HELPFUL GUIDANCE, FAQs, AND RESOURCES

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

 

GUIDANCE FOR NEW APPLICANTS AND NEW GRANTEES

ALL INTERESTED APPLICANTS MUST APPLY THROUGH GRANTS.GOV

Applications for grant funding must be submitted through the grants.gov website. All OIA grants, when open and available, can be found using search criteria CFDA 15.875. 

REGISTER AT SAM.GOV FOR A UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER

First things first, you must register your entity to get a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to do business with the federal government.

SUCCESSFUL GRANTEES MUST ENROLL IN ASAP WITH TREASURY FOR GRANT PAYMENTS

OIA grant recipients located in the U.S. territories or the continental United States will be required to enroll with, and utilize, the U.S. Treasury's Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) system to request payments under a grant. Grant recipients located in the freely associated states are encouraged to enroll with and utilize ASAP with a U.S. Bank to request and receive payments.

  • Enroll here with the Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP)

COMPLETE PAPERWORK, NOTIFY OIA GRANT MANAGER

Once you have received your grant award notification, complete and submit the following forms online, then notify the grant manager assigned to your grant.

Complete final paperwork with ASAP.gov for payments from Treasury

Complete final paperwork with GrantSolutions.gov

 

HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR CURRENT GRANTEES

FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARING HOUSE

The latest audit requirements may be found at 2 CFR 200.501.

SEVEN KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL GRANT MANAGEMENT –  WATCH PPT VIDEO
 

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SEVEN KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL GRANT MANAGEMENT

INDIRECT COST RATES

The Interior Business Center serves the federal financial assistance grants community on behalf of the Department of the Interior who is designated by OMB, under 2CFR200 Appendix V as the federal cognizant agency for indirect costs assignments for cost negotiations for the Insular Areas.

The latest indirect cost rates and requirements may be found at 2 CFR 200.414.

FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS LAW

 

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