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To learn more about the DOJ application submission process, visit the JustGrants Application Submission training page.

Section 200.204(a) (Notices of funding opportunities, Summary of information in notices of funding opportunities) of 2CFR, Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards states, “The Federal awarding agency must display the following information posted on the OMB-designated governmentwide website for funding and applying for Federal financial assistance…”

Grants.gov is currently the OMB-designated government-wide website for funding and applying for federal financial assistance. DOJ announces all federal discretionary competitive funding opportunities as well as non-competitive funding opportunities in Grants.gov.

Grants.gov is the first step of the application process where the applicant must complete the SF-424 before proceeding. Once submitted, application information will be automatically transmitted to JustGrants, where applicants will need to complete the remaining sections of their application. JustGrants was designed to leverage the authentication and registration information, which is initiated in SAM.gov and used to apply in Grants.gov, to authorize the electronic submission of an application in JustGrants. 

Please note, there are two submission deadlines for DOJ funding opportunities. First, the Grants.gov submission deadline, which must be met before an applicant can submit the full application in JustGrants, followed by the JustGrants deadline. The deadlines for each DOJ funding opportunity can be found on the cover page of the solicitation for which the applicant is applying.

The SF-424 is a standard form required for submission of pre-applications, applications and related information. Grants.gov will highlight the specific fields that are required to complete in order to submit the SF-424.

In Section 8.F of the SF-424, please include the name and contact information of the individual who will complete the application materials in JustGrants. JustGrants will use this contact information to assign the Application Submitter role in JustGrants.

No. You must submit the SF-424 in Grants.gov first.

Once you get into JustGrants, you can update most data fields associated with the SF-424 (e.g., requested funding amount, project title, type of applicant). The only data that cannot be edited directly in the application in JustGrants are the entity and program identifiers (e.g., UEI, Funding Opportunity Number). 

The individual identified in the (Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application) in Section 8.F of the SF-424 will be designated as the Application Submitter in JustGrants. This information in the SF-424 cannot be changed; however, the Entity Administrator can reassign the Application Submitter role to another user in JustGrants.

ASAP is the shared services payment system used by the Department of the Treasury that replaced the Grants Payment Request System for grants payments. Through this platform, recipients of DOJ grant awards and other forms of federal assistance are able to request and receive payments for grants managed through JustGrants.

To learn more about ASAP, see the ASAP Resources page.

Based on the recommendation of the Office of Management and Budget and the Chief Financial Officers Council, DOJ selected ASAP from two approved shared service grant payment systems. The October 15, 2020, launch date was selected to align the release of JustGrants and the transition to ASAP and DOJ's financial management system. The Grants Payment Request System is no longer accessible (as of September 23, 2020).

Yes, all DOJ award recipients must use ASAP for payment requests. The Grants Payment Request System is no longer accessible (as of September 23, 2020).

No.

The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service—ISIM PP will send two emails to the entity's System for Award Management (SAM) Electronic Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC)—one containing a username and one containing a temporary password and a link to create a new password.

After receiving both emails, the POC must complete the following steps:

1. Use the username and temporary password provided to log in to the ISIM system to change your password and complete your security questions.
2. Log in to ASAP using your username and your new password.
3. Accept the ASAP terms.
4. Select "1 notification awaiting review."
5. Select "Unread" from the Notification Status drop-down menu, then select "Continue."
6. Select the magnifying glass on the right side of the screen to view the Enrollment Notifications.

To learn more about the ASAP registration process, please see the ASAP Enrollment Checklist.

To identify your E-Biz POC, visit SAM.gov, select "Search Records," enter your entity information, and then view "POCs" (including the E-Biz POC) within the Entity Profile.

Yes. The SAM E-Biz POC has been designated as the ASAP POC to complete enrollment and will receive the ASAP enrollment emails. During the enrollment process, the POC can add the appropriate users to the ASAP roles.

For any inquiries related to your SAM account, please use the resources available on SAM.gov and/or reach out to the SAM service desk for assistance. Contact information for SAM support is available here.

Entities new to DOJ will be invited to enroll in ASAP during the award notification and acceptance process. If you have not yet received your ASAP enrollment invitation, please check your spam filters to see if the email was filtered out. If the ASAP enrollment invitation is not in your spam folder, contact the OCFO Customer Service Center by email at [email protected] or by phone 800-458-0786 to request that your invitation be resent.

Entities can also check the status of their enrollment (including whether their enrollment has been initiated) by contacting [email protected] and providing their entity's Unique Entity Identifier(s) and EIN.

For ASAP, legitimate emails from the Department of the Treasury will be sent from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service–ISIM PP [[email protected] or [email protected]]. The Department of the Treasury uses a standard template as the basis for its outreach to the SAM E-Biz POCs. Two enrollment emails—one containing a username and one containing a temporary password and a link to create a new password—will be sent to your entity's SAM Electronic Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) from the Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

DOJ award recipients can contact the OCFO Customer Service Center by email at [email protected] or by phone 800–458–0786 and provide their entity's Unique Entity Identifier(s) and EIN to determine whether their entity already has an existing enrollment with ASAP.

The ease and convenience offered to our grantees and award recipients through the ability to use their existing ASAP accounts is one of the main reasons behind the transition from the Grants Payment Request System to our new payment management system. Your entity's ASAP point of contact (POC) and ASAP Financial Official (FO) will receive notification of enrollment into DOJ's ALC 1504001. The enrollment process for existing ASAP entities is simplified and only requires establishing a banking account(s) for DOJ's ALC 1504001.

If your entity FO wants to use the existing banking account(s) for ALC 1504001, the FO should not click the link on the ASAP home page. They should Click Enrollments > Modify/Delete Banking Data to enable the current banking account(s) for DOJ award payments.

If your entity FO wants to add new banking account(s) for ALC 1504001, the FO can click the link on the ASAP home page or Click Enrollments > Add Banking Data.

This simplified enrollment step will then associate DOJ awards to your entity's profile and users.

• The Initial Point of Contact is added by the federal agency, and can self-designate all roles and create additional users.
• The Point of Contact (POC) adds users or modifies their roles.
• The Head of Organization (HOO) approves changes to users and their roles.
• The Financial Official (FO) enters and maintains banking account information.
• The Authorizing Official (AO) adds Payment Requestors and Inquirer Only users.
• The Payment Requester initiates payment requests.
• An Inquirer Only can only run reports and cannot hold any other roles.

Yes. All roles require assignment during the enrollment process.