1 Electronic Submission Process Prepare to Apply Find Opportunity and Download Application Package Submit Application to Grants.gov (AOR submits) Prepare Application Check Submission Status in Commons Check Assembled Application Submission Complete
2 Two Systems Working Together Grants.gov Federal government’s single online portal to find and apply for Federal grant funding Used by all 26 Federal grant-making agencies eRA Commons NIH electronic Research Administration system that allows applicants/grantees to electronically receive and transmit application and award information Used by NIH and other HHS components
3 Prepare to Apply Registration eRA Commons – PD/PI Principal Investigators (PIs) must work through their institutions to register. The PI and Signing Official (SO) need separate accounts in eRA Commons because each has different privileges. PIs have one account that follows them throughout their careers – the same account may be affiliated with multiple organizations. Allow business days to complete.
4 Prepare to Apply Software PureEdge Viewer – free at Grants.gov: #pureedge PDF generation software – list provided on Grants.gov website
5 Prepare to Apply Options for Mac users (using downloadable forms) 1.Download free CITRIX server to remotely launch a Windows session 2.Use PC emulation software 3.Download the IBM Workplace Forms (PureEdge) Viewer for Mac Early release version with significant limitations See the Grants.gov website for detailed info:
6 Prepare to Apply Determine your internal review & approval process Determine how you will share applications in progress Decide how to manage the last minute queue at Sponsored Programs (rather than using an airport FedEx drop box!)
7 Choose Submission Method Forms-based submission using PureEdge software (424.xfd file) System-to-System using XML data stream (PennERA Proposal Development)