GrantSolutions Grants Management Services 

Grant Recipient Training Part 1: Introduction and Post-Award 

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The U.S. Department of Labor

June 2022
Greetings

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Before We Start...

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Objectives

At the end of this training, 

you will be able to:

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Agenda

• Introduction

o Transition from eGrants to GrantSolutions

o Log in instructions

• Overview

o Roles

o Notifications

• Navigation and My Grants List

o Menu Bar

o Grant Details

• Manage Amendments

• Help and Support

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Introduction
Introduction

• The GrantSolutions Grants Management 

Services is the Department of Labor 

(DOL) award processing system

o GrantSolutions is a grants management 

software platform that enables Federal 

agencies to manage grants and 

cooperative agreements through the 

entire award life cycle

• Role based system 

o Users may only perform tasks in the 

system if they have the appropriate 

assignments 

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Introduction

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GrantSolutions Grants Management Services does not replace Grants.gov.

Manage financial 

assistance and submit 

applications for noncompetitive financial 

assistance

Apply to competitive 

funding opportunities
Introduction

• Grant Recipients use GrantSolutions to:

o View or print their Notice of Awards

o View Award History

o Communicate with Grantors via Notes

o Request Award modifications using Manage 

Amendments

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GrantSolutions Login Instructions: Go-Live

Grant Recipients received a welcome email on June 10, 2022, with instructions on how to log into GrantSolutions.

Subject: VETS is now in GrantSolutions | Your action: Confirm Access and Verify Your Profile

From: [Your Agency Point of Contact]

As a Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) grant award Grant Recipient, an account has been created for you in 

our new grants management system: GrantSolutions. Please complete the following steps, in the specified order:

• STEP 1 - If you do not have one yet, please create a Login.gov account.

• STEP 2 - Log into GrantSolutions through Login.gov.

• STEP 3 – Review the information found in your GrantSolutions profile and, if necessary, update it accordingly.

Notes: 

The email associated with your GrantSolutions access is the one associated with your VETS processes. If you need to add that email address to 

Login.gov or if you get the “Access Restricted error” in Login.gov, please follow the instructions on how to add a GrantSolutions email address 

to a Login.gov account.

No new accounts were created for previous GrantSolutions users (i.e., organizations that were awarded by other Federal Agencies that use 

GrantSolutions). These Grant Recipients can access their VETS awards in GrantSolutions with their original account, following the above 

Login.gov instructions.

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GrantSolutions Login Screen

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GrantSolutions Login Instructions: Post Go-Live

• Post Go-Live account requests (new account requests and account modifications)

o Submit the Grant Recipient User Account Request Form to the GrantSolutions help desk at 

help@grantsolutions.gov

 The Rules of Behavior page must be signed by the requestor

 The Grant Recipient Authorizing Official must sign Part 2 of the Grant Recipient User Account 

Request Form

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Overview

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Overview

• Agenda

o Review Grant Recipient Roles

o General Notifications
Overview: Grant Recipient Roles

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Role Actions

Grantee Authorizing 

Official (ADO)

Enter and Submit Applications/Amendments

View Awards

View and Create Notes

Principal 

Investigator/Program 

Director (PI/PD)

Enter and Submit Applications/Amendments

View Awards

View and Create Notes

Grantee Support Staff 

(GSS)

Enter Applications/Amendment

Enter Reports but Cannot Submit

View Awards

View and Create Notes
Overview: General Notifications

• Grant Notes: When a Correspondence Note is submitted, the following 

staff receive an email notification:

o Principal Investigator/Program Director assigned to the award

o Grantee Authorizing Official assigned to the Grant Recipient 

organization

• Award Notifications: When an amendment is awarded, notification is 

sent to the following staff:

o Grantee Authorizing Official assigned to the Grant Recipient 

organization

o Principal Investigator/Program Director assigned to the award

• Application Returned from Grantor: When an application is returned 

for changes, an email notification is sent to the following staff:

o Grantee Authorizing Official assigned to the Grant Recipient 

organization

o Principal Investigator/Program Director assigned to the award

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Navigation and My Grants List
Navigation and My Grants List

• Agenda

o Navigation

o Review My Grants List
Navigation and My Grants List (Classic Experience)

• Access the menu bar from most screens within GrantSolutions

• Use My Grants List to view or perform actions for active and expired awards

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Navigation and My Grants List (New Experience)

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Manage Amendments
Manage Amendments

• Agenda

o What are Amendments?

o DOL Grant Recipient Amendment Types

o Demo Initiating and Completing an Amendment
Manage Amendments

• An amendment application is a postaward modification request to an award

• Amendment applications are initiated, 

edited, and submitted from the Manage 

Amendments screen

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Manage Amendments

• Amendment types are:

o DOL – Additional Funding Request (Grantee-submitted)

o DOL – Budget Revision

o DOL – Change in Authorized Signature

o DOL – Equipment Approval

o DOL – Statement of Work Change 

Grant Recipients receive email notification once a Grantor initiated amendment is 

awarded. 

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Help and Support
Help and Support

• Grant Recipient User Account Request Form – Access directly by going to:

https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home/getting-started-request-a-user-account/

• Grant Recipients may access documentation and training videos from within GrantSolutions by 

selecting Help/Support – Documentation from the menu bar.

• Visit https://www.dol.gov/grants/grant-solutions for more information about DOL’s 

GrantSolutions transition 

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Help and Support

• When you are live in GrantSolutions, the 

GrantSolutions Help Desk is available to 

provide technical assistance

o Monday – Friday 7 AM to 8 PM Eastern Time

 Excluding Federal Holidays

o Email: help@grantsolutions.gov

o Phone: 866-577-0771

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Objectives 

Review

You should now be able to:

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Thank you for joining!