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"Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that will have an unparalleled impact on the grant community." -- (http://grants.gov/, 9/26/05)

Significant Changes and Important Cautions

Updates: PureEdge phase-out date moved to 9/30/08; Acrobat Standard/Professional 8.1.2 now supported

• PureEdge forms are scheduled to be phased out by September 30, 2008 by all federal granting agencies.
• Acrobat Reader 8.1.1, Acrobat Reader 8.1.2, Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 and Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 are the only compatible versions to use with the new Adobe grants.gov forms.
• According to grants.gov, use of an unsupported PDF editing product with the Adobe grants.gov application package, even just opening and closing the form, could corrupt the application, result in an error upon submission and missing a deadline.

Federal sponsors have begun to switch from PureEdge Forms to Adobe forms for grant applications submitted via Grants.gov. By September 30, 2008, only Adobe forms will be accepted for submission. Some funding opportunities will transition to Adobe forms sooner than others, and we may not have much, if any, advance notice. You need Acrobat Reader 8.1.1, Acrobat Reader 8.1.2, Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 or Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 to open and complete the Adobe forms. Any non-compatible version of Acrobat should produce a warning message upon open, however grants.gov continues to strongly recommend taking steps to avoid touching an application package with an unsupported version.  If you have an unsupported version of Acrobat Standard or Professional on your machine, launch the supported Acrobat Reader client and choose "Open" or right mouse click on the grants.gov application file and use the "Open with" option and select Adobe Reader to ensure you open your grants.gov application package with the supported version.

Acrobat Standard or Professional version 8.1.2 is available at a discounted price through the Campus Store (http://www.cusoftware.cornell.edu/cusoftware/purchase/adobe.cfm)

• Current status: http://grants.gov/aboutgrants/program_status.jsp
• Useful items on this topic from the Grant.gov FAQ page: http://www.grants.gov/help/general_faqs.jsp#adobe
• Verify if your Adobe Reader version is compatible with Grants.gov.

Instructions and Tips for Using Grants.gov
PureEdge Support for Non-Windows Users
Grants.gov
Cornell's Electronic DropBox

Assistance

• Forms completion demo - compliments of Ellen Beck, UCLA (Macromedia Flash, 9/26/05)
• Slides from September, 2005 Sponsored Programs Roundtable (ppt, 9/29/05)
• Comments and questions - Send an e-mail
• The Office of Sponsored Programs provides consulting suppport and detailed training on grants.gov and the PureEdge application tool. Contact Tammy Custer at tjb3@cornell.edu or 255-5066.
• NIH Information:
  • Electronic Submission of Grant Applications
  • Tips and Tools
  • Transition Stragety and Timeline
  • DUNS numbers for NIH Reviewers (different from Cornell's DUNS Number)
    
• NSF Information:
• NSF Implementation Strategy

• Grants.gov PureEdge Hands-on Training offered in December and January (11/14/06)
• Research Administration Round Table, September 28, 2005 (9/19/05)
• NIH Announces Initial Plans to Transition to the SF424(R&R) Application and Electronic Submission through Grants.gov (August, 19, 2005)
• NIH Electronic Grant Application Process and the SF424 (R&R) VideoCast - January 11, 2006 (December 19, 2005)

• Applicant Training Demonstration -Complete Application Package
• Applicant System-to-System Implementation Resources
• PureEdge Support for Non-Windows Users