Grants.gov is being migrated to the cloud. To ensure a smooth and successful transition, an extended period of downtime has been scheduled for Grants.gov.

Although the transition is expected to be completely seamless to applicants, we have compiled the following Q&A to address the primary questions and concerns of applicants regarding the migration.

Why is Grants.gov being migrated to the cloud?

Migrating Grants.gov to the cloud will provide many benefits, including:

• • Fewer maintenance outages,
  • Better availability and performance,
  • Increased scalability, agility, and flexibility,
  • Improved security,
  • Providing a modern infrastructure better able to support future system       enhancements, and
  • Providing an overall improved user experience.

When will Grants.gov be offline?

Grants.gov will be offline during the following period:

• • Grants.gov will go Offline Friday, September 23, 2022, at 12:01 AM ET.
  • Grants.gov will come back Online Thursday, September 29, 2022, at             11:59 PM ET.

In case of unexpected issues or changes to the downtime schedule, we will post updates to the Grants.gov Alerts page.