Grants.gov will phase out PDF-based application packages on 12/31/17

Grants.gov has announced that as of the end of 2017, they will no longer make available or accept the PDF-based application packages, now known as "legacy packages". Instead, Grants.gov offers their online application preparation and submission website, Workspace. You can learn more about how to use this new tool here: Grants.gov Workspace Overview. Additionally, many of the Federal sponsors already have, or have recently created their own online submission tools, such as NSF's Fastlane and NIH's ASSIST, that you may also have the option to submit through.

If your proposal must go through Grants.gov for submission, get familiar with Workspace early and give it a go -- pretty soon you won't have a choice anymore!