Step 4: Track My Application Package
To track and check the status of your submitted applications, enter up to five Grants.gov tracking numbers, one per line and click the Submit Tracking Number(s) button. The tracking number for a submitted application will be provided in the confirmation email that you receive within two business days after you submit the application.
Please note, this only confirms that an application was successfully retrieved by the awarding agency. Thereafter in the process, the awarding agency reviews and processes the applications independent of Grants.gov, and they do not report the status to Grants.gov.
- The system will only return a status for valid tracking numbers.
- Until the status is available for valid tracking numbers, the following message will be returned by the system: Tracking number(s) entered currently being processed, please check back later.
- For invalid tracking numbers entered, the system will return the following error message: The tracking number(s) entered below are not valid. Please make sure you entered the correct tracking number(s).
Tracking My Application without a Tracking Number
You may also monitor the processing status of your application submission by logging in to your Grants.gov account:
- Click on the Applicant Login link
- Log in to the system using your username and password
- Once logged in, click on the Check Application Status link near the top left of the Applicant Center page
- Review the status of all the submitted applications
Application Statuses
The following are descriptions of the application statuses used to describe the progression of an application after submission through the Grants.gov system.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Receiving | The application has not yet been received by Grants.gov, but is processing normally, and is waiting in the queue to be received by Grants.gov. |
| Received | Grants.gov has received the application, but the application is awaiting validation. |
| FIFReceived | The application has been received by Grants.gov and is awaiting validation. |
| Packaging Process | The application is still being processed and will be validated within the next 48 hours by Grants.gov. |
| Processing | The application has been received by Grants.gov and has begun checking the application for errors. |
| Validated | Grants.gov validated the application and it is available for the agency to download. |
| Rejected with Errors | Grants.gov was unable to process your application because of an error(s) and cannot accept the application until you correct the error(s) and successfully resubmit the application. You will receive email providing the errors with the application. |
| Received by Agency | The agency has confirmed receipt of the application package. |
| Agency Tracking Number Assigned | The agency has assigned an internal tracking number to your application. This is the last status that Grants.gov tracks. Updates beyond this must be checked with the agency directly. Note: All agencies do not assign tracking numbers. If you do not see an agency tracking number, this does not infer that the agency did not receive or process your application. The assignment of tracking numbers is based on the policy of a particular agency. |
| Purged | The application has been on the system for 5 years or more and has been purged from the system. |