eGrants: A Quick Overview

eGrants is the Corporation for National and Community Service’s web-based system for:

• Submitting and tracking grant applications and concept papers;

• Peer-reviewing on-line grant applications;

• Negotiating and awarding grants and cooperative agreements;

• Managing grants and cooperative agreements including processing amendments, continuations; and

• Financial Status and Progress Reporting.

In short, eGrants is an online system designed to automate the entire grants and project An activity, or set of activities, carried out though a program that receives assistance under the Act, and which results in a specific identifiable service or improvement that otherwise would not be done with existing funds, and that does not duplicate the routine services or functions of the employer to whom participants are assigned. management process from application to closeout. It allows applicants to find funding opportunities, apply for grants or projects, and manage grant reporting online. The system also allows the Corporation to review applications, award grants, and manage those grants and projects efficiently and effectively.