# Presentation: 098718

## Applying for NEH grants using Grants.gov

*Applying for NEH grants using Grants.gov*

*National Endowment for the Humanities*

## NEH and Grants.gov

-    From 2006, all institutions applying for an NEH grant must apply via Grants.gov, the government-wide grants portal.  To help our applicants, NEH has created this presentation to:
- provide an overview of Grants.gov
- walk you through the application process
- Please consult the grant program guidelines located on NEH’s website (_[www.neh.gov](http://www.neh.gov/)_)  to learn how to prepare the substantive materials, such as your narrative and budget, that you will submit to NEH using Grants.gov.

## Grants.gov is . . .

- a cross-agency e-government initiative, spanning 1000 grant programs and over $400 billion in annual awards
- a unified “storefront” for all customers of federal grants to electronically
- find grant opportunities
- apply for grants
- manage grants
- an e-government initiative, covering over 30 federal grant making agencies and is managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

## Grants.gov provides robust functionality

- It allows the grant community to:
- search for available grant opportunities and related application packages
- receive automatic e-mail notices about new grant opportunities from the NEH or other agencies
- download application packages
- submit completed application packages
- track the status of submitted applications
- submit all their applications to one place – no need to learn one system for NEH, another for NSF, another for NIH, etc.  All agencies use Grants.Gov.

## Grants.gov provides significant support to its users:

- Online user support
- online tutorial, training demonstration, context-sensitive help, FAQs, user guide
- available at: _[http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport](http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport)_
- Personalized support
- e-mail:  _[support@grants.gov](mailto:support@grants.gov)_
- toll-free phone number:  1-800-518-4726

## Grants.gov Home Page

**Grants.gov Home Page**
- Use this page to find out about grant opportunities or to get help with using Grants.gov.

## You can tell Grants.gov to send you automatic e-mail notifications about grants in certain funding categories.  

- You can tell Grants.gov to send you automatic e-mail notifications about grants in certain funding categories.
- In this example, you will be notified about all humanities grants from any agency.

## You can also have Grants.gov send you notices about all grant opportunities from particular agencies.

- In this example, you will be notified about any new grant opportunities for both NEH and IMLS.

## To learn about NEH grant opportunities, visit NEH’s Apply for a Grant page. 

- You will be able to access the guidelines for all our programs.

## NEH guidelines include step-by-step instructions for applying via Grants.gov

## We remind you to register your institution with Grants.gov if you haven’t done so already.

- As part of this process, you will designate one or more AORs (Authorized Organization Representatives) who are authorized to submit applications on behalf of your institution.
- We also include a link to our helpful _[registration checklist](http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsgov/grantsgovchecklist.html)_.

## We then ask you  to download the free PureEdge viewer software needed to fill out the application package.

- We then ask you  to _[download](http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer)_ the **free** PureEdge viewer software needed to fill out the application package.
- PureEdge is a form-filling program similar to Adobe Acrobat.

## Now you are ready to click the button to download the application.

- Note the large button that appears in every NEH guideline.

## After you click the button, you are taken directly to the download page on Grants.gov.

- You can now download the application package and save it on your hard drive.

## After downloading the application package, you open it using PureEdge. 

- After downloading the application package, you open it using PureEdge.
- You do not have to be on the Internet to work on your application.
- Note there are three forms or “documents” you must complete.

## You then fill out each of the three forms, using the step-by-step instructions provided in NEH’s grant guidelines.

## Using the attachments form, you’ll attach the files that make up the heart of your application, including your narrative.

- NEH requires that you convert  your files to PDF (Acrobat) format before attaching them.

## At any time, you can click SAVE to save a copy of your application on your hard drive.

- You can return to work on your application later or even e-mail it to your colleagues so that they can work on it as well.

## When you are done with your application, you should send it to your AOR (Authorized Organizational Representative). 

- When you are done with your application, you should send it to your AOR (Authorized Organizational Representative).
- The AOR will open it in PureEdge, click the SUBMIT button, and use his/her username and password to send it to Grants.gov

## In summary ...

- Register early!!  Even if you’re not planning on applying right away, you should go ahead and register with Grants.gov so you are ready to go.
- Consult the NEH guidelines.  They contain all the information you need to register and apply, including our handy Registration Checklist.  See:
- _[http://www.neh.gov/grants/](http://www.neh.gov/grants/)_
- Presentation by Brett Bobley, NEH CIO (_[bbobley@neh.gov](mailto:bbobley@neh.gov)_)