Grants'Gov

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Grants.Gov Short Course
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What is Grants.Gov?

• Federal government's new system that allows
  anyone to find and apply for grants and
  cooperative agreements on-line.
• Creates a centralized, on-line place to find and
  apply for more than 900 grant programs from the
  26 federal grant-making agencies.

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Grants.Gov Positives

• Everything is Electronic

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Grants.Gov Positives

• Everything is Electronic
• Provides more uniform submission for federal
  proposals.

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Grants.Gov Positives

• Everything is Electronic
• Provides more uniform submission for federal
  proposals.
• Easy searching for new grant opportunities.

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Grants.Gov Positives

• Everything is Electronic
• Provides more uniform submission for federal
  proposals.
• Easy searching for new grant opportunities.
• Shortens time for agencies submission to award
  cycle.

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Are you ready for Grants.Gov?

• PureEdge Viewer available from Grants.Gov for
  free
• Adobe Acrobat PDF Converting Ability-
• required for all attachments
• Windows Operating System-
• Grants.Gov is a Desktop based system.
• NIH eRA Commons Acct
  (National Insitutes of Health- electronic
  Research Account)
• TAES TCE HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED WITH CCR,
  E-BIZ, DUN BRADSTREET, GRANTS.GOV

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Available for free at www.grants.gov
• Contracts Grants will have master package with
  information pre-filled for some programs.

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Notify Contracts Grants regarding your upcoming
  submission.

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Notify Contracts Grants regarding your upcoming
  submission.
• Complete Application Package

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Notify Contracts Grants regarding your upcoming
  submission.
• Complete Application Package
• Submit to Contracts Grants via e-mail or CD.

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Notify Contracts Grants regarding your upcoming
  submission.
• Complete Application Package
• Submit to Contracts Grants via e-mail or CD
• Complete AG-105 Form

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Steps to Submitting A Grants.Gov Proposal

• Download Application Package from Grants.Gov
• Available for free at www.grants.gov
• Notify Contracts Grants regarding your upcoming
  submission.
• Complete Application Package
• Submit to Contracts Grants via e-mail or CD
• Complete AG-105 Form
• Verify Application Package (NIH Submissions)
• Contracts Grants will have master package with
  information pre-filled for some programs.

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Problems with Grants.Gov

• Desktop Based System
• Does not work well with Macs
• (Citrix Server Required)
• Very Time Consuming
• If Grants.Gov Accepts,
• Sponsor can Still Reject
• Must be able to Convert PDFs
• Large Files are Hard to Transfer

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Helpful Hints

• Start Early
• Notify Pre-Award Up Front about Submission
• Use Internet Explorer
• Use a Windows Based System
• NOTIFY CONTRACTS GRANTS EARLY AND SUBMIT YOUR
  PACKAGE EARLY!!!!

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Helpful Hints

• Request Update Package Information
• Notify Program Manager if Problem with Package
• Change the file name each time you save
• Try the Grants.Gov training website
• http//www.grants.gov/CompleteApplicationd
  emo
• NOTIFY CONTRACTS GRANTS EARLY AND SUBMIT YOUR
  PACKAGE EARLY!!!!

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Helpful Websites

• Contracts Grants
• http//agcg.tamu.edu
• Grants. Gov
• www.grants.gov
• USDA
• http//www.csrees.usda.gov/business/other_links/eg
  ov/egov.html
• NIH
• http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/
• NSF
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/

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Websites Continued

• EPA
• http//epa.gov/ogd/grants/funding_opportunities.ht
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• Department of Energy
• http//e-center.doe.gov/
• Department of Defense
• http//cdmrp.army.mil/
• NASA
• http//nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

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Contracts Grants Pre-AwardContact Information

• Patt Junek 979-845-8668
• p-junek_at_tamu.edu
• Tribbie Sandner 979-845-0434
• tdsandner_at_ag.tamu.edu
• Angela Ramsey- 979-862-1382
• amramsey_at_ag.tamu.edu