[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46953-46954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18608]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


CDC and ATSDR Use of the SF-424 Research and Related Forms 
(Application Packages) in Grants.gov and the eRA Commons

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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Purpose

    NIH's electronic Research Administration (eRA) periodically 
implements updated versions of the federal grant application forms in 
order to remain current with the most recent Office of Management and 
Budget approved form sets available through Grants.gov. CDC and other 
agencies serviced by eRA use the `Competition ID' field of Grants.gov 
application packages for quick and easy identification of the forms 
being used for a particular Funding Opportunity Announcement or 
individual application package.
    The purpose of this Federal Register Notice is to alert applicants 
that CDC is transitioning to the updated electronic application forms 
packages entitled ``SF-424 Research and Related (R&R) forms.'' The new 
packages will identify the Competition ID of ``FORMS-C'' and will 
include the form changes documented at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/files/FORMS-C_Changes.pdf.
    For due dates on or after September 25, 2013, all applicants will 
be required to use FORMS-C packages, with the exceptions noted below. 
The requirement includes electronic applications submitted under the 
continuous submission policy,

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administrative supplement requests, change of organization requests, 
and change of grantee/training institution requests submitted September 
25, 2013 and beyond. Multi-project applications that are transitioning 
to electronic submission beginning with the September 25, 2013 due 
dates (see the NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-075) will also use FORMS-C 
packages.

Exceptions

    The programs noted below will move to FORMS-C application packages 
as follows:
     Individual Research Career Development Award Programs 
(Ks), Institutional Training and Career Development Programs (Ts and 
Ds) and Individual National Research Service Awards (Fs) applicants 
will be required to use FORMS-C packages for due dates on or after 
January 25, 2014.
     Small Business programs (SBIR/STTR) applicants will 
transition to FORMS-C packages later in 2014, so that anticipated form 
changes relating to the Small Business Authorization Act can be 
incorporated.

Instructions

     If presented with more than one forms package, applicants 
should download and use the most recent set of forms to complete their 
submission.
     Verify you have the correct application package by 
checking the Competition ID field for FORMS-C. The Competition ID field 
can be found when downloading the application package from Grants.gov, 
in the application header information of the downloaded package or in 
FOA summary information for multi-project applications.
     Learn more about choosing the correct forms packages at: 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/files/right_forms.pdf.
     All applicants should carefully read their FOA and the 
appropriate ``C Series'' Application Guide for program-specific 
instructions before completing their application.

Inquiries

    Please direct all inquiries to: Technical Information Management 
Section, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Telephone: 770-488-2700, Email: [email protected].

    Dated: July 26, 2013.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-18608 Filed 8-1-13; 8:45 am]
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