Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs
offered by all federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov allows
organizations to electronically find and apply for more than
$400 billion in federal grants.
When Must A Grant Application Be Submitted
Through Grants.gov?
A grant application MUST be submitted through Grants.gov when
the federal agency's program guidelines REQUIRE that the application
be submitted through Grants.gov.
Do I Need to Register on Grants.gov?
Principal Investigators/Project Directors should NOT register
on Grants.gov. Only the Institution and the Authorized Organization
Representative need to be registered on Grants.gov. Both the
University of Pittsburgh and Allen A. DiPalma, the Authorized
Organization Representative for the University of Pittsburgh,
are registered on Grants.gov.
Do I Need to Register on the Federal
Agency's Website?
Some federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation,
the National Institutes of Health, other Public Health Service
agencies, etc. do require that Principal Investigators and/or
Co-Principal Investigators register on their grants management
systems when submitting applications through Grants.gov. For
example, a Principal Investigator submitting to the National
Science Foundation must be registered
on FastLane and a Principal Investigator submitting to the
National Institutes of Health must have an NIH
eRA Commons account.
What Do I Need to Know About Submitting
a Grants.gov Proposal at the University of Pittsburgh?
Only the Office of Research can submit a proposal through
Grants.gov
Standard
Due Dates for Competing Applicationsnow
includes mechanism types and an "application
form" column reflecting the appropriate application
form to use based on the electronic transition as
well as submission policies for both electronic
and paper applications
