FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
May 18, 2006
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Eileen Maxwell, emaxwell@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Institute
of Museum and Library Services Makes All Grant Applications
Available on Grants.gov
Applicants for Laura
Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, 21st Century Museum
Professionals, and National Leadership Grants required
to use Grants.gov online application process
Washington, DC —As
part of the President’s E-Government initiative,
the federal government developed Grants.gov, a single
Web site for organizations to electronically find and
apply online for competitive grant opportunities from
all 26 of the federal grant-making agencies. Dr. Anne-Imelda
M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services announced today that the agency will make all
of its grant applications for the FY2007 grant cycle available
on Grants.gov. Instructions for applying for Institute
grants through Grants.gov are available on the Institute’s
Web site at www.imls.gov/grantsgov.
Beginning with the FY2007 grant cycle, all
applicants for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
(deadline December 15, 2006), 21st Century Museum Professionals
(deadline March 15, 2007), and National Leadership Grants
(deadline February 1, 2007) are required to apply online
through Grants.gov.
Applicants for other discretionary grant
programs have the choice of obtaining the grant applications
from the Institute through the mail (or from the Institute’s
Web site) and mailing in the completed applications, or
filling out and submitting applications online through
Grants.gov. Even though many applicants will have the
choice of paper or online applications, the Institute
strongly encourages applicants to apply online if possible.
To begin using Grants.gov, applicants must
register with Grants.gov prior to submitting their applications.
The multistep registration process generally cannot be
completed in a single day. Applicants should allow at
least two weeks to complete this one-time registration
process. APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY OF THE
GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE TO REGISTER WITH GRANTS.GOV.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has prepared
a
checklist to help guide you through the Grant.gov
registration process.
Applicants having problems registering should
call the Grants.gov help desk at 1-800-518-4726; email
support@grants.gov;
or consult the information posted on the Grants.gov Web
site at www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport.
The Grants.gov Costumer Service hours are 7:00 am to 9:00
pm Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. |
