Grantopedia

S2S compared to Adobe forms for Grants.gov submissions

Cayuse analyzed submission data from Grants.gov. It's clear that S2S is more reliable and more accurate for preparation and submission of federal grant proposals. Cayuse customers are already accustomed to the benefits of validating the proposal before submission. The Cayuse rejection rate is very low because Cayuse424 performs over 1,300 validations, including all the Grants.gov validations, prior to submission.

 

The rejection rate of Adobe forms is high: nearly one in ten of all grant applications on Adobe forms are rejected for errors at Grants.gov. This does not include additional rejections by the sponsoring agencies, downstream from Grants.gov.

Clearly, Grants.gov should be moving in the direction of S2S and a web-based front end.

Grants.gov getting a boost

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is stepping up support for Grants.gov to see it through the huge surge in federal grant applications as a result of the Recovery Act grant opportunities, according to a memo released today. They are asking the federal grant-making agencies to chip in an additional $6 million to buttress the technology and customer support infrastructure of Grants.gov. Jason Miller at Federal News Radio has more detail in his article.

We're glad to see OMB actively supporting Grants.gov. Despite all their recent difficulties, the concept of a centralized federal grant portal is sound. The Grants.gov "find" capability performs pretty well, and customers appreciate the trend of agencies using a consistent set of grant application formats. 

What they really need is a more sophisticated software approach, like the web-based front-end developed by Cayuse. Cayuse technology could be applied to help in this situation.