[Plsfaculty] FW: Grants.gov update / upcoming deadlines

[Donna-Rae Marquez]

Hello All,

 

Please be prepared for grant proposals submitted via Grants.gov to have
submission issues.  Thereby the 3 day rule must be adhered to when you are
applying for one of these grants.

 

The most current deadline that is approaching is the USDA Specialty Crop
grant and the USDA CAP grant.   These forms are quite difficult to update
due to the matching requirements.   Plus, the budgets take longer to review
by CALS and Sponsored Projects because of the matching component.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

Donna-Rae

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From: Discussion of Research Administrators' Issues
[mailto:RAMTALK at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lori Ann M. Schultz
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:33 AM
To: RAMTALK at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Grants.gov update / upcoming deadlines

 

For the past couple of months, submitting proposals through the Grants.gov
system has been an exercise in pain and confusion for all involved.
Proposal packages have taken hours to submit, and even longer to receive
confirmation (if we get confirmation at all).  

 

It is clear that Grants.gov has significant pipeline issues, and these are
not expected to be resolved any time soon (lack of funding, legislative
incentive, and the continuing resolution have a lot to do with that).  It's
also clear that the problem will certainly get worse with the expected
influx of proposals under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).


 

Some context: 

During the week of March 1-8, Grants.gov received 11,204 applications. 

During the two month period that included the Feb 5 and March 5 NIH
deadlines, Grants.gov received over 80,000 applications.  Their previous
high for any period was 32,000 applications. 

Estimates I've heard for submissions in response to the ARRA number in the
hundreds of thousands - these opportunities will see applications from
universities, state & local governments, tribal authorities, and more.
While "typical" grants.gov deadlines have the UA competing for submission
server time with other institutions of higher education, upcoming deadlines
will dramatically increase the type and number of submissions on any given
day.  

The law that put Grants.gov in effect (PL 106-107) has sunsetted.  A
replacement bill that would continue the effort is stuck in Senate
committee.  

 

While there are a number of funding opportunities under the ARRA that will
use Grants.gov for submission, the biggest deadline in the short-term is the
NIH Challenge Grant deadline (April 27).  For this and all deadlines, the
3-day proposal deadline policy must be followed.  We will not guarantee that
any proposal submitted after the 3-day deadline will be submitted on time.  

 

Sponsored Projects will continue to send reminders/updates about Grants.gov
and proposal deadlines. 

 

For information on the UA's Federal Stimulus Package Coordination, go to:
http://www.vpr.arizona.edu/node/84 

 

The SPS 3-day deadline policy:
http://www.sps.arizona.edu/proposal/DeadlinePolicies.htm 

 

 

 

 

 

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