Electronic Grant Submission

Electronic Submission of Grant Applications

All competing grant mechanisms for the NIH will transition from paper receipt to electronic receipt. Please view the NIH Transition Plan for the most updated information on your grant mechanism of interest.

Investigators MUST have a Commons account in order to submit an NIH grant electronically. Please contact Susan Girouard to obtain a Commons account if you do not already have one. Once registered, you can access the Commons to get information on your submitted applications. The account creation and validation process can take up to 3 days so please do not wait until the last minute or you may miss a deadline.

Electronic Progress Reports (eSNAPs) will continue to be submitted via the NIH Commons.

Cayuse 424 is our system-to-system vendor for most electronic applications to the federal agencies including the NIH. All R01 applications became electronic after 2/5/2007.   Please contact Bhavna Bhatia for Cayuse account and formal training information, but you can get started by taking a look at the Cayuse Online Manual 

Other Federal Sponsor Sites

Grants.gov is the site for the remainder of  federal sponsor grant applications.
UMMS is already registered in the CCR as an authorized organization to submit proposals in Grants.gov. Please do not attempt to register the institution again or try to obtain a new DUNS number for grant application purposes. You must use the UMMS DUNS [603847393] in order to apply for a grant via Grants.gov.

RFS must receive the complete electronic grant application package at least 2 working days prior to the deadline if RFS is the final submitter.   If you would like RFS to submit your application for you, please email either Patricia McNulty or Bethanne Giehl for submission.

The following federal sponsors require RFS to be the submitter as well:

NSF All transactions:  https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp
DOD Letters of Intent:  https://cdmrp.org/ Applications via: Cayuse
HRSA Applications via: Grants.gov
Some HRSA applications require finalization via eHandbook:  https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/Login.asp

The required elements and 5 working days for review and approval of administrative components have not changed for electronic submission.