Federal Grant Office Roles and Authorities

Grants Management Officer (GMO)

  • Create new announcements and assign grants staff
  • Post and un-post announcements and non-competing application kits
  • Assign grants personnel for an announcement
  • Reject, concur, or not concur with funding memos
  • Confirm applications as ineligible
  • Approve post-award actions and Prior Approval Memos
  • View Applications in the Application Receipt Log
  • View Grant History and Post-Award Amendments
  • Verify submission and completion of an application.
  • Add Application and Grant Notes
  • Perform the Intake (Eligibility) Review for an application
  • Confirm the ineligibility of applications that are deemed not eligible
  • Close applications that are deemed not eligible
  • Perform the Business Review for an application
  • View Ranking and Approval Lists
  • Activate the Federal Financial Report (FFR) for a grant project
  • Accept, return, and submit Federal Financial Reports (FFR)
  • Review and Issue Notice of Awards (NOAs)

Grants Management Specialist (GMS)

  • Edit, delete, and un-post Announcements and Non-Competing application kits
  • Create application kit templates
  • View Applications in the Application Receipt Log
  • View Grant History and Post-Award Amendments
  • Perform the Grants Business Review
  • Generate and edit the Notice of Award draft
  • Edit budget on Draft NOA for GMO review
  • Create prior approval memos
  • Perform Eligibility Review
  • Add application and grant notes
  • Update terms & conditions
  • View reports
  • Edit organization information
  • Accept, return, and submit Federal Financial Reports (FFR)

Grants Support Staff (GSS)

  • View Announcements
  • View Application Kits
  • Create and edit Grant Enclosures included in Application Kits
  • View Applications in the Application Receipt Log
  • View Grant History and Post-Award Amendments
  • Verify submission and completion of an application
  • Add Application and Grant Notes
  • Perform the Intake (Eligibility) Review of an application
  • View Ranking and Approval Lists
  • Process Federal Financial Report (FFR) paper submissions
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