U.S. Federal Grants Web Sites

Summary:

The process for applying for federal grants and a list of federal agency (and other) websites.

Answer:

November 29, 2005

This document has the web sites of most of the U.S. Federal government departments, agencies and grant opportunities. I hope that this will serve as a place to find Federal grants that serve your organization’s mission. You can use this to find the websites you need and which you can bookmark for future access. There are a few links to tutorials that departments and agencies have developed for applicants to use.

Finding and Applying for Federal Grants

The process for applying for Federal grants has radically changed in 2005.

You must register with the Federal government to apply for grants online.

Have you and your organization registered to apply for Federal Grants? Did you know you have to? Just when you thought filing for a Federal grant could be a piece of cake, think again. Here is the information you need to register. In the long run it should save you time.

Grants.gov, now serving over 15,000 registered grant-seeking organizations and distributing more than 900,000 grant opportunity email notifications weekly, continues to seek innovative ways to reach out to our communities.

I STRONGLY suggest that if you have not registered to do so ASAP. The process can take 3-5 days to complete (security reasons) and you could run into trouble filing a grant application by the deadline. The registration process is a one-time process, which is required before representatives of an organization can submit grant application packages electronically through Grants.gov. If you change the authorized organization representative, that section has to be completed again.

Be ready for passwords and user names.

If your organization does not have a Data Universal Numbering System, a D-U-N-S number, you will have to file for one. Please click here and provide the requested information about your business or organization. Within 48 hours, D&B will contact you via electronic mail with your D-U-N-S Number. https://eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions/government/ccrreg/ Organizations can receive a D-U-N-S number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS number request line at 1-866-705-5711 or through the web site below.
https://eupdate.dnb.com/dunsnumberinfo.html and http://www.dnb.com/us/
Please remember that when applying for a Federal grant the organization must have a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System D-U-N-S number. It takes about 30 days to receive the number after registering with D&B. The D-U-N-S number is a unique nine-digit identification sequence, which provides unique identifiers of single business entities, while linking corporate family structures together. D&B links the D&B D-U-N-S numbers of parents, subsidiaries, headquarters and branches on more than 64 million corporate family members around the world.

Individuals seeking funds from the Federal government apart from an organization are exempt from the D-U-N-S requirement.

There are eight (8) steps for registering with Grants.Gov listed and linked here.

1. Identifying the key roles to file an application
   
2. Registering the organization with the Central Contractor Registry
   
3. Safeguarding the security of your electronic information
   
4. Registering as an Authorized Organization Representative
   
5. Prior to submitting a grant application package, you must receive approval to submit on behalf of your organization
   
6. You will have the ability to log on to Grants.gov to determine if you have registered successfully with Grants.gov, to check the status of your grant application submissions, and to manage your applicant profiles.
   
7. Grants.gov provides the ability of grant seekers to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities without registering
   
8. Signing up as an individual for grants
   

Let’s Get Started with a tutorial -

http://www.grants.gov/GetStarted

1. Prior to submitting grant applications through Grants.gov, it is recommended that your organization identify key roles required for the submission process.

Access Key Roles (http://www.grants.gov/assets/keyroles.doc) for an overview of the roles and responsibilities required for the Grants.gov submission process. The following checklists can help guide your organization through the one-time registration process required for submitting grants online.

Organization Registration Checklist (http://www.grants.gov/assets/OrganizationRegCheck.doc) guides your organization to complete the registration steps required to submit grants online through Grants.gov.

E-Business Point of Contact Registration Checklist (http://www.grants.gov/assets/EBIZRegCheck.doc) provides a customized checklist for the E-Business Point of Contact, the individual from an organization who determines who can submit grant applications on behalf of an organization.

Authorized Organization Representative Registration Checklist (http://www.grants.gov/assets/AORRegCheck.doc) details the registration steps required to become an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), which is an individual with the ability to submit applications on behalf of an organization.

Central Contractor Registry Registration Checklist (http://www.ccr.gov/CCRRegTemplate.pdf) uides your organization to complete the registration process with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Be sure to complete the Marketing Partner ID (MPIN) and Electronic Business Primary Point of Contact fields during the CCR registration process. These are mandatory fields that are required when submitting grant applications through Grants.gov.

See also:

• http://www.grants.gov/RegistrationChecklist
  
• http://www.grants.gov/assets/OrganizationRegCheck.pdf
  

2. Your organization will need to be registered with Central Contractor Registry (CCR) before you can submit a grant application through Grants.gov. When your organization registers with the CCR, you will be required to designate an E-Business Point of Contact (POC). . This individual will become the sole authority of the organization with the capability of designating, or revoking, an individual’s ability to submit grant applications on behalf of their organization through Grants.gov.

Getting started with Grants.gov is easy! There are two key features on the site: Find Grant Opportunities and Apply for Grants. Everything else on the site is designed to support these two features and your use of them.

See http://grants.gov/GetStartedHelp

Grants.gov provides the ability to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities. Begin your search for Federal grant opportunities and download application packages available on Grants.gov.

Note: Grant Researchers are not required to register or login to Grants.gov.

Find Grant Opportunities
Grants.gov provides the ability to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities.

• Tips for Searching on Grants.gov
  
• Review available Application Packages
  
• Search for Grant Opportunities
  
• Receive Email Notifications
  
• Download an Application Package
  

Apply for Grants
Apply for grant opportunities online today.

• Dowload PureEdge Viewer [Required]
  
• Download an Application Package
  
• Complete an Application Package
  
• Submit an Application Package
  
• How to address Application Errors
  

Explore Grant Resources
The following links provide additional resources to help you write, prepare, and/or search for grant applications.

• Sign-up to receive the Succeed Newsletter
  
• Resources for searching Grants.gov
  
• Learn about Grants.gov
  

These lists, with live links, are online at
http://www.grants.gov/GetStartedRoles?type=researcher

Federal Government Grant Web Sites

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 1,000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. http://www.grants.gov/

Federal Register (The Federal Register is the daily newspaper of the US Federal Government. It carries notices of rules, meetings, hearings and a lot more. Over the years it has carried all grant opportunities. There are several federal agencies that will no longer place grant opportunities in the FR. The Federal Government should look at the decision as a bad idea. Technological links to government agencies can take seemingly forever to find grants. The FR is an excellent first notice.) - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Developing a Federal Grant Proposal - http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

Nonprofit Gateway for Federal Departments and Agencies for grants - Nonprofit Gateway for Federal Departments and Agencies for grants. According to the site, "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the managing partner for the Federal E-Grants (also called Grants.gov) initiative. - http://firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance - http://www.cfda.gov/

FirstGov Portal - http://www.FirstGov.gov

FirstGov in Spanish - http://www.firstgov.gov/Espanol/Topics/Salud.shtml

FedGrants - http://www.fedgrants.gov/ (Click on “Applicant”)

Federal Grant Types, such as “Arts”, “Community Development”, has links to a variety of agencies that fund under a common topic - http://grants.gov/TypesofGrants

Administration for Children and Families, Families and Youth Services Bureau grant programs - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/grant.htm

Bureau of Health Professions Grants Page - http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Funding Opportunities -
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/funding.htm

Corporation for National Service (CNS, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps) - http://www.cns.gov/

Department of Agriculture - http://www.csrees.usda.gov/business/businessfaq.html

Department of Agriculture (USDA) National and International Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program - http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/Research.htm

Department of Commerce (USDOC) Home Page - http://www.doc.gov/

Department of Commerce (Nonprofit Gateway to National Telecommunication and Information Administration, NTIA) - http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/otiahome.html

Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/nonprft.html

Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Education Program and Grants - http://www.ndu.edu/nsep/

Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/NPAdvisor/ and http://www.ed.gov/topics/topics.jsp?&top=Grants+%26+Contracts

Department of Education Federal Register links - http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html

Department of Education: Grants and Contracts Information for States and School Districts - http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt

Department of Education Grants - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/grants/grants.html

Department of Education: Safe and Drug Free Schools Grants - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/news.html?exp=0

Department of Education: Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (Formerly Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs) - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr

Department of Education: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) Funding - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/funding.html

Department of Education: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Programs and Funding - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/programs.html

Department of Education: Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitation Services Programs (OSERS) - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr

Department of Education: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html?src=mr

Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Science Grants and Contracts - http://www.er.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - http://hhs.gov/grantsnet

Department of Health and Human Services - Head Start Bureau http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) information for nonprofits - http://www.hud.gov/groups/grantees.cfm

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Funding Notices -
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm

Department of the Interior - http://www.doi.gov/

Department/Office of Justice Funding Links - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fundopps.htm

Department/Office of Justice Faith-based and Community-based Initiatives - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fbci/

Department of Justice (DOJ) Grant Information - http://www.usdoj.gov/10grants/index.html

Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-nonprofit.htm

Department of Labor (DOL): Contracting and Grant Program Overview - http://www.dol.gov/oasam/grants/prgms.htm

Department of Labor Community-based Education & Training Administration (ETA) - http://www.doleta.gov/

Department of Transportation Grants - http://www.dot.gov/ost/m60/grant/ and http://www.dot.gov/citizen_services/grants_loans/index.html

Department of Transportation (DOT) Home Page -
http://www.dot.gov/

Department of Veterans Affairs - http://www.va.gov/oaa/nonprofitcorp/default.asp

Environmental Protection Agency resources for Nonprofits - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/nonprof.htm

Environmental Protection Agency research grants -
http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/grants/

Environmental Protection Agency Grant Writing Tutorial (Currently being updated) - http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants.html

Faith-based organizations’ catalogue -http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/grants-catalog-index.html

Federal Acquisition Jumpstation for Procurement and Acquisition Links - http://nais.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - http://www.fcc.gov/

General Services Administration equipment and products - http://gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=2

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Preview of Grants for 2005 - 2006 with CDFA number and deadlines NOTE: HRSA is making only one announcement a FY in the Federal Register - http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/default.htm

Institute of Museums and Libraries Services (IMLS) - http://www.imls.gov/grants/index.htm

IMLS has a tutorial for preparing grants at http://www.imls.gov/project%5Fplanning/

Internal Revenue Services (IRS) - http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/charities/index.html

National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) grants information - http://code210.gsfc.nasa.gov/

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Federal Register and CFDA - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) grants - http://www.health.org/about/funding.aspx

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants - http://www.nea.gov/grants/index.html

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/

NIH Office of Extramural Research - http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default_grants.htm and http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/ with tutorial

National Institutes of Health Tutorial and Application Course - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grants - http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/~grantsonline/index.html

National Science Foundation (NSF) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

Small Business Administration and Nonprofits (SBA) - http://www.sba.gov/nonprofit/

Social Security Administration (SSA) acquisition and grants -
http://www.ssa.gov/oag/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - http://www.samhsa.gov/funding/funding.html and http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grants.html

SAMSHA has a new site concerning “Focus on Partnerships and Funding”. The current Focus contains information on kinds and sources of support, tips on making your case to funders, and additional resources for more information - http://www.preventionpartners.samhsa.gov/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conducted a recent training workshop on the grant-writing and application process. It was designed to reach potential community-based grantees and to prepare them with the knowledge and practice to articulate comprehensively and attend to the detail required to prepare competitive, well-developed Federal grant applications. There is a new Participant Manual which offers both workshop assistance and take-home reference materials. The Manual is now posted at the SAMHSA web site - http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/tamanual/tamanual_frame.html

Other Useful Websites

NonProfitExpert.com - http://www.nonprofitexpert.com/federal_grants.htm

The Grantsmanship Center Daily List of Federal Grants (Free registration required) - http://www.tgci.com/funding/fedToday.asp

A listing of today’s offering of Federal grants and contracts can be seen at - http://www.wifcon.com/todaysfa.htm

Statistics from 100 US Federal Agencies - http://www.fedstats.gov/

Grant Writing Tools Web Sites - http://www.idealist.org/npofAQ/19/64.html

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Donald A Griesmann, Esq.
Dgriesmann@aol.com
Don Griesmann’s Grant Opportunities
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