You will receive a copy of the peer reviewer comments. It may take a month or two after grant awards are announced before you receive the peer review feedback.
Federal agencies have a financial guide that serves as the primary reference manual for financial and administrative management of grant awards. The applicable financial guide should be used as the starting point for all recipients and subrecipients of grants and cooperative agreements in ensuring the effective day-to-day management of awards. The most current DOJ Grants …
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On September 10, 2021, OJP alerted FY 2022 applicants that some OJP grants will be awarded after September 30 OJP does not anticipate making awards later than December 31, 2021. The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) anticipates issuing most, if not all, of its grant awards by September 30, 2021, and anticipates providing notice …
Historically, grant awards have been announced by the end of the fiscal year. In 2021, many solicitations were released later in the spring and early summer with due dates in July or later. Applicants should expect that many of these grants will not be announced in this fiscal year because of the time it takes …
Being asked to update your application or submit a missing form is not a guarantee that your application will be funded, but it does mean that your application has made it past the initial review and is being closely evaluated.
Once you get into JustGrants, you can update most data fields associated with the SF-424 (e.g., requested funding amount, project title, type of applicant). The only data that cannot be edited directly in the application are the entity identifiers (e.g., DUNS). Therefore, it is okay to put a “placeholder” budget amount to meet the Grants.gov deadline …
For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s …
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DOJ’s JustGrants team is offering multiple webinar sessions on the application submission process. If you are unable to attend a live webinar event or if you would like to revisit the materials, a presentation slide deck from the February 22, 2021, session has been posted for your reference. Additionally, a recording of the February 11, …
An applicant that demonstrates that their project or community meets one or more priority considerations of a federal agency typically receives extra points during the peer review process. This does not guarantee your application will be funded but can make a meaningful difference in the selection process. In FY 2021, many Office of Justice …
Federal agencies use applicant webinars to walk potential applicants through a solicitation. These webinars are optional but a great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of each grant program. If a grant program is new to you, it is a great idea to participate in the applicant webinar or, at a minimum, listen to recorded …
