Applying for a Grant

Questions and Answers Table of Contents

Overlapping topics

• General Application Information. General information including assignment, late materials, other support, progress reports, and other topics.
• Funding Opportunity Announcements. About funding opportunity announcements.

Electronic applications only

• Signing Up to Apply Electronically. Registering with Grants.gov and eRA Commons.
• General Info and Planning for Electronic Applications. Fundamentals and planning after sign-ups are in place.
• Preparing Your Electronic Application. Preparing PDF forms and attachments.
• Submitting and Validating Your Electronic Application. Getting through Grants.gov and eRA Commons.
• Corrected or Late Electronic Applications. Corrected and late applications.

Paper applications only

• Paper Applications Only. Processes for grant types that use paper applications.

Find more on the main Questions and Answers and NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.