Changes to the Small, Rural School Achievement Program make it necessary to apply for funding that previously was dispersed through the system at www.g5.gov without an application process.
Completing the application is a bit cumbersome. The entire process took me most of a day and three calls for support.
Here are a few notes, which I hope will help me remember the process for next year, or save someone else time if they are applying.
Before beginning it is very helpful to have the following information:
DUNS number
MPIN
EINS
All of these can be found in SAM.GOV in the CORE data section of the entity dashboard.
Steps:
1.) Establish an account with grants.gov
2.) Make yourself the EBIZ point of contact. You will need the MPIN to do this. I was talked through this by a support specialist on the phone, but basically if I would have seen the EBIZ POC tab as a log in option I may have figured it out myself.
Completing the application is a bit cumbersome. The entire process took me most of a day and three calls for support.
Here are a few notes, which I hope will help me remember the process for next year, or save someone else time if they are applying.
Before beginning it is very helpful to have the following information:
DUNS number
MPIN
EINS
All of these can be found in SAM.GOV in the CORE data section of the entity dashboard.
Steps:
1.) Establish an account with grants.gov
2.) Make yourself the EBIZ point of contact. You will need the MPIN to do this. I was talked through this by a support specialist on the phone, but basically if I would have seen the EBIZ POC tab as a log in option I may have figured it out myself.
3.) In addition to being the POC, you must assign yourself a role. You can only apply for grants once you have the ability to create a work space. Only users who have roles can do this. This is another process that had to be explained to me by a support technician. This takes place in the manage applicants for organization tab.
4.) After you have been assigned a role, you can search for and apply for grants. Searching for SRSA will bring the grant up. You will have to click the "package" tab. Then click apply.
5.) After you click apply click the red "create workspace" button. I had to change browsers to find this. It did not initially display in chrome.
6.) If you select the "edit" button, you can work on the form without downloading it. To download the form, you must have an updated version of adobe. I recommend the "edit" route.
7.) You will have four applications to fill out. They are fairly simple. Pages 21-22 of this document tell you how to answer most questions. One of the forms only requires that you open it. One form requires a brief narrative on how accessibility issues will be addressed. The document provides examples. Filling out the application takes much less time than accessing the application.
8.) After all four forms are completed, the screen looks like this.
9.) The last step is to click the sign and submit button. You will be prompted to enter your password. Look for a confirmation email soon after.
Additional:
-If you don't have access to the sam.gov site, you won't make any progress, unless you have your DUNS, MPIN, and EINS numbers handy.
-The tech support folks were very helpful. I spent less than five minutes on hold when I called.
-There are helpful youtube video tutorials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnSfnZJB6w&t=3s
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