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**Prepared for**

**The NOAA Grants Online Program Management Office**

#### January 30, 2006

# Explanation of Grants.gov Applicant Type Changes and Impact to Grants Online

As part of Grants Online Release 2.4, support has been added for
applications using Grants.gov's updated SF-424 form known as "SF-424
v2.0". The fields on this form are similar to the original SF-424, but
there are some key differences. Two significant changes that impact
Grants Online involve the list of *Applicant Types* available to
applicants on the form.

### Multiple Applicant Type Selections

> The new SF-424 form allows an applicant to select up to *three*
> distinct *Applicant Type* values on each application. Grants Online's
> *Application Details* screen has been updated to allow viewing/editing
> of these additional elements. However, although applicants can now
> specify multiple applicant types when submitting applications, Grants
> Online will continue to only allow one *Applicant Type* value on a
> Grantee's Organization record.

### Changes to Applicant Type Values

The new SF-424 form introduces numerous additional *Applicant Type*
choices, and several of the original values have been modified to
provide more detail. Unfortunately, the alphabetic codes used for these
types are completely different from those used on the old version.

> To support the new form, and to aide the adoption of additional forms
> in the future, the *Applicant Types* list available in Grants Online
> has been updated to exactly match what is on the new SF-424 form. To
> support this change:

-   The list of *Applicant Type* values available in *Application
    Details* and *Managing Organizations* now contains
    [only]{.underline} the new types.

-   All existing application and organization records have been updated
    by converting each old *Application Type* to it's corresponding new
    value.

-   Any incoming application using the old SF-424 will have its
    *Applicant Type* value automatically converted to the corresponding
    new value.

-   Anyone entering paper applications into Grants Online must choose
    the *Applicant Type* value that best matches what is specified on
    the paper form.

The table on the following page contains details on how legacy
conversions were done. It can also be used as a reference when inputting
paper applications using the old SF-424 form.

### Applicant Types: New and Old

+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
|   | ## NEW                         |   | ## OLD                         |
|   |  APPLICANT TYPES (SF-424 v2.0) |   |  APPLICANT TYPES (SF-424 v1.0) |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | State Government               | * | State Government               |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| A |                                | A |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | County Government              | * | County Government              |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| B |                                | B |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | City or Township Government    | * | Local Government               |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| C |                                | C | City or Township Government    |
| * |                                | \ |                                |
| * |                                | D |                                |
|   |                                | * |                                |
|   |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Special District Government    | * | Special District               |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| D |                                | G |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Regional Organization          | * | Interstate                     |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| E |                                | E | Intermunicipal                 |
| * |                                | \ |                                |
| * |                                | F |                                |
|   |                                | * |                                |
|   |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | U.S. Territory or Possession   |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| F |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Independent School District    | * | Independent Schools District   |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| G |                                | H |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Public/State Controlled        | * | State Controlled Institution   |
| * | Institution of Higher          | * | of Higher Learning             |
| H | Education                      | I |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Indian/Native American Tribal  | * | Native American Tribal         |
| * | Government (Federally          | * | Government (Federally          |
| I | Recognized)                    | K | Recognized)                    |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Indian/Native American Tribal  | * | Native American Tribal         |
| * | Government\                    | * | Organization (Other than       |
| J | (Other than Federally          | P | Federally Recognized)          |
| * | Recognized)                    | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Indian/Native American         |   |                                |
| * | Tribally Designated            |   |                                |
| K | Organization                   |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Public/Indian Housing          | * | Public/Indian Housing          |
| * | Authority                      | * | Authority                      |
| L |                                | Q |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS       |   |                                |
| * | Status (Other than Institution |   |                                |
| M | of Higher Education)           |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS    | * | Nonprofit Organization (Other  |
| * | Status (Other than Institution | * | than Institution of Higher     |
| N | of Higher Education)           | O | Education)                     |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Private Institution of Higher  | * | Private Institution of Higher  |
| * | Education                      | * | Education                      |
| O |                                | J |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Individual                     | * | Individual                     |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| P |                                | L |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | For-Profit Organization (Other | * | For-profit Organization (Other |
| * | than Small Business)           | * | than Small Business)           |
| Q |                                | M |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Small Business                 | * | Small Business                 |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| R |                                | R |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Hispanic-serving Institution   |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| S |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Historically Black Colleges    |   |                                |
| * | and Universities (HBCUs)       |   |                                |
| T |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Tribally Controlled Colleges   |   |                                |
| * | and Universities (TCCUs)       |   |                                |
| U |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Alaska Native and Native       |   |                                |
| * | Hawaiian Serving Institutions  |   |                                |
| V |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Non-domestic (non-US) Entity   |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| W |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
| * |                                |   |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+
| * | Other                          | * | Other                          |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| X |                                | N |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
| * |                                | * |                                |
+---+--------------------------------+---+--------------------------------+