February 7-8, 2009: Grants.gov will be unavailable due to System Build 2008-03

Grants.gov will be unavailable Saturday and Sunday, February 7 and 8 due to System Build 2008-03. The system will be unavailable to find and apply for opportunities during this time. The maintenance taking place is to enhance the system by reconfiguring the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and update the registration credentialing process; more information will be available on system enhancements to be implemented during Build 2008-03 on the Site Features and Enhancements page.

February 5, 2009: NIH Large Closing Day Expect Delays

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has a large grant opportunity closing on February 5, 2009. NIH expects upwards of 10,000 applications; therefore Grants.gov recommends you submit early and off hours to avoid anticipated system delays.

For more information on NIH closings, visit: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm.

ALERT - Grants.gov Applicant Login Issue

If you are an applicant who has renewed, modified or registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) after December 31, 2008 and cannot login to Grants.gov please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center (1-800-518-4726/support@grants.gov).

Grants.gov is currently experiencing an issue pulling the nightly data extract from CCR. If you have verified your CCR registration is active and you call the Grants.gov Contact Center please have the following information available so that Grants.gov can manually enter your information into the Grants.gov system to activate your Grants.gov username and password.

• DUNS, DUNS plus 4, legal business name, government business primary POC email address, M-PIN, registration date with CCR, applicant name, phone number and email address.