Friday, December 8, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Server Maintenance December 16-18, 2017 Update

Previously scheduled maintenance will not take place on December 16-18, 2017, as indicated.


The next scheduled maintenance is on January 20-22, 2018.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/calendar.html 


We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.1 Training Deployment - November 20-22, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Training Release 16.1 Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Training environment is back online.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/calendar.html


We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.1 Training Deployment - November 20-22, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 16.1 will be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Monday November 20, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:  

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage: 
Training System will go Offline Monday November 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Wednesday November 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.


In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.1 Production Deployment- November 18-20, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Release 16.1 Production Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Production environment is back online.

The Grants.gov Release 16.1 will next be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Monday November 20, 2017.  The maintenance window is as follows:

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
  • Training System will go Offline Monday November 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
  • Training System will go Online Wednesday November 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.
For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/calendar.html

Please read about Release 16.1, on the Grants.gov Community Blog and for detailed information about the release, please review the Grants.gov R16.1 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/releases.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.1 Production Deployment - November 18-20, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 16.1 will be deployed to the Production and Training environments beginning on Saturday November 18, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Production Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday November 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday November 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:

Training System will go Offline Monday November 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Wednesday November 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Alerts Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.

For additional information about Release 16.1, please review the Grants.gov R16.1 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html
Also, please read our Release 16.1 Preview articles on the Grants.gov Community Blog:

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

System for Award Management (SAM) Maintenance - Friday November 3, 2017 8 PM to 12 AM EDT

The System for Award Management (SAM)will be down for scheduled maintenance this Friday, November 3, 2017, from 8 PM to midnight (EDT). If you plan to submit your grant application during this time, please ensure your SAM registration is up-to-date to avoid any last minute submission issues.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office


Thursday, October 12, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance October 21, 2017

The Grants.gov Production and Training Environments will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday, October 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday October 21, 2017, at 7:00 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Saturday October 21, 2017, at 12:00 PM ET.

Training Environment will go Offline Saturday October 21, 2017, at 7:00 AM ET.
Training Environment will go Online Saturday October 21, 2017, at 12:00 PM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production Environment Server Maintenance September 16, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Production environment is back online

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production Environment Server Maintenance September 16, 2017

The Grants.gov Production Environment will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday September 16, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:
Scheduled Maintenance Outage:

Production Environment will go Offline Saturday September 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Saturday September 16, 2017 at 4:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:  http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Server Maintenance August 19-21, 2017 Update

Previously scheduled maintenance will not take place on August 19-21, 2017, as indicated.

The next scheduled maintenance is on September 16-18, 2017.
For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance July 15-17, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Production and Training environments are back online

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Monday, July 10, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance July 15-17, 2017

The Grants.gov Production and Training Environments will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday July 15, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:
 
Scheduled Maintenance Outage:

Production Environment will go Offline Saturday July 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday July 17, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Environment will go Offline Saturday July 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training Environment will go Online Monday July 17, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Monday, June 19, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.0 Training Deployment - June 19-21, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Training Release 16.0 Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Training environment is back online.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html


We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office
  

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.0 Training Deployment - June 19-21, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 16.0 will be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Monday June 19, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:  

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage: 
Training System will go Offline Monday June 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Wednesday June 21, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.


In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.0 Production Deployment- June 17-19, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Release 16.0 Production Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Production environment is back online.

The Grants.gov Release 16.0 will next be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Monday June 19, 2017.  The maintenance window is as follows:

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
  • Training System will go Offline Monday June 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
  • Training System will go Online Wednesday June 21, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.
For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

Please read about Release 16.0, on the Grants.gov Community Blog and for detailed information about the release, please review the Grants.gov R16.0 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 16.0 Production Deployment - June 17-19, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 16.0 will be deployed to the Production and Training environments beginning on Saturday June 17, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Production Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday June 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday June 19, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Training System will go Offline Monday June 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Wednesday June 21, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Alerts Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.
  
For additional information about Release 16.0, please review the Grants.gov R16.0 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html

Also, please read our Release 16.0 Preview articles on the Grants.gov Community Blog:

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.
The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance May 20-22, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Production and Training environments are back online

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Monday, May 15, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance May 20-22, 2017

The Grants.gov Production and Training Environments will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday May 20, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday May 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday May 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Environment will go Offline Saturday May 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training Environment will go Online Monday May 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:  http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Server Maintenance April 15-17, 2017 Update

Previously scheduled maintenance will not take place on April 15-17, 2017, as indicated.

The next scheduled maintenance is on May 20-22, 2017.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance March 18-20, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Production and Training environments are back online

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance March 18-20, 2017


The Grants.gov Production and Training Environments will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday March 18, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday March 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday March 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Environment will go Offline Saturday March 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training Environment will go Online Monday March 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit:  http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Training Deployment - February 21-23, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Training Release 15.4 Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Training environment is back online.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html


We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office
  

Monday, February 20, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Training Deployment - February 21-23, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Tuesday February 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:  

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage: 
Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.


In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment- February 18-21, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Production environment is back online.

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will next be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Tuesday February 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
  • Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
  • Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.
For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

Please read about Release 15.4, on the Grants.gov Community Blog and for detailed information about the release, please review the Grants.gov R15.4 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment - February 18-21, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will be deployed to the Production and Training environments beginning on Saturday February 18, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Production Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday February 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Alerts Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.
  
For additional information about Release 15.4, please review the Grants.gov R15.4 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.
The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Grants.gov Adobe Reader DC Version Compatibility Issue - 02/15/2017

 
Issue: There is a compatibility issue with recent versions of Adobe Reader DC and Grants.gov. If you experience any issues when completing the PDF forms using the following incompatible Adobe Reader DC versions, please see the recommended resolution below.
  • Adobe Reader DC (Classic) version 2015.006.30279
  • Adobe Reader DC (Continuous) version 2015.023.20053

Resolution: Adobe resolved the issues with a recent patch update. From within Adobe Reader DC, click the Help menu, select Check for Updates to download and install the latest patch version (see below).
  • Adobe Reader DC (Classic) version 2015.006.30280 or later
  • Adobe Reader DC (Continuous) version 2015.023.20056 or later
How to Check for Updates to download and install the latest Adobe Reader DC patch version:
  1. In the Adobe Reader DC menu, select Help menu, select Check for Updates, click the Download button, and then click the Install button.
  2. Additionally, in the Adobe Reader DC menu, click Edit, click Preferences, under Categories select General, uncheck the option Show online storage when saving files, and click the OK button.
  3. Applicants should be able to successfully complete their application without issue.
Learn more about the Classic and Continuous versions of Adobe Acrobat DC:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/AdminGuide/whatsnewdc.html Click to View Exit Disclaimer

 

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Update: Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance January 21-23, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Production and Training environments are back online

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Monday, January 9, 2017

Maintenance Alert - Grants.gov Production and Training Environments Server Maintenance January 21-23, 2017



The Grants.gov Production and Training Environments will be undergoing routine, scheduled maintenance on Saturday January 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday January 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Monday January 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Environment will go Offline Saturday January 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training Environment will go Online Monday January 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists. 

For more information on planned maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office