Advice for Applicants to Upcoming NEH Grant Competitions

Some applicants for NEH grants report that they have recently had difficulty submitting their applications through Grants.gov; they found that the system has periodically been slow and unresponsive. NEH offers the following advice to prospective applicants. They strongly urge applicants not to submit applications on the day of the deadline, but instead to submit applications early. If applications are submitted over a period of time, the load of applications should be more manageable for Grants.gov. Applying early will also give applicants a margin for error, should they need help from Grants.gov to resolve a technical problem when they attempt to submit their application. If possible, applicants should also plan to submit applications outside of normal business hours on the East Coast. Grants.gov tends to work more smoothly in the early morning, in the evening, and especially on weekends.

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