Because many of our funding opportunities use federal funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provided through the Library Sciences and Technology Act (LSTA), all applicants must be registered on the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and comply with federal Uniform Administrative Requirements for grants (2 CFR §200.300 - §200.345**). Federal funding requires following these federal level requirements.
To be ready to apply for a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, there are steps you must take prior to applying. Some of these steps may take several months (such as adopting required policies and procedures), and some may take just a day or two. You should complete these tasks before the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) announces the grant opportunity.
Grants must be applied for in eGrants.
Grant recipients of these funds MUST:
Grant recipients of these funds SHOULD:
Before applying for a grant, organizations must already have (or register for) the following numbers:
A nine-digit number assigned by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to identify entities such as libraries, school districts, intermediate units, higher education institutions, professional education associations, etc.
You can verify an already existing AUN at PDE’s Educational Name and Address (EdNA) website.
To register for an AUN, email ra-edna-admin@pa.gov.
Complete the EdNA Update Form to update an existing EdNA record.
Number required for organizations that receive payments or grants from the Commonwealth. If you are registering for the first time and do not think you’ll ever provide goods or services that the commonwealth would purchase, you should register for a Pennsylvania Vendor Number. A W9 (PDF) form is needed to apply for a vendor number.
You can verify an already existing vendor number on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Supplier Lookup Tool. A Keystone ID is required.
For questions about Pennsylvania Vendor Numbers, review the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget’s Non-Procurement Vendor Help or contact the Vendor Data Management Unit at ra-psc_supplier_requests@pa.gov.
A 12-character alphanumeric identifier used in SAM.gov and other federal government systems as a way to identify a unique entity. Those who are new to SAM.gov can register their entity or just get a Unique Entity ID by signing in to SAM.gov and selecting "Get Started."
If you are a award recipient who just needs a Unique Entity ID for subaward reporting, choose "Get Unique Entity ID."
If you want to bid directly on contracts or grants from the federal government, choose "Register Entity."
The next time you need to update your entity information or renew your entity registration, go to your SAM.gov workspace to validate your entity information. Learn how here.
A 9-digit code used by businesses in order to classify and identify them as a taxpayer, for banking services and other official and legal purposes. More information regarding FEINs can be found on the IRS website.
