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Every day you can receive a free email alert from Grants.gov announcing grantfunding opportunities from any of the federal grantmaking agencies. Just log on and subscribe. Simply choose one or more agencies and wait 24 hours to start cruising through the daily list of federal grant announcements.

Here’s how Grants.gov can help you find federal grant monies for your organization:

 You can search for current and past grantfunding opportunities. Log on daily and check for postings in your area of interest. A subject search (for example, “housing,” “legal services,” or “after-school programs”) is the easiest way to narrow down specific grant competitions in your project or program area. I like to use the Newest Opportunities tab on the homepage. It allows you to double-check for federal funding availability alerts you may have missed.

 You can register for notification of grant opportunities. Subscribe to a daily email alert. Look for the Manage Subscriptions link at the upper right of the homepage.

 You can browse through the Applicants tab (at the top of the homepage) to look at all sorts of materials. For example, you can learn about the Grants.gov workspace, apply for grants, track your application, or click one of the resource links for grant eligibility, individual and organization registrations, applicant tools and tips, applicant FAQs, submitting UTF-8 special characters in your upload filenames, Adobe software compatibility, and encountering error messages.

You can also apply for grants directly through Grants.gov after you’ve reviewed the Apply for Grants link under the Applicants tab and completed the registration process.

You must be registered in order to upload your grant application documents to Grants.gov.

After registering, you can do the following:

 Prepare to apply for grants. Click the link provided for a grant and read the full announcement. If it fits your organization, you can download the grant application package.

 Access active grant application packages. In addition to the required forms, you can also access lists of FAQs regarding each grant. Usually, these questions originate at the funding agency’s technical assistance call or webcast (see the earlier section “Discovering direct grants” for more on these discussions).

 Download, complete, and submit grant application packages online through the e-grant system portal. Grants.gov gives you links to download the grant application forms or complete the forms online. You can also submit your entire grant application online, including uploading your narrative and attachments in the requested formats.

 Check the status of an application submitted via Grants.gov. After you submit your grant application package, you can check back frequently to see whether your request has been accepted or rejected.

For more on federal grant application packages, turn to Chapter 5.