Forms Development

Forms Development

Forms development is the process by which a grant application form is developed, tested, and made available to users in Grants.gov.

  • Forms Status Report - provides the daily status for each new/modified form currently in the Grants.gov Forms Development Process

  • Forms Process - describes the processes involved to create/update a grant application form in Grants.gov

  • Forms Request - allows grantors to request a new form or changes to a form by completing the Forms Requirements document

Form States Definitions

  • Active Form Version

    • Current version of the form that is available under the Forms Repository

    • The version of the form that is available for grantors while creating new application package templates

    • Typically, active form is the latest version of the form

    • May be part of existing or future application packages, if an application package template with active form version is used to create an application package

  • Inactive Form Version

    • Prior form version that is not retired yet

    • May be part of existing application package templates

    • May be part of existing and future application packages if an existing application package template with inactive form version is used to create an application package

  • Retired Form Version

    • Form agency owner requested a specific version of a form to be retired since it is not used currently or planned in future (Retired form versions list is available on Retired Forms page)

    • All existing application package templates using the form version are deleted

    • Not part of existing or future application packages

    • Other versions of the form may be part of existing and future application package templates and application packages

  • Retired Form

    • Form agency owner requested all versions of a form to be retired since it is not used currently or planned in future (Retired forms list is available on Retired Forms page)

    • All existing application package templates using the form are deleted

    • Not part of existing or future application packages