IMPORTANT APPLICATION INFORMATION: All applicants must register with NIH’s eRA Commons in order to submit an application. This process takes up to six weeks. If you believe you are interested in applying for this opportunity, you MUST start the registration process immediately. Do not wait to start this process. If your organization is not registered and you do not have an active eRA Commons PI account by the deadline, the application will not be accepted. No exceptions will be made.

Applicants also must register with the System for Award Management (SAM) and Grants.gov (see Appendix A for all registration requirements).

Sign Up for Email Updates about Grant Funding Announcements.

SAMHSA periodically presents training webinars for prospective applicants interested in applying to FY 2020 grant programs. The webinar provides information on how to submit applications to SAMHSA using NIH’s eRA System, including application and registration processes, requirements and validations, and the post-submission process. Please find links to a recording and a PDF of the presentation below, and check back to this page periodically for new training dates. Additional information is available on the Training Events, Videos, and Reference Materials for Applicants and Grantees page on the SAMHSA Grants website.

View a recording of the SAMHSA Applicant Webinar (39 minutes).

View the FOA Applicant Webinar Presentation (PDF | 7.4 MB).

Presenter comments are viewable by hovering over the bubble in the upper left corner of the page.

You should become familiar with all the components of the FOA before you apply. When you find an opportunity for which you would like to apply, be sure you meet all the eligibility requirements.

When you are searching for a funding opportunity on Grants.gov, use SAMHSA’s FOA number as the Funding Opportunity Number.

Please note that Grants.gov is periodically inaccessible due to service maintenance and system enhancements. Please check Grants.gov for the outage calendar.