AGENCY SYSTEM-TO-SYSTEM

Grantor agencies have two options for doing business with Grants.gov: person-to-system and system-to-system. Person-to-system usage involves a user interacting directly with the site, while the system-to-system interface allows agencies to interface their system directly with the Grants.gov system.

The Grants.gov System Integration document provides a description of the services, parameters, schemas, and protocols of the System-to-System interface used by agencies and applicants to exchange data with the Grants.gov system.

The following links provide information and files for the system-to-system interface and reference implementation for Grants.gov Detailed Design, XML Document-to-RDBMS, Web Services-to-RDBMS, and Agency Integration Design Specifications.

Agency Integration Design Specifications

• Agency Integration Toolkit Document
  Provides information about selection of and preparation for implementing a Grants.gov-to-Agency integration solution.
• Agency Integration Design Specifications
  Provides detailed design specifications for system-to-system integration.
• Agency Integration Design Specifications Reference Implementation Materials
  Provides files for reference implementation.
• Storefront Detailed Design Document
  

System-to-System Interface

• Grants.gov XML Schema Implementation Guide
  Provides background for the schema development and interpretive information related to the "Core" grants data.
• XML Core Schema
  Provides XML core schema files for system-to-system integration.
• XML Header-Footer Schema
  Provides XML schema footer and header files for system-to-system integration.

XML Document to RDBMS

• XML Document-to-RDBMS Reference Implementation Setup Instructions
  Provides setup instructions for XML document-to-RDBMS implementation.
• XML Reference Implementation Materials
  Provides Java and XML files for XML document-to-RDBMS implementation.

Web Services to RDBMS

• Agency Web Services Reference Implementation Materials v2.0
  Provides all of the files required for integrating with the latest Grants.gov agency Web Services.
• Funding Opportunity Synopsis Document Type Definition Details
• Web Services Description Language File (WSDL)
• Web Services Security

Testing

• Grants.gov and Agency System-to-System Test Plan
  Provides the test plan between Grants.gov and agencies that want to use the system-to-system interface to retrieve applications submitted for funding opportunities at their agency.
• Testing Checklist
  
• Test Site (AT) Guidelines
  Guidelines to explain the purpose of the Grants.gov Test Site (AT) and to provide usage suggestions.
• Certificates
  For all new certificate installations or renewals requests, please forward to Vincent.Sprouls@hhs.gov. If at all possible, please send all renewal requests at least 2 weeks prior to the expiration of your current certificate. In your request, please provide the following information:
  • Specify if it is for Production or ATWEB
  • Serial Number of the certificate
  • Email address for the certificate point of contact
  • Agency code within Grants.gov that it is associated with
  *If this is a self-issued certificate, please specify this when submitting your request. If you unsure of your agency code, please contact Vincent.Sprouls@hhs.gov.

Grantor User Feedback

• Grantor Enhancement List