[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58146-58152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25488]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Office of Federal Financial Management Policy Directive on Use of 
Grants.Gov FIND

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of final policy directive.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is issuing a 
policy directive requiring Federal agencies to use the Grants.gov FIND 
module to electronically post synopses of funding opportunities under 
Federal financial assistance programs that award discretionary grants 
and cooperative agreements. The policy directive includes an attachment 
which contains the government-wide standard set of data elements to be 
used by Federal agencies when posting synopses at http://www.Grants.gov 
or such Web site/Internet address designated by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). The purpose of the Grants.gov FIND module 
is to provide potential applicants with (1) enough information about 
any funding opportunity to decide whether they are interested in 
viewing the full announcement; (2) information on one or more ways to 
obtain the full announcement (e.g., an Internet site, e-mail address or 
telephone number); and (3) one common Web site for all Federal grant 
opportunities searchable by key word, date, Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance (CFDA) number or specific agency name. The Federal agencies 
jointly developed the standard data elements to be used for posting the 
synopses information as part of their grant streamlining efforts to 
implement the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act 
of 1999 (Public Law 106-107).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Federal Financial 
Management, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; telephone: (202) 395-3993; fax: (202) 395-3952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In a Federal Register notice [68 FR 37379], published on June 23, 
2003, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finalized a standard 
set of data elements for use by Federal agencies to electronically post 
synopses of announcements of funding opportunities under programs that 
award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements at http://www.Grants.gov, the current Web site for the Grants.gov FIND module. 
Also on June 23, 2003, another Federal Register notice [68 FR 37385] 
proposed an OFFM policy to establish the requirement for agencies to 
post funding opportunity synopses in the Grants.gov FIND module.
    We received comments from seven Federal agencies on the proposed 
policy. We considered all comments in developing this final OFFM policy 
directive. Comments on the policy supported establishing the 
requirement for agencies to post synopses of funding opportunities in 
the Grant.gov FIND module. The following paragraphs summarize the 
comments and our responses.

II. Comments and Responses

    Comment: One commenter noted a discrepancy in one of the FIND data 
elements. Specifically, the ``Additional information on eligibility'' 
data element notes that it is ``Required if agency selects either 
category 25 or category 99 in the `Eligible applicants' field'' data 
element. The commenter notes there is no category 25 in the June 23, 
2003, published standard [68 FR 37379].
    Response: Agree. The commenter has correctly noted a shortcoming in 
the FIND data elements published on June 23, 2003. The full set of 
codes is available in the attachment to this policy and on the 
Grants.gov Web site. To clarify in this response, code 25 is for 
``Others (see text field entitled `Additional information on 
eligibility' for clarification)''.
    Comment: One commenter recommended that the policy be changed to 
ensure the policy applies to postings of an initial announcement and 
any modification of the announcement.
    Response: Agree. Section 4(a), ``Applicability'' of the policy 
directive, and the Grants.gov FIND Data Elements/Format have been 
revised to reflect that postings include initial announcements and 
modifications to announcements.
    Comment: A commenter recommended there be a separate FIND template 
for modifications of announcements. In accordance with the OMB 
announcement format policy, agencies should only have to provide the 
date of the announcement and identify what has been modified.
    Response: The Grants.gov instructions for input to the FIND module 
have been clarified to be consistent with the standard announcement 
format notice [68 FR 37376], Overview Information, Announcement Type. 
For a modification entry, only the date of the previous announcement 
synopsis and information that has been changed need to be entered. A 
separate FIND template for a modification is not necessary because the 
current FIND module accommodates any modifications.
    Comment: The commenter recommended that Section 4, ``Policy'' which 
references the uniform resource locator (URL), be amended to add, ``or 
such web/Internet address as may be identified by the Grants.gov 
Project Management Office.'' It is suggested that this would alleviate 
revising the policy directive in the event the URL changed.
    Response: Agree. Language has been revised to reflect ``or such Web 
site/Internet address as may be identified by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB)'' since this policy is issued by OMB.
    Comment: A commenter indicated that the second sentence of the 
introductory paragraph appears to make Grants.gov FIND (the terminology 
that will supercede ``FedGrants.gov'') the primary location for 
publication of the complete funding opportunity, since it states that 
agencies are required to post funding opportunities for all 
discretionary grant and cooperative agreement programs at that site. 
Their understanding is that the posting requirement is for the synopsis 
with a link to the full announcement (unless uploaded in Grants.gov 
FIND) and that agencies will continue to post their full announcements 
at a location(s) consistent with any applicable statutory requirements 
and policies. This needs to be clarified.
    Response: Agree in part. Grants.gov has a search mechanism to be 
used to locate synopses and link to full announcements. As such, 
Grants.gov will continue to be the site used to post synopses and, for 
some agencies, full announcements unless, or until, another web/
Internet site has been identified by OMB.
    The policy has been revised to state that the synopsis should be 
posted with URL links through which the full announcement can be 
obtained. However, when agencies post the full announcement at 
Grants.gov, a URL link from the synopsis to the full announcement is 
not necessary because the synopsis and full announcement share the same 
URL; in this event, the synopsis must indicate that the full 
announcement can be found at Grants.gov FIND.
    Comment: Two commenters indicated that under Section 4(a), 
``Applicability,'' the intent was to post synopses of funding 
opportunities, not grant awards.
    Response: Agree. The language in the policy, Section 4(a), 
``Applicability,'' has been changed to ``funding opportunity 
announcements and modifications to the announcements.''
    Comment: With respect to Section 4(a), ``Applicability,'' several 
commenters recommended that limited eligibility and sole source funding 
opportunities be considered exceptions to the policy. One commenter 
wanted to add the word ``competitive'' before the terms ``discretionary 
grants and cooperative agreements.'' In addition, a commenter wanted to 
add the word ``grant awards'' after ``discretionary.''
    Response: Agree with ``single-source'' funding opportunities 
[``sole source'' is an acquisition term with a definition that does not 
apply to grants] being excepted because a single-source award is not 
considered a true funding opportunity for anyone other than the 
intended recipient. As such, a third exception has been added to 
Section 4(a), indicating that synopses of single-source announcements 
will not need to be posted. Since an exception has been added for 
single-source awards, which are not competitive, adding the word 
``competitive'' would be unnecessary.
    An exception, however, was not added for limited eligibility 
announcements because limited eligibility announcements are, in fact, 
true funding opportunities which often include a competitive component. 
As such, these announcements must be posted to Grants.gov FIND in order 
to provide the public maximum opportunity to view potential funding 
opportunities, thereby maintaining transparency consistent with the 
customer service mandates prescribed in Public Law 106-107. 
Furthermore, this requirement should not be burdensome to agencies 
because most agencies use systems which automatically extract from the 
full announcement the information needed to develop and post the 
synopses to Grants.gov FIND. Inserting ``grant awards'' has not been 
added since the intent is to post announcements and not

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awards. As previously indicated, the policy has been changed to reflect 
the posting of funding opportunities rather than awards in Grants.gov 
FIND.
    Comment: One commenter expressed concern about having funding 
opportunity announcements that are targeted for a set of pre-cleared 
potential applicants (in terms of top-secret or sensitive work 
associated with national security) included as synopses in Grants.gov 
FIND and requested another exception be added to meet this need.
    Response: Disagree. The policy in Section 4 already states that 
``agencies should continue to post their full announcement at 
location(s) consistent with any applicable statutory requirements and 
policy.'' If such requirements prohibit an agency from the public 
posting of a funding opportunity announcement, then there would be no 
requirement for a synopsis to be posted in Grants.gov FIND.
    Comment: One commenter thought the exception at Section 4a (2), is 
too restrictive and did not address the ``nature of overseas awards.'' 
In addition, the commenter thought the definition of the exception 
stating, ``A program with 100 percent of potential eligible applicants 
who live outside the United States, and who demonstrate lack of 
Internet access, and the agency has requested a waiver from OMB,'' is 
very narrow and potentially burdensome and questioned how it could be 
applied. In addition the commenter agreed with the policy, but 
suggested the policy should reflect flexibility with respect to posting 
announcements for overseas recipients and the second exception should 
be removed altogether.
    Response: Agree in part. Reference to lack of internet access and 
requiring agencies to request a waiver from OMB has been eliminated 
from the policy directive. Instead, the policy exception has been 
revised to state, ``announcements of funding opportunities for awards 
less than $25,000 for which 100 percent of potential eligible 
applicants live outside of the United States.'' It should be noted that 
while the exceptions to the policy do not require agencies to post 
synopses, agencies are not precluded from the option of posting a 
synopsis in Grants.gov FIND. The second option was therefore modified, 
but not eliminated.
    Comment: One agency commenter was concerned about the effective 
date of postings in Grants.gov FIND. Specifically, the commenter was 
concerned that when a funding announcement is published that may result 
in the award of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement, the 
proposed three-day requirement is in conflict with the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.203(a) which requires agencies to 
publish a notice of solicitation at least fifteen days prior to the 
issuance of the solicitation (with certain exceptions).
    Response: No change. The requirements to post the synopsis within 
three days of posting the full announcement represents the latest 
timeframe during which the synopsis must be posted. Agencies have the 
flexibility to post the synopsis prior to this timeframe to meet 
statutory or regulatory requirements.
    Comment: Four commenters recommended changes to the policy 
regarding reference to the Administrative Procedures Act and suggested 
the reference be removed and be replaced with ``statutory or regulatory 
requirements.'' Also, one commenter recommended that the word ``some'' 
be inserted before ``agencies'' in reference to ``agencies may need to 
announce the funding opportunity in the Federal Register.'' As noted by 
the commenter, not all agencies are required to publish in the Federal 
Register.
    Response: Agree. The reference to the Administrative Procedures Act 
has been replaced with ``statutory or regulatory requirements.'' In 
addition, the word ``some'' has been inserted in front of ``agencies.''
    Comment: One commenter noted that ``the notice is still vague about 
whether agencies can post grant opportunity announcements solely at 
Grants.gov, and therefore, bypass the Federal Register.'' The commenter 
asked whether or not it was acceptable to post the full information on 
agency Web sites with a link from Grants.gov FIND.
    Response: No change. The policy indicates that agencies must post 
synopses of funding opportunities in Grants.gov FIND, which, in turn, 
states methods through which an agencies' full announcement can be 
accessed. The policy indicates that agencies may also put an 
``availability notice'' of the funding opportunity in the Federal 
Register, which identifies the funding opportunity availability and 
contact information, for those that do not have Internet access. 
However, the policy indicates that the agency will have to follow its 
own statutory or regulatory requirements with regard to publishing in 
the Federal Register. And in response to a similar comment on the 
Grants.gov FIND Notice of Standard Data Elements [68 FR 3780, IIA. 
Comments and Responses], OMB responded as follows: Grants.gov FIND and 
the Federal Register are complementary. The Grants.gov FIND's primary 
purposes are to provide: (1) A synopsis of each funding opportunity 
with the minimum information people need in order to quickly decide 
whether they want to review the full announcement for that opportunity; 
and (2) a way to access the full announcement electronically. The 
Federal Register is one place an agency may locate the full 
announcement to which the synopsis links electronically. Whether a 
given opportunity that is synopsized in Grants.gov FIND will have its 
full announcement published in the Federal Register, on the agency's 
web site, or at Grants.gov FIND, is a question for the agency and their 
program offices.
    Comment: An agency commented that it is not required to obtain a 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, since many of its 
announcements are advertised as ``Broad Agency Announcements,'' which 
may result in contracts, grants or cooperative agreements.
    Response: Agree. The Grants.gov FIND Notice of Standard Data 
Elements [68 FR 37382], states the following with respect to the CFDA 
element, ``Is agency input required?'' At least one entry is required 
(may list more than one), if the Federal agency is subject to the 
requirement in 31 U.S.C. Chapter 61, to report to the CFDA. Federal 
agencies that have programs that are not domestic assistance, and 
therefore, are not listed in the CFDA, may arrange with Grants.gov to 
insert an alternate number that will allow listing of the funding 
opportunity. Consistent with this approach, language has been added to 
clarify that agencies should work with Grants.gov to obtain an 
alternate number in situations where the CFDA does not apply.

Linda M. Springer,
Controller.

To the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

    Subject: Requirement to Post Funding Opportunity Announcement 
Synopses at Grants.gov and Related Data Elements/Format.
    1. Purpose. This policy directive establishes a government-wide 
requirement for Federal agencies to electronically post synopses of 
announcements of funding opportunities under financial assistance 
programs that award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements, 
using a standard set of data elements. The purpose of the synopsis is 
to provide potential applicants (1) enough information about the 
funding opportunity to decide whether they are interested in viewing 
the full

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announcement; (2) one or more ways (e.g., an Internet site, e-mail 
address or telephone number) to get the full announcement with the 
detailed information; and (3) one common Web site to search for all 
Federal grant opportunities by key word, date, Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, specific agency or across agencies. 
The attached data elements are the government-wide standard developed 
for Federal programs that award discretionary grants and cooperative 
agreements.
    2. Authority. The policy directive is part of the implementation of 
the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 
(Public Law 106-107). This policy is also designed to further implement 
the Grants.gov initiative, one of the 24 electronic government (E-Gov) 
initiatives under the President's Management Agenda.
    3. Background. Public Law 106-107, requires the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to direct, coordinate, and assist Executive 
Branch departments and agencies in establishing an interagency process 
to streamline and simplify Federal financial assistance procedures for 
non-Federal entities. The law also requires executive agencies to allow 
applicants to electronically apply for and report on the use of funds 
from any Federal financial assistance program administered by the 
agency.
    The posting of standard synopses in an electronic environment 
provides government customers the opportunity to locate funding 
opportunities in one place and to decide whether or not to apply for 
the opportunity. Establishing data standards for the electronic format 
of the synopses and the posting of synopses on the Internet serve to 
implement Public Law 106-107 and the President's Management Agenda.
    4. Policy. The data elements/format attached to this policy 
directive are the government-wide standard for posting synopses at 
http://www.Grants.gov or such Web site/Internet address that may be 
identified by OMB, for programs that award discretionary grants and 
cooperative agreements. Agencies should continue to post their full 
announcement at location(s) consistent with any applicable statutory 
requirements and policy. All Federal agencies are required to post 
synopses of announcements of funding opportunities for programs that 
award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements at the Grants.gov 
FIND module and are also encouraged to post other types of Federal 
funding opportunities at Grants.gov FIND. The synopsis shall be posted 
with universal resource locator (URL) links through which the full 
announcement can be obtained. A URL link from the synopsis to the full 
announcement is not necessary for full announcements posted to 
Grants.gov because the synopsis and full announcement share the same 
URL. However, in this event the synopsis must indicate that the full 
announcement can be found at Grants.gov FIND.
    a. Applicability. All Federal agencies will be required to post 
synopses of their discretionary grant and cooperative agreement funding 
opportunity announcements and modifications to the announcements at 
Grants.gov or a Web site/Internet address identified by OMB, using the 
standard data elements/format, except for:
    (1) Programs that only publish funding opportunities in the Catalog 
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).
    (2) Announcements of funding opportunities for awards less than 
$25,000 for which 100 percent of eligible applicants live outside of 
the United States.
    (3) Single source announcements of funding opportunities issued by 
an agency which are specifically directed to a known recipient.
    b. Effective Date. This policy directive is effective thirty days 
from this date of publication, and all agencies shall post announcement 
synopses at the Grants.gov FIND module beginning November 7, 2003. A 
synopsis of the Federal funding opportunity shall be posted at 
Grants.gov FIND no later than three business days after release of the 
full announcement.
    c. Exemptions. Requests for exemptions must be directed to OMB, 
Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM).
    5. Agency Responsibilities.
    a. Issue any needed direction to offices that award discretionary 
grants and cooperative agreements on the requirement to post a synopsis 
at the Grants.gov FIND module, including the standard data elements/
format. Synopses must follow the format to ensure all required data 
elements are included.
    b. Ensure the synopsis posted at the Grants.gov FIND Module will 
have full instructions regarding where to obtain the full announcement 
for the funding opportunity. To further satisfy statutory, regulatory, 
or the agency's policy requirements, some agencies may need to announce 
the funding opportunity in the Federal Register.
    c. Obtain a Catalog of Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for all 
programs that post a synopsis at Grants.gov. For those programs that do 
not have an assigned CFDA number, the program office or agency must 
contact the Grants.gov Program Management Office to obtain an alternate 
identifier to be used in the synopsis posted at the Grants.gov FIND 
module.
    6. Information Contact. Direct any requests for exemption or 
questions about the policy to the Office of Federal Financial 
Management (OFFM), 202-395-3993.

Linda M. Springer,
Controller.


                                      Grants.gov FIND Data Elements/Format
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        Data element                         Description                        Is agency input required?
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Federal agency user           User ID of Federal agency representative  One entry required.
 identification.               who is authorized to post information
                               to the FedGrants.gov site.
Federal agency user password  Password of Federal agency                One entry required.
                               representative who is authorized to
                               post information in the FedGrants.gov
                               site.
Announcement type...........  Type of announcement to which the         One entry required Modification requires
                               synopsis relates: Initial announcement    date and only changes made to the
                               Modification to previously issued         initial announcement.
                               announcement.
Funding opportunity title...  The Federal agency's title for the        One entry required.
                               funding opportunity (including program
                               subcomponent names, as the agency deems
                               appropriate).
Funding opportunity number..  The number, if any that the Federal       Optional for initial announcement, if a
                               agency assigns to the announcement. For   number is not assigned, FedGrants.gov
                               a modification of a previously issued     will assign one. Agency input is
                               announcement, use the funding             required for modification.
                               opportunity number of the earlier
                               announcement.

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Catalog of Federal Domestic   Number(s) of the CFDA listing(s) for      At least one entry required (may list
 Assistance (CFDA) number.     program(s) included in the announcement   more than one) if the Federal agency is
                               (e.g., 12.300).                           subject to the requirement in 31 U.S.C.
                                                                         chapter 61, to report to the CFDA.
                                                                         Federal agencies that have programs not
                                                                         listed in the CFDA, may arrange with
                                                                         FedGrants.gov to insert an alternative
                                                                         number that will allow listing of the
                                                                         funding opportunity.
Federal agency name.........  Name of the Federal organization          Optional. If an name office name is not
                               responsible for the announcement,         provided, FedGrants.gov will insert the
                               including agency name and as              office name provided when the agency
                               applicable, specific subcomponent         initially registered and obtained a
                               (e.g., department, bureau, directorate,   user ID and password.
                               or division).
Federal agency contact for    Should list name of person (e.g.,         At least one entry required. May list
 electronic access problems.   webmaster) to whom potential applicants   more than one.
                               should refer questions if they cannot
                               link from FedGrants.gov to the full
                               announcement (this person is distinct
                               from the programmatic and other agency
                               contacts who are listed in the full
                               announcement).
E-mail address for Federal    E-mail address of Federal agency contact  Required. May list only one.
 agency contact for            who can help with electronic access
 electronic access problems.   problems.
Telephone number for Federal  Telephone number of Federal agency        Required. May list only one.
 agency contact for            contact who can help with electronic
 electronic access problems.   access problems.
Funding opportunity           A concise description of the funding      Required.
 description.                  opportunity, designed to contain
                               sufficient information for potential
                               applicants to decide whether they are
                               interested enough to read the full
                               announcement.
Funding instrument type.....  Types of instruments that may be awarded  Required. Select all that apply (up to 4
                               (codes proved for system-to-system        codes).
                               interface):
                              Grant (G)
                              Cooperative Agreement (CA)
                              Procurement Contract (PC)
                              Other (O)
                              Note that if your announcement states
                               that you may award procurement
                               contracts, as well as assistance
                               instruments, the announcement must be
                               posted to both the procurement and
                               assistance modules of Grants.gov FIND.
Category of funding activity  Designed to allow potential applicants    At least one entry required and may list
                               to narrow their search to programs in     as many as needed. There is no default
                               the CFDA categories of interest to        value. If the category of funding
                               them. Note that the terms are defined     activity does not clearly fit in any
                               in the CFDA. List all categories that     listed category, must select,
                               apply (codes provided for system-to-      ``Other.''
                               system interface):
                              Agriculture (AG)
                              Arts (AR-see ``Cultural Affairs'' in
                               CFDA
                              Business and Commerce (BC)
                              Community Development (CD)
                              Consumer Protection (CP)
                              Disaster Prevention and Relief (DPR)
                              Education (ED)
                              Employment, Labor and Training (ELT)
                              Energy (EN)
                              Environment (ENV)
                              Food and Nutrition (FN)
                              Health (HL)
                              Housing (HO)
                              Humanities (HU-see ``Cultural Affairs''
                               in CFDA)
                              Income Security and Social Services
                               (ISS)
                              Information and Statistics (IS)
                              Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL)
                              Natural Resources (NR)
                              Regional Development (RD)
                              Science and Technology and other
                              Research and Development (ST)
                              Transportation (T)
                              Other (O-see text field entitle
                               ``Explanation of other category of
                               funding activity'' for clarification.)
Explanation of ``other''      A text description of ``Other'' category  Required if an agency selects ``other''
 category of funding           or categories of funding activity         as a category of funding activity,
 activity.                     applicable to the funding opportunity.    either by itself or in combination with
                                                                         one or more other categories.

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Estimated total program       The total amount of funding the agency    Optional. Default, if agency does not
 funding.                      expects to make available for awards      provide input, is ``not available.''
                               under this announcement.                  However, agencies should provide this
                                                                         information whenever possible.
Expected number of awards...  The number of individual awards the       Optional. Default, if agency provides no
                               agency expects to make under this         input, is ``not available.'' However,
                               announcement.                             agencies are strongly encouraged to
                                                                         provide this information whenever
                                                                         possible.
Ceiling, if any, on amount    The maximum dollar amount for an          Required. Enter a number or ``none.''
 of individual award.          individual award under this
                               announcement that the awarding agency
                               will not exceed.
Floor, if any, on amount of   Any minimum dollar amount for an          Required. Enter a number or ``none.''
 individual award.             individual award under this
                               announcement (i.e., if the awarding
                               agency will not make smaller awards
                               under any circumstances).
How to get full announcement  Hypertext stating where to get the full   Required.
                               announcement, if it si available on the
                               Internet. This field should include the
                               descriptor that precedes the URL for
                               the full announcement (e.g., ``Click on
                               the following link to see the full text
                               of the announcement for this funding
                               opportunity'').
Electronic link to full       The URL for the full announcement,        Agency input is optional because there
 announcement.                 unless the announcement is uploaded in    will be no URL if the agency uploads
                               Grants.gov FIND.                          the announcement in Grants.gov FIND and
                                                                         does not also post it on the Internet.
Eligible applicants.........  Designed to help potential applicants     Required to either select ``99'' for
                               narrow their searches to programs where   unrestricted or select all others that
                               they are most likely to be eligible,      apply.
                               although they still must read the full
                               announcement for details because
                               eligibility may be further limited to
                               certain subsets of applicants within
                               categories below (codes provided for
                               system-to-system interface). 99-
                               Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of
                               entity below), subject to any
                               exceptions listed in the text field
                               entitled ``Additional information on
                               eligibility.''.
                              Government Codes:
                              00-State governments
                              01-County governments
                              02-City or township governments
                              04-Special district governments
                              05-Independent school districts
                              06-State controlled institutions of
                               higher education
                              07-Native American tribal governments
                               (Federally recognized)
                              08-Public Housing Authorities/Indian
                               housing authorities
                              Non-Government organizations:
                              11-Native American tribal organizations
                               (other than Federally recognized tribal
                               governments)
                              12-Nonprofits with 501(copyright))(3)
                               IRS status, other than institutions of
                               higher education.
                              13-Nonprofits without 501(copyright))(3)
                               IRS status, other than institutions of
                               higher education
                              20-Private institutions of higher
                               education
                              21-Individuals
                              22-For-profit organizations other than
                               small businesses
                              23-Small businesses
                              25-Others (see text field entitled
                               ``Additional information on
                               eligibility'' for clarification)
Additional information on     Explanatory information to provide any    Required if agency selects either
 eligibility.                  needed clarification of the meaning of    category 25 or category 99 in
                               ``unrestricted'' (e.g., all but foreign   ``eligible applicants'' field. If
                               entities) to identify types of            agency selects category 99 and there
                               recipients meant by ``all others,'' or    are not further limitations, enter ``no
                               to provide further information about      restrictions.'' Optional for additional
                               limitations for any other categories      information related to any category
                               (e.g., for categories 6 and 20, a         other than 99 or 25.
                               limitation to historically Black
                               colleges and universities).
Cost sharing or matching      Answer to question: Is cost sharing or    Required.
 requirement.                  matching required? (Y or N).

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Due date for applications...  Date when applications are due (or        Required, if Explanation of application
                               latest date when applications accepted,   due dates' field is not completed.
                               if announcement has multiple due dates    Optional otherwise.
                               or is a general announcement that is
                               open for a specified period with
                               applications accepted at any time
                               during that period).
                              Note: This field is to contain the date
                               when pre-applications, rather than
                               applications, are due if an applicant
                               must submit a pre-application to be
                               considered for an award.
Explanation of application    Used by agencies wanting to post more     Optional (Note: ``Due date for
 due dates.                    information about due date(s) for         applications'' field is required if
                               potential applicants. For example, the    this ``Explanation of application due
                               field may be used to describe programs    dates'' text is not completed).
                               with multiple due dates or ones where
                               applications are accepted at any point
                               within a broad time window. The field
                               also may be used to add information
                               about the time when applications are
                               field due (e.g., 5 p.m. EDT on the date
                               given in the ``Due date for
                               applications'' field).
Date of Grants.gov FIND       Month, day, and year when the agency      Required.
 posting.                      wants the synopsis posted on Grants.gov
                               FIND (e.g., some agencies may build in
                               delays to allow announcements to appear
                               first in the Federal Register or at
                               agencies Internet site. Format is
                               MMDDCCYY.
Date for Grants.gov FIND to   Month, day and year when the agency       Optional. Default, if agency provides no
 archive.                      wants the synopsis archived. Format is    input, is 30 days after the date given
                               MMDDCCYY.                                 in the ``Due date for applications''
                                                                         field.
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[FR Doc. 03-25488 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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