Acquiring Public Grants

When submitting an application using Grants.gov, you can easily use your tracking number to learn the status of your application using the “Track my Application” page found at https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/checkApplStatus.faces.  To learn more about potential statuses you might encounter after submitting your proposal, access Grant.gov’s guide Tracking your Grant Application Package: What to Expect After Submission at http://www07.grants.gov/assets/TrackingYourApplicationPackage.pdf.

If not notified by email, notice of grant awards are often provided in writing to the grant recipients, and recipients are listed in Federal agency announcements and on their websites.

If your proposal is not funded, try to find out why you did not receive funding and how you could improve a future application. The program officer from the funding announcement can probably provide you with information about your application, or at least tell you who to contact to get additional feedback about your proposal. In some cases, written comments on your proposal may be available. Again, you may also be able to get copies of successful proposals to guide future efforts.