Maintenance Update

Maintenance work on the Production environment has been completed.

We continue maintenance on our AT07 Training environment until 11:59PM Monday, January 30.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Grants.gov Weekend Downtime Jan 28-29

Please be advised that Grants.gov Production and AT07 Training Environments will be unavailable on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM ET until Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:59 PM ET for system maintenance. The Grants.gov PMO suggests that no application submissions or activity take place during this maintenance period. The system will be back online Monday, January 30.

Tips for Registering with Grants.gov

In order to apply for a Federal grant, you will need to take a number of steps to register in order to successfully submit your grant application on time.

Registration may seem like a daunting process, but here are some handy guides and instructions to help you along the way.

• If you are registering for the first time with Grants.gov, here is a handy checklist.
• If you are an eBiz Point of Contact, another handy checklist.
• Here is a great animated tutorial about the registration process from DUNS to the Central Contractor Registration to Grants.gov.
• Don't know who your eBiz POC is? Do a simple search by using your DUNS number here.

Additional guides, FAQs, and animated tutorials are available on the Applicant Resources page of our website.

New Certificate Installation Request Process Implemented at Grants.gov

All:

The below only effects S2S entities that interface with Grants.gov.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office has instituted a new form and process for the installation of certificates to Grants.gov for both applicant entities and the Federal agencies. Requests will go directly to support@grants.gov.

The new guidelines can be found here for applicant entities: http://grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicants2s_faqs.jsp#q5

The new guidelines can be found here for Federal agencies:

http://grants.gov/agencies/agency_system_to_system.jsp

As always, the Grants.gov operations and support staff will continue to provide direct assistance for S2S issues.

Sincerely,

The Grants.gov PMO

CORRECTION of DATES for System Maintenance Alert

Please be advised that Grants.gov Production and AT07 Training Environments will be unavailable on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM ET until Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:59 PM ET for system maintenance. The Grants.gov PMO suggests that no application submissions or activity take place during this maintenance period. The system will be back online Monday, January 30.

Applicants should plan accordingly, being mindful of closing dates. As a reminder, funding opportunity applications can be downloaded and completed offline. You do not need to be logged in to work on an application.

Regards,

Grants.gov PMO Staff

System Maintenance Alert December 3-4, 2011

Please be advised that Grants.gov Production and AT07 Training Environments will be unavailable on Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 12:01 AM ET until Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 11:59 PM ET for system maintenance. The Grants.gov PMO suggests that no application submissions or activity take place during this maintenance period. The system will be back online December 05.

Applicants should plan accordingly, being mindful of closing dates. As a reminder, funding opportunity applications can be downloaded and completed offline. You do not need to be logged in to work on an application.

Regards,

Grants.gov PMO Staff

Issue with HUD NOFA Application Package FR-5500-N-11

Applicants may encounter an issue with the application package for the following HUD NOFA.

Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5500-N-11

Competition ID: SHOP-11

Issue: The HUD DETAILED BUDGET form will not allow applicants to save data entered into row 10 of that form. (Applicant enters data into row 10 of the form. Applicant closes the form. Applicant reopens the form, and line 10 is blank.)

Solution: If the applicant is having trouble saving the number entered on line 10 of the 424 CB “HUD Detailed Budget” form, complete the form print it, once the form has been completed and printed they can either fax the budget from in using the Facsimile Transmittal form or they can .PDF the printed version and attach to the application using the Attachments Form.