Makes for a better weekend.

> Hello, colleagues,
> I'm a bit surprised that this post from the Grants.gov blog last week has
> not been mentioned on the RESADM listserv yet (unless I just overlooked
> it). Grants.gov will be unavailable April 18-19, which of course is a week
> before the NIH Challenge Grants deadline. Does anyone else find it odd for
> an agency that stresses the importance of submitting early, to limit our
> ability to do so for such a huge deadline? And Grants.gov does not have
> the best track record for "system builds," or more importantly, the week
> following system builds.
>
>
> Adrienne L. Blalack, CRA
> Sponsored Programs Administrator II
>
> University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
>
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>
> Thursday, April 9, 2009
> Grants.gov Submission
> Volume<http://grants-gov.blogspot.com/2009/04/grantsgov-submission-volume.html>
> Grants.gov processed 38,646 applications in March 2009 which was a 78%
> increase over the 21,651 applications processed in February.
> For April 1 - 7 we processed 11,464 which is the largest weekly submission
> total to date for the 2007 Adobe system. April 6 was the largest one day
> total processed; 3,555.
> In our efforts to continue to enhance system performance we are on target
> with the next build which will occur April 18 - 19. The system will be
> unavailable during this time. We are changing the system configuration to
> prioritize login requests. We are also adding the Track my application
> feature where applicants can track their application status without login
> to the system. This will further reduce the number of people who login to
> the system.
> More information including the build communication will follow.
> Regards,
> Grants.gov PMO
>
>
>
>
>
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