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WHAT IS GRANTS.GOV?
The charter of Grants.gov is to provide a simple, unified electronic storefront for interactions between grant applicants and the federal agencies that manage grant funds. There are twenty-six federal grant-making agencies and more than 900 individual grant programs that award over $400 billion in grants each year. The grant community, including state, local and tribal governments, academia and research institutions, and not-for-profits, need only visit one website, Grants.gov, to access the annual grant funds available across the federal government. You can also sign up at the Grants.gov website to get automatic e-mail alerts about grant opportunities that are of interest to your organization.
REGISTER OR VERIFY REGISTRATION WITH GRANTS.GOV
In order to submit applications via Grants.gov, your institution must register with the website and create an institutional profile. Once registered, your organization can then apply for any government grant on the Grants.gov website.
In most cases, a project director will not be the person who registers his or her institution with Grants.gov. Registration will need to be completed by an institution's grants administrator, sponsored research official, or authorizing official.
If your organization has already registered, you may skip this step. If not, please use the registration checklist to guide you through the registration process.
NEH recommends that your institution complete your registration at least two weeks before the application deadline, as it takes time for your registration to be processed. If you have problems registering with Grants.gov, call the Grants.gov help desk at 1-800-518-4726.
SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION VIA GRANTS.GOV
Once you have registered with Grants.gov, sending in an application is very simple. All NEH application guidelines for programs with deadlines in 2006 or beyond will contain complete, step-by-step instructions on how to apply via Grants.gov for that particular program. Guidelines are typically posted 90 days prior to an application deadline. However, we encourage you to register with Grants.gov now, even if you won't be applying until a future date. Simply consult the registration checklist to learn how to get started.
Watch a PowerPoint presentation about applying for an NEH grant using Grants.gov.