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