Stanford Report, March 15, 2006

Important notes about the Grants.gov system

  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires a Grants.gov electronic submission for the June 1, 2006, deadline for R03 Small Grant Programs; the R21/R33 Exploratory/Development Research Grant Program; and the R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant. All NIH R01 grants must be electronically submitted to NIH through Grants.gov for the Feb. 1, 2007, deadline. The NIH requires all investigators to register in the NIH eRA Commons prior to submitting an application through Grants.gov. If you are already registered, please verify that the information is current. The registration process can take as long as two weeks.
  • Principal investigators should not register in Grants.gov. This has been handled by your institutional representative (the person who signs your proposal on behalf of Stanford) and is valid universitywide for all applications submitted through Grants.gov. Contact your institutional representative as soon as you know you will be submitting through Grants.gov.
  • Investigators and administrators must become familiar with the Grants.gov process and stay informed of ongoing changes. To receive information and updates about Grants.gov at Stanford, register by sending an e-mail to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu (no subject line) and type in the body of the message "subscribe grantsgovinfo" followed by your e-mail address (e.g., subscribe grantsgovinfo patdoe@stanford.edu).
  • Specific questions about Grants.gov should be directed to either Pamela Webb in the Office of Sponsored Research or Kathleen Thompson of the Research Management Group in the School of Medicine.