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NOFO Field: Dates

NOFO Location: Required Overview Content - sixth field
- Preceding Fields: Announcement Type - Funding Opportunity Number - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
- Subsequent Field: Funding Opportunity Description

OMB Guidance:
Dates - Required. Include key dates that potential applicants need to know. Key dates include due dates for applications or Executive Order 12372 submissions, as well as any letters of intent or pre-applications. For any announcement issued before a program’s application materials are available, key dates also include the date on which those materials will be released.

Additional Guidance:

• Do not enter the field name (shown in bold in the examples). The NOFO generator will enter the field name.
• Ensure that the time zone is used in addition to the time for the submission deadline.
  NOTE: If you are in a time zone other than Eastern, such as the Pacific Time Zone, you must remember that Grants.gov ONLY uses the Eastern Time Zone when accepting application submissions. The latest time you can have Grants.gov accept an application on a calendar day would be 8:59:59 pm Pacific Time, which is 11:59:59 pm Eastern Time. Other time zones should subtract the appropriate number of hours from the 11:59:59 pm Eastern time.

Published Examples:

Dates: Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. eastern time on Monday, October 23, 2006.


Dates: Applications must be received by 4:00 pm, Eastern time February 16, 2007 by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO). For applications submitted through Grants.gov APPLY, a date and time receipt indication is included and will be the basis of determining timeliness. State Sea Grant programs should set an internal deadline prior to this deadline to facilitate the entry of non-electronic applications into Grants.gov. Facsimile transmission and electronic mail submission of applications will not be accepted.


Dates: Pre-applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday, November 13, 2006. Final applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 2, 2007.


Dates: Pre-proposals are due no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on September 15th, 2006. Pre-proposals received after that date and time will not be accepted. We anticipate that the invitations for the preparation of full proposals will be sent on October 13th, 2006. Full proposals are due no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 15th, 2006. We anticipate that a review of full proposals will be completed during December 2006, and funding should begin during spring 2007 for most approved projects. April 1, 2007, should be used as the proposed start date on proposals. Applicants should be notified of their status within 3 months of the closing date. All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the guidelines below. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in proposals being returned to the submitter.