3 HHS Checklist Form Grants.gov 4 Project/Performance Site Location(s) Form The purpose of this form is to collect location information on the site(s) where work funded under this grant announcement will be performed. Grants.gov 5 Project Abstract Summary Your total abstract must not be longer than 35 lines. It should include the project name, population(s) to be served (demographics and clinical characteristics), strategies/interventions, project goals and measurable objectives, including the number of people to be served annually and throughout the lifetime of the project, etc. In the first five lines or less of your abstract, write a summary of your project that can be used, if your project is funded, in publications, reports to Congress, or press releases. Grants.gov 6 Project Narrative Attachment The Project Narrative describes your project. The application must address how your organization will implement and meet the goals and objectives of the program. You must attach the Project Narrative file (Adobe PDF format only) inside the Project Narrative Attachment Form. Grants.gov 7 Budget Justification and Narrative Attachment You must include a detailed Budget Narrative in addition to the Budget Form SF-424A. In preparing the budget, adhere to any existing federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for different functions or activities within the program. The budget justification and narrative must be submitted as file BNF when you submit your application into Grants.gov Grants.gov
Regardless of the option you use, your application will be subject to the same registration requirements, completed with the same data items, routed through Grants.gov, validated against the same agency business rules, assembled in a consistent format for review consideration, and tracked in eRA Commons. All applications that are successfully submitted must be validated by Grants.gov before proceeding to the NIH eRA Commons system and validations. On-time submission requires that electronic applications be error-free and made available to SAMHSA for processing from the NIH eRA system on or before the application due date and time. Applications must be submitted to and validated successfully by Grants.gov and eRA Commons no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application due date. You are strongly encouraged to allocate additional time prior to the submission deadline to submit your application and to correct errors identified in the validation process. You are also encouraged to check the status of your application submission to determine if the application is complete and error-free. If you encounter problems when submitting their applications in Grants.gov, you must attempt to resolve them by contacting the Grants.gov Help Desk at: By e-mail: By phone: (toll-free) 1-800-518-4726 (1-800-518-GRANTS). \The Grants.gov Contact Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, excluding federal holidays. Make sure you receive a case/ticket/reference number that documents the issues/problems with Grants.gov. Additional support is also available from the NIH eRA Service desk at: By e-mail: By phone: 301-402-7469 or (toll-free) 1-866-504-9552. The NIH eRA Service desk is available Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays. If you experience problems accessing or using ASSIST (see below), you can: Access the ASSIST Online Help Site at: Or contact the eRA Help Desk SAMHSA highly recommends that you submit your application 24-72 hours before the submission deadline. Many submission issues can be fixed within that time and you can attempt to re-submit.
The maximum percentage of the budget that will be spent on infrastructure development for any budget period is 14.2% ($26,280/$184,303 – Year 1). SAMPLE OF COMPLETED SF-424A SECTION A – BUDGET SUMMARY Grant Program Function or Activity (a) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (b) Estimated Unobligated Funds New or Revised Budget Federal (c) Non-Federal (d) Federal (e) (f) Total (g) 1. Title of FOA 93.243 $184,303 $184,303 2. 3. 4. 5. Totals $184,303 $184,303 Standard Form 424A SECTION B – BUDGET CATEGORIES 6. Object Class Categories GRANT PROGRAM FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY Total (5) (1) Title of FOA (2) (3) (4) a. Personnel $52,765 $52,765 b. Fringe Benefits $15,644 $15,644 c. Travel $2,444 $2,444 d. Equipment $0 $0