Training
Schedule for Spring 2008
Date/Time |
Location |
Presenter |
Register |
January 15, 2008
3-5 pm |
Torgersen 3060 |
Sharron McElroy
Carla McGuire |
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January 22, 2008
3-5 pm |
Torgersen 3060 |
Katie Lucas
Lisa Cotting |
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February 13, 2008
10 am-Noon |
Torgersen 3060 |
Katie Lucas
Paul Davis |
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Workshop Description
Grants.gov is a web-based system designed to allow participants to locate and apply for federal grants. Currently grants.gov is the single resource for over 1000 grant opportunities from all of the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. Within the next year, the National Institutes of Health is expected to implement a policy of mandatory electronic submission of grant applications through Grants.gov. OSP staff will cover how to prepare and submit proposals online, how to access active grant application packages, how to complete a grant application package, and how to check the status of an application. A demonstration of the Grants.gov system will be conducted. This workshop is ideal for faculty and staff who submit grant proposals to federal agencies. (2 hours)
Workshop Assumptions
Participants should have some involvement or anticipate involvement with the electronic submission of grant proposals. This is a basic workshop designed for the beginner.
Workshop Objectives
- Provide an overview of Grants.gov and how to access the system.
- Describe and demonstrate the functions of Grants.gov via a hands-on demonstration.
- Highlight Grants.gov features to include searching for grant opportunities, proposal preparation and submission.
Instructional Outcomes
- Participants will know how to gain access to the system.
- Participants will know how to download the necessary software for Grants.gov.
- Participants will be able to search for grant opportunities via Grants.gov.
- Participants will be familiar enough to navigate through Grants.gov.
- Participants will be familiar with the process for preparing and submitting proposals through Grants.gov online.
- Participants will know where to find Grants.gov reference information online.
- Participants will know where to seek help with Grants.gov.
Grants.gov-Important Information Regarding Submission
June 27, 2006
Memorandum for all Investigators
From: David W. Richardson
Asst VP for OSP Administration
Re: Proposal Submissions
As you are aware there has been an escalation of electronic proposal submission initiatives among both the federal and private sponsors in the last few years. Foremost among these is the federal initiative called Grants.gov. Grants.gov was conceptually developed to allow for a simple one-stop-shop proposal submission portal for multiple federal agencies. While this remains the ultimate goal, Grants.gov is not without its faults and has forced research institutions to rethink their internal submission policies. For example, for the latest June applications NIH proposals submitted via Grants.gov took an average of 1.7 application attempts per successful submission. While this is a significant improvement over the previous March submissions the system has some fundamental issues and has yet to experience a major deadline.
The biggest concern is that submitting institutions are not being notified of problems with specific proposals until a few days after submission. This is potentially catastrophic for proposals submitted the day before or the day of the deadline for if problems arise there is no time to correct and resubmit. For your protection and assurance we are strongly encouraging all investigators to submit early (as much as 4 business days in advance of the deadline) to allow for sufficient time in the event the proposal must be resubmitted.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and we look forward to assisting you with your proposal submissions.
NIH is transitioning to electronic submission of grant proposals. Starting with the July 1 standard deadline, all revised applications for R21 and R03 programs must be submitted using the SF424 application packet and the Grants.gov website. All 2007 USDA NRI proposals will have to be submitted via Grants.gov.
Last Updated: December 12, 2006
Contact: Greg Reaves at greaves@vt.edu or 231-8217
