Application Package

Applicants should prepare their MDCP applications offline and submit them online via grants.gov. The frames below show the screens that you will encounter when accessing the application package in grants.gov. Detailed instructions on how to use the application package are set forth below. The full announcement referenced in grants.gov is the FFO. It can be obtained by navigating grants.gov or by clicking FFO here.(See the clarification of restrictions on the size of type and margins set forth in the FFO.)

Keep in mind that each application will be evaluated and scored based on five selection criteria: 1. Potential to strengthen competitiveness; 2. performance measurement; 3. ITA priorities and partnership with ITA; 4. creativity and institutional capacity; and 5. budget, match and sustainability. The FFO includes a more detailed description of the evaluation criteria.

First, go directly to the MDCP announcement on grants.gov. The 2013 page on Grants.gov will look similar to the 2012 page as shown below.












	Mandatory Documents			Mandatory Documents for Submission
	Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) -Part 1- [Download from grants.gov. You cannot complete this form offline until you have completed Part 3. Budget.] CD511 Form -Part 1- [Download from grants.gov. Complete this form any time.] Budget Information for Non-Construction Program (SF-424A) -Part 1- [Download from grants.gov. You cannot complete this form offline until you have completed Part 3. Budget.] Assurances for Non-Construction Program (SF-424B) -Part 1- [Download from grants.gov. Complete this form offline any time.] Budget Narrative Attachment Form -Part 3- [Work on this second. Use the mock application as a guide. Here is the Excel file used to generate supporting worksheets. Adapt it as appropriate and use it to generate your own detailed "budget narrative." The Excel file will help you generate numbers you will need to complete the SF-424A and SF-424. Once you are done, save or "print" or scan the Excel files. Do the same for other portions of your budget presentation. All these combined constitute Part 3, which you should combine as one pdf document. Do not try to attach the Excel file in xls or xlsx format. We only want one pdf document for the entire budget.] Project Narrative Attachment Form -Part 2- [After registering on grants.gov, work on this first. Use the mock application as a guide. Once you are done, save or "print" or scan your Part 2 as one pdf document.]			[Upload your SF-424, SF-424A, SF-424B, and CD-511 on grants.gov. Although you upload each separately, grants.gov will transmit them to ITA as one package. We at ITA refer to this as Part 1.] [Upload your Budget Narrative Form, the pdf file also known as Part 3.] [Upload your Project Narrative Form, the pdf file also known as Part 2.] [In the event that you do not use grants.gov to submit your application, use the spreadsheet in the mock application to generate the 424 and 424A. Here are links to forms 424B and CD-511.]

	Optional Documents			Optional Documents for Submission
	Other Attachments Form -Part 4- [You may or may not need to include this. Use the mock application as a guide. Once you are done, save or "print" or scan your Part 4 as one pdf document.] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) -Part 4- [Not likely that you will need to submit this, but read the instructions. If you think you need to complete this form, download it from grants.gov and complete it offline.]			[Upload your Other Attachments, the pdf file also known as Part 4.] [If you determined that you need to complete the SF-LLL, upload the completed form. Grants.gov will send it to ITA as part of the forms "package".]

Additional Guidance

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