Upcoming Change in Federal-wide Unique Entity Identifier Requirements

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Currently when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements, all applicant organizations must have a DUNS number as the Universal Identifier. The General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced that DUNS will be replaced by a new Government-owned unique entity identifier in all systems, including Grants.gov and eRA Commons. The new government unique identifier will be incorporated into the SAM registration process, eliminating the need for applicants to seek external identifiers in order to register.

The transition is ongoing, and more information on this to come as NIH learns more.

For other details, see the full Guide Notice.

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