Grants.gov - http://www.grants.gov/

Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. When fully implemented, Grants.gov is intended to be THE single access point for grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The individual agencies are developing plans to transition to Grants.gov. Check specific solicitations or program announcements for submission requirements. There are 2 portions to Grants.gov:

• Find Grant Opportunities - The 'Find Grant Opportunities' portion of Grants.gov allows users to search for funding opportunities and their corresponding application packages (if available).
• Apply for Grants - The 'Apply for Grants' function allows users to directly download application packages to their individual computers. Once downloaded, the user can work on the application locally on his/her own machine.

Getting Started

• UAF has already registered on Grants.gov. The Office of Sponsored Programs has an account with Grants.Gov.
• PIs and department administrators do not need to create an account or login/password to search funding opportunities or download PureEdge or application packages.
• The Office of Sponsored Programs will submit all Grants.gov applications.
• If you are using a Mac, you will need the free Citrix client to prepare applications for Grants.gov.
• The application (in PureEdge) will save as one document (.xfd extension) with attachments. You need to forward this file (e-mail, disk, etc.) to the OSP for final submission to Grants.gov.
• The UAF paper proposal routing process has not changed; an original, fully-signed proposal is still required before proposal submission on Grants.gov.

1. Download the PureEdge viewer software and install it on your computer.
2. Use Grants.gov's search features to find a funding opportunity, download the application package (forms and instructions).
3. Read the program solicitation carefully. Pay particular attention to the deadline time – the deadline time is often listed as Eastern Standard/Daylight time.
4. Open the application package with PureEdge. Complete all mandatory forms and upload required attachments.
5. Save the file often; click the "Check for Errors" button.
6. Send your original, fully-signed paper proposal to the OSP and e-mail the completed (.xfd) PureEdge file to OSP staff. If the package is too large to attach to an email message, please deliver it on a disk.