Opportunity Search

 

You use the Opportunity Search section to look up funding opportunities on the www.grants.gov website.  You may also remove an opportunity from this proposal in the Opportunity Search section.  The Opportunity Search section includes a direct link to the www.grants.gov website.

Figure 158 Opportunity Search Section

Grants.gov Lookup

The Grants.gov lookup in KC searches the www.grants.gov website for opportunities.  The search uses your proposal’s CFDA Number and/or Opportunity ID.

  To search for available Grants.gov opportunities:

 

1.  Click the Grants.gov Lookup  icon in the Opportunity Search section.

 

     Figure 159 Grants.gov Lookup

          KC then displays the Opportunity Lookup screen:

          

                 Figure 160 Opportunity Lookup Screen

The Opportunity ID and/or CFDA Number on the Opportunity Lookup screen default to the information you entered on the Sponsor & Program Information section.  You can change the Opportunity ID or CFDA Number on the Opportunity Lookup screen in step 2.  If you do not want to change the Opportunity ID or CFDA Number, proceed to step 3.

 

2.  Enter an Opportunity ID and/or CFDA Number.

Test Server Use:  To search and return on the Grants.gov testing server, use ’00.000’ as the CFDA to return all available test opportunities.

 

 

3.  Click .

 

KC displays the Opportunity Lookup search results list:

     Figure 161 Opportunity Lookup Search Results List

If you click  without entering an Opportunity ID or a CFDA Number, KC displays this error:   Enter an Opportunity ID or a CFDA Number and click  again.

4.  Click the return value link to select an opportunity for which you want to apply:

        

                   Figure 162 Return Value Link

	If you select an opportunity that is not a valid S2S candidate, KC displays this error:  Enter an Opportunity ID or a CFDA Number and click  again.
	The remove opportunity button appears after you select an opportunity.
	KC fills in the Opportunity subsection with the information for the opportunity you select.
	KC also populates the Forms Subsection after you select an opportunity.
	KC populates the Opportunity ID, the Opportunity Title, and the CFDA Number on the Sponsor & Program Information section after you select an opportunity.  KC replaces the information you previously entered into these fields on the Sponsor & Program Information section.
	If you change the Opportunity ID, the Opportunity Title, or the CFDA Number on the Sponsor & Program Information section after KC populates these values, KC displays an error during data validation.

End of activity.

S2S Support Notification:  KC allows you to attach a Grants.gov opportunity to a Proposal Development record using this procedure.  Although some 50+ active Federal forms are supported, only some are available for system-to-system (s2s) submission.  KC automatically alerts you when the specific form/opportunity is available via s2s, but some packages will still require a live submission.

Navigating the Grants.gov section after the returned opportunity is attached

After you find the appropriate opportunity you want to attach to your proposal and click return value, you are returned to the Grants.gov page within the Proposal Development document record with the selected opportunity attached and associated forms and information displayed within the Opportunity and Forms sections.

 

 

1.  Removing an Opportunity:  You can select the remove opportunity button to fully remove the package from the proposal.  If you want to replace the current opportunity with another you can simply perform another Grants.gov Lookup and search/return with the new opportunity.

 

2.  Opportunity subsection:  This is information relating to the specific opportunity attached to the record and fed automatically by the opportunity.  It also has two fields Submission Type and S2S Revision Type that may be selected by the user if appropriate to the application (maps to specific form fields where appropriate/applicable)

 

3.  Submission Details subsection:  Submission information will populate upon a successful s2s submission to Grants.gov

 

4.  Forms subsection - selecting Forms for Inclusion:  This column allows the user to select which forms you want to include in the formal s2s transmission to Grants.gov.  Certain forms are mandatory and are automatically included but the others will have to be checked manually for inclusion.  This is similar in a live downloaded grants.gov package when the user must move each form from the left side to the right side of the PDF package to indicate its completion and inclusion when uploaded to Grants.gov.

 

5.  Forms subsection - selecting Forms for Print:  This column allows the user to select forms for print and upon clicking the print selected button it opens the selected forms in a PDF document that can be printed or saved.  This allows the user to review the printed forms for data accuracy and it also allows users a way of retaining a copy of the submitted forms for their records.

 

GG Validation Warnings and/or Errors

KC has built-in validation checking / fixing features that are similar to the ‘Check Package for Errors’ feature in live Grants.gov packages (GG requirements only).

 

Grants.gov validations in KC are triggered in one of two ways, either through the print function of the forms or manually turning on validations via the Proposal Actions page.

 

Validation and Printing:  When attempting to print the selected forms, the system will run Grants.gov validations automatically for those specific selected forms.  Grants.gov errors (if any) will display on the forms subsection and you will need to clear the validation errors before printing will be available.  If no validations exist that block the print function, then the forms will print appropriately.

 

Figure 163  Grants.gov Error Display - Grants.gov Section > Grants.gov Page

 

Proposal Actions Page:  You can also see any Grants.gov Errors that may exist for the proposal and the selected forms by clicking the ‘turn on validation’ button in Proposal Actions.  These errors will appear in the Grants.gov Errors section of the Data Validation section.

 

Figure 164  Grants.gov Errors Subsection of Data Validation Section (Proposal Development Document>Proposal Actions Page)

 

Removing an Opportunity from the Proposal

You may remove a www.grants.gov opportunity from a proposal in order to look up and return a different opportunity instead.

  To remove a previously-selected opportunity from the Proposal Development document:

 

1.  Click remove opportunity.

         

     Figure 165 Remove Opportunity Button

          KC displays a confirmation message:

           

     Figure 166 Remove Opportunity Confirmation Message

2.  Click  to remove this opportunity from this proposal.  Click  to keep the opportunity.

	KC removes the information after you remove the opportunity from this proposal.
	KC no longer displays this opportunity on subsections after you remove it.
	KC clears this Opportunity ID, Opportunity Title, and its CFDA Number in the Sponsor & Program Information section on the Proposal page after you remove it.

End of activity.

Figure 167 Proposal Development Document > Grants.gov Page > Grants.gov Section > Opportunity Search Subsection - Example

After Grants.gov Lookup:  After you search eligible Grants.gov application opportunities either by entering a CFDA Number or specific Opportunity ID & selecting “grants.gov verification” button, the Opportunity subsection displays the details of a selected opportunity.

Table 66 Proposal Development Document > Grants.gov Page > Grants.gov Section > Opportunity Search Subsection > Opportunity Subsection - Field Descriptions

Field	Description
Opportunity ID	The unique identifier associated with each sponsor's funding opportunity.  Equivalent to Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Opportunity Title	The title of the opportunity as defined by GG.  The formal program/application title associated with the specific opportunity selected. The Opportunity Title is a sponsor assigned brief descriptive heading of the program solicitation or funding opportunity. Not all programs have Opportunity Titles. (a.k.a. Program Title or Program Announcement)
Submission Type	Required.  The kind of proposal submitted (e.g. Application, Preapplication, Change/Corrected Application). The type of grant application package/proposal submitted.  For example, types of submissions include: (1) Pre-application (2) Application (3) Changed/Corrected Application.  Click the down arrow  to display the list and click on an item in the list to highlight and select it to populate the box with your selection.
S2S Revision Type	Conditionally required.  This field is only required if you selected a Proposal Type of Revision on the Required Fields for Saving the Document section. It represents the reason for the revised application.   Use the drop-down menu by clicking the down arrow to display the list, and then click on an item in the list to highlight and select it to populate the box with your selection.
CFDA Number	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number which identifies all Federal programs available to State and local governments.  The first 2 digit number identifies the federal agency, and the last 3 digit number identifies the specific federal program being applied under. A unique identifier for the sponsor and the funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The first 2 digits of the number identify the Federal agency. The last 3 digits of the number identify the specific Federal program. A Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a notice or solicitation of a grant funding opportunity.
Competition Id	Identifies the version of federal forms required by the agency & Grants.gov for the specific application (2 versions of application guides are currently available). •      The ‘Competition ID’ field within the opportunities form’s package is blank if Version 1 is being used •      “Version-2-Forms”  -- will be listed in this field if Version 2 forms are required This identifies the version of federal forms required by the sponsoring agency and Grants.gov for the specific grant application package.
Opening Date	The date a user may begin submitting a proposal under a specific funding opportunity. The date a user may begin submitting grant application packages, under a specific funding opportunity/program.
Closing Date	The last day and time (deadline date) a proposal may be submitted under a specific opportunity. The last day and time (deadline date) in which a user may submit an application under a specific opportunity/program.   The date the opportunity expires.
Instruction Page	The URL address of the instructions provided by the sponsor which are available for download from the Grants.gov link. The URL address that links to the program's complete grant application package instructions.  Provided by the sponsor and available for download from the Grants.gov link.
Schema URL	The URL address of schema provided by the sponsor which are available for download from the Grants.gov link. The schema defines the required and optional forms for each funding opportunity. A way to define the structure, content and, to some extent, the semantics of XML documents.   The URL address that links to the program's federally funded schema provided by the sponsor and available for download from the Grants.gov link.  Defines the required and optional forms for each funding opportunity.  Form schemas are included by reference in the opportunity schema. The forms schema creates the forms in the Forms Subsection.

 

Post-Selection:  The Sponsor & Program Information section on the Proposal page becomes populated automatically after selecting an opportunity.

Creating A New Proposal Development Document From A Grants.Gov Opportunity

 

Create Proposal from Grants.Gov Opportunity:  You can create a proposal from a Grants.gov opportunity only when the proposal development module is displayed.  Upon confirming selection of an opportunity, you are able to select and confirm a Unit for a new Proposal Development document.  The opportunity is then attached to the new proposal, automatically populating Lead Unit, Funding Opportunity Number, and CFDA Number.  In order to save the new Proposal, you must enter start/end dates, proposal & activity type.