Discussion of new Applicant Types in Grants Online



| APPLICANT TYPE CHANGES |

PREPARED FOR

THE NOAA GRANTS ONLINE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE

JANUARY 30, 2006

EXPLANATION OF APPLICANT TYPE

CHANGES AND IMPACT TO GRANTS ONLINE

As part of Grants Online Release 2.4, support has been added for applications using ’s updated SF-424 form known as “SF-424 v2.0”. The fields on this form are similar to the original SF-424, but there are some key differences. Two significant changes that impact Grants Online involve the list of Applicant Types available to applicants on the form.

Multiple Applicant Type Selections

The new SF-424 form allows an applicant to select up to three distinct Applicant Type values on each application. Grants Online’s Application Details screen has been updated to allow viewing/editing of these additional elements. However, although applicants can now specify multiple applicant types when submitting applications, Grants Online will continue to only allow one Applicant Type value on a Grantee’s Organization record.

Changes to Applicant Type Values

The new SF-424 form introduces numerous additional Applicant Type choices, and several of the original values have been modified to provide more detail. Unfortunately, the alphabetic codes used for these types are completely different from those used on the old version.

To support the new form, and to aide the adoption of additional forms in the future, the Applicant Types list available in Grants Online has been updated to exactly match what is on the new SF-424 form. To support this change:

• The list of Applicant Type values available in Application Details and Managing Organizations now contains only the new types.

• All existing application and organization records have been updated by converting each old Application Type to it’s corresponding new value.

• Any incoming application using the old SF-424 will have its Applicant Type value automatically converted to the corresponding new value.

• Anyone entering paper applications into Grants Online must choose the Applicant Type value that best matches what is specified on the paper form.

The table on the following page contains details on how legacy conversions were done. It can also be used as a reference when inputting paper applications using the old SF-424 form.

Applicant Types: New and Old

| |NEW APPLICANT TYPES | |OLD APPLICANT TYPES |

| |(SF-424 v2.0) | |(SF-424 v1.0) |

|A |State Government |A |State Government |

|B |County Government |B |County Government |

|C |City or Township Government |C |Local Government |

| | |D |City or Township Government |

|D |Special District Government |G |Special District |

|E |Regional Organization |E |Interstate |

| | |F |Intermunicipal |

|F |U.S. Territory or Possession | |  |

|G |Independent School District |H |Independent Schools District |

|H |Public/State Controlled Institution of Higher Education |I |State Controlled Institution of Higher Learning |

|I |Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized) |K |Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized) |

|J |Indian/Native American Tribal Government |P |Native American Tribal Organization (Other than Federally |

| |(Other than Federally Recognized) | |Recognized) |

|K |Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organization | |  |

|L |Public/Indian Housing Authority |Q |Public/Indian Housing Authority |

|M |Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS Status (Other than Institution of Higher | |  |

| |Education) | | |

|N |Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS Status (Other than Institution of |O |Nonprofit Organization (Other than Institution of Higher |

| |Higher Education) | |Education) |

|O |Private Institution of Higher Education |J |Private Institution of Higher Education |

|P |Individual |L |Individual |

|Q |For-Profit Organization (Other than Small Business) |M |For-profit Organization (Other than Small Business) |

|R |Small Business |R |Small Business |

|S |Hispanic-serving Institution | |  |

|T |Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) | |  |

|U |Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) | |  |

|V |Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions | |  |

|W |Non-domestic (non-US) Entity | |  |

|X |Other |N |Other |

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