Molly,
I participated in the pilot testing of the Grants.gov submission system and
there were many problems with it.  I agree it can be confusing.

You may want to download the Grants.gov User Guide online at
http://grants.edcomm.com/support/grantees/userguide/userguide.pdf

As I understand it, you need register with the CCR and Credential provider
only once. And you need not register everyone in the office. We registered
only our authorizing official, but provided the username and password
information to those in the office who will be submitting proposals. We also
used a generic email address that is forwarded to everyone in the office.
This procedure has been helpful in cases where the authorizing official is
out of the office. With the email sent to everyone, the issue can be
addressed, and needn't wait until his return.

Re: software...you need not purchase any new software. It is provided free
of charge by Grants.gov. You download it from the website.

The toll-free number for Grants.gov is 1-800-518-4726. Perhaps calling will
get you the answers you seek if the user guide is unclear. Hope this was
helpful.
Terri

Terri M. Hall
Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs
Office of Research
University of Notre Dame
Phn: (574) 631-7378  Fax: (574) 631-6630
http://www.nd.edu/~research

----- Original Message -----
From: "RESADM-L Member" <xxxxxx@SBLHS.ORG>
To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:07 AM
Subject: [RESADM-L] grants.gov process

> I have been trying to understand the process for submitting applications
> through Grants.gov, and particularly the steps which must be taken after
the
> organization completes registration through the Central Contractor
Registry.
> Is the next step (registration with a credential provider) required with
> EACH application submission or only once for each person your organization
> wishes to authorize to make the submission(s)?
>
> When I submitted this question to the support for Grants.gov, I suggested
> that a flow chart diagram would be helpful. I received a non sequitur
reply:
> "Once all of the registration steps are completed, you will need to find
and
> download grant applications."  -- !!!
>
> Before I ask my organization's officials to complete the registration
> process, I think I had better be able to explain it. Please note -- we do
> not submit a huge number of federal grants in each fiscal year (fewer than
> 15) so are not likely to purchase commerial software for the process.
>
> -----------------
> Molly Daniel
> Grants Specialist
> Planning Dept.
> Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
> 1000 Health Center Drive
> Mattoon, IL 61938-0372
> tel. 217-258-2195
> fax 217-258-4135
> email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org <mailto:xxxxxx@sblhs.org>
> web: www.sarahbush.org <http://www.sarahbush.org>
>
>
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