSALS THROUGH ORSP CHANGE?
The biggest
change involves a paperless procedure for submitting federal grant
applications. Documents will be uploaded into ARIA or e-mailed to
your Grants Administrator in ORSP.
If you have
questions about this process, please contact ORSP at 686-5502.
THE FOUR STEPS FOR SUBMITTING NIH PROPOSALS VIA GRANTS.GOV
Getting Started - what to do before you
begin
1. Download the Application Package
Find the Program Announcement in
Grants.gov and follow instructions to download the appropriate
application package.
Information on downloading
investigator-initiated application packages will be announced.
Instructions – detailed instructions and
demonstration video on completing a Grants.gov Application Package
New Form – differences between the NIH
PHS 398 Form and the new Grants.gov SF424 R&R Form
3. Submit the Application Package to ORSP
ORSP, not the PI or research staff, will
submit approved Grants.gov application packages to the sponsor via
Grants.gov.
Your application should be uploaded to the ARIA system. A draft
of the application can be submitted via e-mail to your Grants Administrator.
Prevent Validation Errors - See a list
of common errors with NIH application submitted via Grants.gov. This
list was compiled by the University of Washington.
4.
Verify
the Application Package
The AOR has the authority to "Reject" the image.
If no rejection within 2 business
days of image availability, application automatically proceeds to
the next step in NIH processing
If failed, all
errors must be corrected and entire corrected package
submitted to Grants.gov
For application
packages that do not successfully validate, the PI or research staff and
the ORSP Grants Administrator will work together to revise and re-submit
the application package through Grants.gov.
HOW WILL MY APPLICATION DIFFER IF I AM APPLYING FOR FUNDING FROM
AN AGENCY OTHER THAN NIH?
Check with either ORSP, the Web site of the
funding agency, or the Program Announcement for additional instructions
when applying to agencies other than NIH.
OTHER HELPFUL LINKS FOR SUBMITTING GRANT APPLICATIONS