New Streamlined EDA Single Application  

The Economic Development Administration is pleased to announce that its new, streamlined single application form, the ED-900 (Application for Investment Assistance), is now available for use.  The new Form ED-900 consolidates all EDA-specific requirements into a single application form, replacing Form ED-900P (Pre-Application for Investment Assistance), Form ED-900A (Application for Investment Assistance), and all program-specific application components.  EDA will continue to require additional government-wide federal grant assistance forms from the Standard Form 424 family as part of a complete application package. 

EDA believes the new single application form will significantly reduce the paperwork burden on applicants and government personnel.  According to Paperwork Reduction Act estimates approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the introduction of the new form will reduce the applicant burden from a combined 46 hours for the Forms ED-900P/ED-900A to 22 hours for the Form ED-900.

There will be a one-month period to completely phase-in the use of the new Form ED-900.  Applications or pre-applications received before November 1, 2008 using previously issued application forms may still be accepted; however, beginning November 1, 2008, only the Form ED-900, along with specific forms and attachments from the Standard Form 424 family, will be accepted for consideration.  If EDA invites an applicant that submitted a Pre-Application for Investment Assistance (Form ED-900P) prior to November 1, 2008, to submit a full application, the applicant must complete and submit the new Form ED-900 with guidance from EDA.  Any applications received on or after November 1, 2008 using previously issued EDA application forms will be returned to the applicant with appropriate instructions on how to access and complete the new Form ED-900.

EDA encourages applicants to download and submit application packages through www.grants.gov.  Alternately, applicants may submit a complete hardcopy application package to the appropriate EDA regional office.  See http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/Regions.xml for a list of EDA's regional offices and their contact information.   The new Form ED-900, as well as links to all other required application package forms, are now available on EDA's website at www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/Application.xml.