RESOURCE Thursday, May 25, 12:30-2:00
Electronic Grant Submission Procedures
Speaker: Martin Goldrosen, PhD
NIH will undergo a major paradigm shift regarding
the grants submission process. The U.S. Federal government will require
electronic submission of grants through Grants.gov. Grants.gov is the
Federal government's single online portal for any person, business,
institution or state, local and Tribal government to electronically
find grant opportunities and apply for grants. This is a cross-agency
initiative involving 900 grant programs, 26 grant-making agencies and
over $350 billion in annual awards. The implementation of Grants.gov
at NIH will be a phased process by grant mechanism. The process will
commence with the electronic submission of Small Business Innovative
Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer Research (SBIRs/STTRs)
grant applications on December 1, 2005. By the end of May 2007, NIH
will require that all grants be submitted electronically. For the vast
majority of applicants to NCCAM, the critical dates are June 1, 2006
for the submission of R03/R21grant applications and October 1, 2006
for the submission of R01 grant applications. Inherent in the use of
Grants.gov is the transition from the PHS 398 application form to the
SF424 family of forms data set.
Four weeks before applications are due, applicant
organizations will need to obtain only once a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number as well as register in the Central Contractor Registry
(CCR). Detailed instructions are available at: http://grants.gov/GetStarted.
Simultaneously, both applicant organizations as well as investigators
will need to register in the electronic Research Administration (eRA)
Commons (http://commons.era.nih.gov/commons).
To apply for a grant at Grants.gov, applicants will need to download
the grant application package including the PureEdge software package
or utilize a commercial service provider; complete the application using
the SF424 form; submit the application to Grants.gov; track the status
of the application through the eRA Commons; and verify the fidelity
of the application in the eRA Commons. After verification, data and
grant image are saved and NIH staff processes the application. This
presentation will explain the rationale for this major change, the differences
between the PHS 398 and SF424 forms, and provide investigators and applicant
organizations with the knowledge needed to make this transition.