Grants.gov

How is BMC Preparing for Electronic Grants

Submissions?

The Federal government’s single, online portal for any person, business, or State, Local and Tribal government to electronically:

What is Grants.gov?

A cross-agency initiative involving:

Find Grant Opportunities Apply for Grants

900 grant programs 26 grant-making agencies Over $350 billion in annual awards

Why is Government Changing to Electronic Grant Submissions? It’s the law…

Public Law (PL) 106-107Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999

Improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal financial assistance programs

Simplify Federal financial assistance application and reporting requirements

Improve the delivery of services to the public

President’s Management Agenda (2002)“Agencies to allow applicants for Federal Grants to apply for, and ultimately manage, grant funds online through a common web site, simplifying grants management and eliminating redundancies . . .”

Post 75% of Funding Opportunities in Grants.gov “Find”

on “Apply”

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has set the following

FY 2006 Goal for all Federal Agencies:

Agency Targets

AgencyFY 2005 FIND

Totals

FY 2005 Applications

Received

FY 2006 Application

Packages Posted Goal*

FY 2006 Application

Received Goal

AID 129 5 97 1000CNCS 20 0 15 400DHS 34 9 26 700DOC 68 2291 51 2000DOD 132 0 99 2000DOE 196 762 147 4000DOI 62 512 47 1300DOJ 67 370 50 1400DOL 18 308 14 350DOT 20 89 15 400ED 140 879 105 2900EPA 197 325 148 2600HHS 719 2970 539 15000HUD 64 5815 48 4000IMLS 9 4 7 150NARA 10 9 8 200NASA 19 5 14 350NEA 23 469 17 450NEH 46 172 35 900NSF 68 38 51 1400SBA 7 316 5 140SSA 8 433 6 150State 54 25 41 1100TREAS 5 31 4 100USDA 141 319 106 2000VA 3 2 2 50Grand Total 2259 16158 1697 45040

2006

NIH TimelineTransition Dates for Submission of Grant Applications through

Grants.gov Using SF424 Family of Grant Application Forms

DEC OCT NOV

Resource (G), Career Development (K), S11, S21 & S22 (2/1/07)

MAY JUL DECSEP JAN FEB

MAR

R03, R21, R33, R34 & DP1 (6/1/06)

APR MAY

November 16, 2005

2007

http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/

Abbreviation/Mechanism Key:AREA/R15 Academic Research Enhancement Awards HTS/X01 High Throughput ScreeningNRSA National Research Service AwardR01 Research Project Grant ProgramR03 Small Grant Programs

R13/U13 Support for Conferences & Scientific MeetingsR21/R33 Exploratory/ Development ResearchR36 Research Dissertation Grant ProgramSBIR Small Business Innovative Research STTR Small Business Technology TransferU Cooperative Agreement Awards

R01/U01, R18, R25 & C06/UC6 (10/1/06)

Fellowship (F) (04/01/07)

Training (T&D) & U45 (5/10/07)

Centers (P), M01, S06, R10/U10, U19, U54, U56 & R24/U24 (6/1/07)

JAN FEB MAR APR JUN AUG

JUN

S10 (3/22/06)

R15 (2/25/06)

R36 (2/17/06)

R13/U13 (12/15/05)

SBIR/STTR (12/1/05)

BMC Grant Administration’s Current Plans

Account/System Setup Technology Needs Communication and Training Submission Process Continue to review alternatives for

electronic submission to Grants.gov

Grants.gov Account/System Setup

Institutional Setup - Completed POC – Point of Contact responsible for

management of grant activities and assigning privileges – Completed

AOR – Authorized Organization Representative submit grants on behalf of the organization.

Grant Researcher – prepares grant application but does not submit.

PD/PI must be registered in eRA Commons

Detailed instructions at: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons

PI’s currently registered only for IAR must work through their organizations for full Commons registration

NIH Website: e-Commons

Technology Needs PC’s – install PureEdge viewer

Mac’s – download Citrix (http://citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/downloads.asp?dID=2755) and the PureEdge Client (http://grants.gov/assets/PEClientCitrix.ica)

Adobe PDF (Writer-version 6.0 or higher)

Readable, Writable C D drive

Communication and Training

Communication Methods to Increase Awareness Global Emails Internal Articles and Newsletters

Schedule Training/Educational Sessions Significant Changes to Forms, Process

Changes, Routing

Submission Process Impact of Grants.gov on internal deadlines to

ensure timely electronic submissions Grants Administration will probably require PI’s to

submit completed package(including the science) 3-5 days prior to due date of application

Evaluating how current BMC routing processes be impacted (example: review and sign off by Department Chairs)

Future Considerations

System to System Electronic Submissions Identify market products/services and evaluate

against requirements Review technical specifications and how a

solution will fit into existing architecture

Advantages of System to System Improved information management around the

full lifecycle of the application process Timeline from starting an application to submission Turn around times across the organization, at each

step in the process etc.

Improved data integrity and reporting capabilities

Questions?