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How to Apply - Port Infrastructure Development Grants

Final Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov.  Please remember that you must complete the Grants.gov registration process before submitting an application and that the registration process usually takes 2-4 weeks to complete.  You can start the Grants.gov registration process now.

To register on Grants.gov, applicants must:

  1. Obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number;
  2. Register with the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.SAM.gov;
  3. Create a Grants.gov username and password; and
  4. Complete Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) registration in Grants.gov.  The E-Business Point of Contact (POC) at your organization must respond to the registration email from Grants.gov and login at Grants.gov to authorize the individual as an AOR.  Please note that there can be more than one AOR for an organization.

For information and instructions on each of these processes, please see the instructions at http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-faqs.html.

Complete instructions on how to register and apply can be found at www.grants.gov. If interested parties experience difficulties at any point during registration or the application process, please call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1-800-518-4726.

Registering with Grants.gov is a one-time process; however, processing delays may occur and it can take up to several weeks for first-time registrants to receive confirmation and a user password.  It is highly recommended that applicants start the registration process as early as possible.  To learn more about registering as an organization with Grants.gov, please see the “Organization Registration Checklist” provided by Grants.gov at the following location:

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/organization-registration.html

A complete list of Grants.gov applicant resources can be found here:

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants.html

Last updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2020