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MDCP Application Kit 2009

The most important part of the application kit is the notice of Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) for 2009. A notice announcing the FFO was published in the Federal Register. The FFO describes application requirements and format, specifically:  (1) Executive Summary, (2) Background Research, (3) Project Description, (4) Credentials, (5) Finance and Budget, (6) Forms, and (7) Appendices.  The  application kit below covers only instructions, samples, and forms regarding application sections (5) and (6), Finance and Budget, and Forms.

There are basically five steps required to submit your MDCP application online. 1. Register on grants.gov. 2. Use the application kit below as a guide in developing your application. 3. Convert or scan your application to pdf file format with sequentially-numbered pages. 4. Log onto grants.gov and transcribe information from your application such as from form 424 and 424A, into the online form that comes up. 5. Attach the pdf to the online forms that grants.gov requires and submit. Grants.gov should send you a confirmation email right away.


Item

Instruct.

Sample
Blank
Submit?
#
FFO:
Mock App. Appendix:
 Description
Format
pdf/htm
pdf
xls
xls
1


Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO)
FFO [pdf]


no
2


Preparation of Applications
PA



no
3
IV.A.

Mock Application


MA


no
4
IV.B.3.b.(1)(b)(ii)
19
Participation (Success) Agreements
SA example


attach
5
IV.B.3.e
18
Use of ITA Emblem Emblem source
ITA example


attach [2]
6
IV.B.5.a.
2
Form SF 424A

424A
MA[1]
blnk[1]
online [2]
7
IV.B.5.b.
5
Budget for Project Award Period
BPAP-I
BPAP
MA[1]
blnk[1]
attach
8
IV.B.5.c.
6-8, 14
Budget worksheets

wkshts
MA[1]

attach [3]
9
IV.B.6.a. VI. A.
1
Form SF424

424
MA[1]
blnk[1]
online [2]
10
IV.B.6.b.
3
Form SF424B [6]




online
11
IV.B.6.d.
4
Form CD511 [7]




online
12
IV.B.6.

Form CD512 [7]




no [4]
13
IV.B.6.

Form SFLLL [6]




probably not [5]]

[1] One computer file contains several linked spreadsheets.  Each spreadsheet is a different document.

[2] Develop the contents of this form using the mock application as a template.

[3] Create your own budget worksheet that links to the Budget for Project Award Period. You may modify the worksheets used in the mock application or start from scratch.

[4] Complete this form only if you plan to subcontract at least $25,000 of your project. Do not submit. Keep it on file. Any subcontractor for $25,000 or more will need to make the certification required by this form. 

[5]  Complete if, as explained in CD-511, 3.(2), the MDCP project includes lobbying the federal government.

[6] Although these forms are available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_forms.html, you will complete them online at grants.gov.

[7] Although these forms are available at http://www.osec.doc.gov/forms/direct.htm, you will complete them online at grants.gov.

 


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