Release Notes 16.2.1

16.2.1 Applicant Release Notes

• Production Deployment Date: June 16-18, 2018
• Training Deployment Date: May 19-21, 2018

Summary

• New Applicant Submission Header
  • Uses Package ID to uniquely identify a Package
  • Application Filing Name is mandatory
  • Impacts Organizations using S2S Applicant Web Services and NIH ASSIST
• Submission Processing
  • Support old and new Applicant Submission Header until R16.3 in October
  • No longer validate submission Hash value received from the Applicant regardless of header received
    • No changes to attachment hash processing
• New Applicant Web Services
  • Get Opportunity List
    • Based on Get Opportunities Expanded
    • Add Package ID to input parameters as a filter
    • Return revised Schema/Instructions URL with new header
    • Change returned CFDA to allow multiple CFDAs (multiple CFDAs will not be returned until R16.3 in October 2018)
  • Get Submission List and Get Submission List as Third Party
    • Based on Get Application List / Get Application List as Third Party
    • Replace CFDA Number with Package ID in the input parameters as a filter
    • Return Package ID instead of CFDA and Competition ID
• URL Processing
  • Both old and new Schema/Instruction URLs will be supported until R16.3 in October

Applicant Submission Header

Current (Header-V1.0)

New (Header-V2.0)

*Note: Identify a Package using Opportunity Package ID. Simplify data collected and remove Hash.

Package Schema and Corresponding URLs

• Package Schema
  • Current Applicant Schema:
    • Uses Header-V1.0
    • URL: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/schemas/applicant/opp<FON>-cfda<CFDA Number>-cid<Competition ID>.xsd
  • New Applicant Schema:
    • Change to use Header-V2.0
    • Change URL to use Package ID: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/schemas/applicant/<Package ID>.xsd
• Package Instructions
  • Current URL: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/opp<FON>-cfda<CFDA Number>-cid<Competition ID>-instructions.<File Extension>
  • New URL: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/<Package ID>-instructions.<File Extension>

New Applicant Web Services

Get Opportunity List Applicant Web Service

This web service returns a list of open Opportunity Packages matching the filter criteria. For each Package, it returns the new Schema V2.0. Note: The Get Opportunity List Applicant Web Service replaces Get Opportunities, Get Opportunity Plus Comp Title, and Get Opportunities Expanded

Input Parameters

Either:

1. Package ID
2. At least one of the following:
   • Funding Opportunity Number
   • CFDA Number
   • Competition ID (Note: If Competition ID is specified, must also include CFDA Number and/or Funding Opportunity Number)

Return Values

Package(s):

• Funding Opportunity Number
• Funding Opportunity Title
• Package ID
• Competition ID
• Competition Title
• Opening Date
• Closing Date
• CFDA(s):
• CFDA Number
• CFDA Title
• Offering Agency
• Agency Contact Information
• Schema URL
• Instructions URL
• Is Multi Project (Y, N)

Get Submission List Applicant Web Service

This web service returns a list of submissions matching the filter criteria.

• If certificate has “Standard AOR Certificate” role, only submissions from this certificate or a linked certificate are returned
• If certificate has “Expanded AOR Certificate” role, submissions for the entire Organization are returned

Note: Replaces Get Application List

Input Parameters

Submission Filter (none to multiple – at most one per filter):

• Type *
• Value *

Filter Types

• Funding Opportunity Number
• Grants.gov Tracking Number
• Package ID
• Submission Title
• Status

Return Values

• Number of Submissions
• Submission Detail(s)
  • Package ID
  • Funding Opportunity Number
  • Grants.gov Tracking Number
  • Received Date/Time
  • Status
  • Status Date/Time
  • Agency Tracking Number
  • Submission Title

Get Submission List as Third Party Applicant Web Service

This web service returns a list of submissions matching the filter criteria and made by the third party certificate or a linked third party certificate. Note: This web service is used for NIH ASSIST only and replaces Get Application List as Third Party.

Input Parameters

Submission Filter (none to multiple – at most one per filter):

• Type *
• Value *

Filter Types

• Funding Opportunity Number
• Grants.gov Tracking Number
• Package ID
• Submission Title
• Status

Return Values

• Number of Submissions
• Submission Detail(s)
  • Package ID
  • Funding Opportunity Number
  • Grants.gov Tracking Number
  • Received Date/Time
  • Status
  • Status Date/Time
  • Agency Tracking Number
  • Submission Title

Summary of User Impact

For the latest information on upcoming changes with user impacts, please check out the Grants.gov Notices page: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/grants-gov-notices.html