Setting up An account with Grants Gov.2023

Setting up an Account with Grants.gov for submitting grant applications from UMES

There are two major parts to creating a Grants.gov account, creating your account and associating yourself with UMES.  Make sure you complete BOTH steps.

Creating your Grants.gov Account

  • Go to www.grants.gov
  • Click the Register link in the top-right corner of the Grants.gov banner.
  • Click the Get Registered Now button on the Register page.
  • Complete the Contact Information and Account Details sections. All fields with a red asterisk (*) are required.
    • Email Address – When entering an email address, please keep in mind that all correspondence with Grants.gov will be sent to that email address.
    • Username – Enter a username to log in to Grants.gov. It may only contain alphanumeric characters, question marks, periods, dashes, underscores, and the @ symbol. Your username cannot contain a space, nor can it only include numbers. Select a username you will remember.
    • Password – The password you choose must contain at least eight (8) characters including: at least one (1) uppercase letter (A-Z); at least one (1) lowercase letter (a-z); at least one (1) number (0-9); and at least one (1) special character (e.g. ! @ # $ % ^ & *). Do not write down your account information.
      • Cannot be the same as the previous six (6) passwords
      • Must contain at least eight (8) characters
      • Must contain at least one (1) number
      • Must contain at least one (1) uppercase letter
      • Must contain one (1) lowercase letter.
      • Must contain one (1) special character.
    • Secret Question/Answer – Enter a question only you would be able to answer and will be able to remember in the future. Do not write down your account information.
  • Select whether to subscribe or unsubscribe from Grants.gov Communications. The Alerts are important messages about time-sensitive or major system changes. The Newsletter features training, system enhancement updates, and other resources to help the federal grants community.
  • Click the Continue button.
  • Click the Send Temporary Code button, then access your email account to access the temporary code.
  • Enter the temporary code you received in the email from Grants.gov into the Temporary Code field and click the Continue button.

Associating yourself with UMES

  • Add Organization Applicant Profile (NOT Individual Applicant Profile)
    • UEI #: LNUBJQ26R2M5
    • Profile name: your name
    • Job Title: your title
  • Click the Save button.
  • You will be taken to the Applicant Center page.

They will need to know the Funding Opportunity Number to do this, it can generally be found in your RFA. (Or whatever document was sent to you notifying you of this grant opportunity)

Once you have set up your grants.gov account, if you have specific questions regarding your workspace/forms that UMES is not able to help you with, please call the Grants.gov Helpdesk.

The Grants.gov Helpdesk number is:  1-800-518-4726.

You will need to know the University’s UEI number, it is as follows
UEI #: LNUBJQ26R2M5

  Before you end your call- be sure to ask the help desk person for a “ticket number”. This way in case you need to call back again, the helpdesk can easily reference your previous call when you give them your ticket number.

Additionally, there is a helpdesk email you can contact:  support@grants.gov