The
instructions below provide guidance on obtaining and working
Grants.gov applications. An applicant must thoroughly read
the Native
American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services guidelines (PDF,
424KB) for guidance on composing the application narrative,
filling out the forms, supplying the appropriate documentation,
etc.
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Application Forms
Organizations that are applying under the April 1, 2008, deadline
for the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program
must submit their applications through Grants.gov, the federal
government’s online application system. The Grants.gov
system will accept applications through 11:59 P.M. eastern
time on April 1, 2008.
While the deadline is April 1, 2008,
IMLS recommends strongly that applicants REGISTER EARLY and
COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION EARLY. All
applicants who are using Grants.gov must register with Grants.gov
before submitting their application. The multistep registration
process generally cannot be completed in a single day. Applicants
who are not already registered should allow at least two weeks
to complete this one-time process. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE WEEK
OF THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO REGISTER.
Find Grant Opportunities:
www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
Search opportunities
• Basic search
• Browse by category
• Browse by agency
• Advanced search
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• All grants
• Advanced criteria
• Specific Funding Opportunity Number (FON)
• Unsubscribe
Get Registered:
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp
Step 1: Register your organization
• Request a DUNS number
• Register with CCR
• Organization registration checklist
Step 2: Register yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR)
Step 3: Get authorized as an AOR by
your organization
Apply for Grants: www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp
Step 1: Download a grant application
package
Use one of the following
identifiers to locate the
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services package:
CFDA No: 45.308
Funding Opportunity Number: NANH-FY08
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IMLS applicants must download two packages to
get all of the necessary forms and instructions:
- Download Application Instructions:
This package contains the grant application guidelines (which
include instructions for completing the application) and
the IMLS forms for budget, program information, and any
others related to this specific program.
- Download Application Package: This package has
the face sheet (SF-424s, “Application for Federal
Domestic Assistance/Short Organizational Form”), Abstract,
and the Attachments form.
Step 2: Complete the grant application
package
Step 3: Submit the completed grant application
package
Important deadline information: Applications
must be received by 11:59 p.m. on April 1, 2008 in the
Grants.gov system. Within 48 hours of submitting a grant application,
applicants will receive two email messages from Grants.gov:
- The first will confirm receipt of the application by the
Grants.gov system.
- The second will indicate that the application has either
been successfully validated by the system prior to transmission
to the grantor agency OR has been rejected due to errors.
Only applications validated by the Grants.gov
system will be available to IMLS for the grant review process.
Applicants are encouraged to not wait until
the final hours prior to the deadline to submit their applications.
Submitting early may enable an applicant to deal with unexpected
problems.
Step 4: Track the status of a submitted
grant application package
Grants.gov
Help
For direct assistance with Grants.gov, contact
the Grants.gov Help Desk via e-mail at support@grants.gov,
or call them at 1-800-518-4726 from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
The Grants.gov help desk will assign a case
number to each inquiry. This number only documents the inquiry
to the help desk and is in no way related to the tracking
number that Grants.gov will assign an application once it
has been successfully submitted.
Help is also available on the Grants.gov Website:
www.grants.gov/help/help.jsp
NOTE: Once an organization has registered with
the CCR, the registration must be renewed each year. Go to:
www.ccr.gov/Renew.aspx.
Application
Forms
For convenience, Microsoft Word versions of
the forms are provided below. PLEASE NOTE, however, that you
must submit your application as a series of PDF attachments.
For assistance in converting your documents to PDF, go to
www.imls.gov/pdf/PDFConversion.pdf.
Document |
File name to
use |
Download Form |
Program Information Sheet |
ProgramInfo.pdf |
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Detailed budget form [by year, as appropriate] |
DetailedBudgetYear1.pdf
DetailedBudgetYear2.pdf
DetailedBudgetYear3.pdf |
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Summary budget form |
SummaryBudget.pdf |
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Specifications for digital products |
DigitalProducts.pdf |
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