Recovery Act Causes Problems for Grants.Gov

Washington, April 23 – The Office of Management and Budget is advising applicants for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to pay close attention to the individual grant announcements posted to Grants.gov and to carefully review the application instructions to determine where applicants need to be sent.

Due to the expected increase in system activity resulting from the Recovery Act, OMB has authorized agencies to come up with systems other than Grants.gov to process grant applications. As part of this strategy, select programs may choose to use alternate systems to process grant applications during what OMB refers to as a “heightened period of demand.” As a result, grantees are advised that once they have identified a grant opportunity, they need to carefully read the instructions to ensure they are following proper submission procedures for that program, even if they have applied to that agency or program before.