grants.gov

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grants.gov

• a cautionary tale with a happy ending

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What is grants.gov?

• Federal electronic portal providing a common
  source for funding information...
• ...and for proposal submission
• More and more federal grant applications require
  submission via grants.gov

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The Cautionary Tale This is NOT NSF FastLane

• Up to 48 hours for grants.gov to validate
  transmission and send along to sponsoring agency
• NIH has another validation process before
  proposal has been accepted up to 48 hours.
• Any problem requires resubmitting the proposal
  via grants.gov
• No central file storage solution potential for
  version control problems
• Repetitious re-keying with little data validation
  of essential data duns number, e.g.

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The Cautionary Tale (cont)

• Various issues can invalidate the application
• Incorrect Duns number
• Suspected virus
• Incomplete package application
• Unregistered user at agency site
• Requires PureEdge Viewer -- free software that
  functions only on selected Windows platforms

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The Happy Ending
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InfoEd Proposal Development Module

• System-to-system solution that feeds
  electronically to grants.gov.
• Platform independent
• Provides faculty/proxies with single system to
  develop proposals for ALL sponsors
• Federal (grants.gov), state, private
• Electronic or paper

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Features

• Key faculty, institutional and application data
  default into proposal
• Thorough validation logic - institutional rules
• Robust budgeting tool
• Electronic approval routing

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Transition

• Regular training in grants.gov/PureEdge viewer
• Basic Help Desk support for PureEdge viewer
• Functional support for grants.gov application
  process
• Central document sharing system
• Use grants.gov only when REQUIRED