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Description Identification, Application, Implementation, and Dissemination phases of the grant lifecycle complement blockchain strength in identity, provenance, and security.
Primary Actors Awardees Grantor and Applicants
Supporting Actors Multiple stakeholders in Awardee Grantor and Applicant organizations, external researchers, and grants participants
Use Case: Name Securing Case Securing and Connecting Grants
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High-Level Summary The grant process follows a linear lifecycle that includes creating the funding opportunity, applying, making award decisions, and successfully implementing the award. These phases are grouped as:
- Pre-Award Phase - funding opportunities and application review
- Award Phase - award decisions and notifications
- Post Award Phase - implementation, reporting, and closeout
Low-level Summary
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Primary Actor Awardees Grantors and Applicants
AwardeesGrantors:
- Review process
- Inter- and Intradepartmental Intra-departmental share among agencies
- Track applications and avoid duplication
- Notify member agencies
- Fund projects
- Support informed decision making by federal grantmaking grant-making entities
- Integrate with grantmaking grant-making and grant recipient entities’ systems used to manage day-to-day grants management operations
- Improve ability to detect fraud, waste, and abuse
- Improve ability to efficiently conduct audits
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