{"id":"cadecbd4-76aa-481b-9f05-37eeedfd37de","task":"Submit grant applications via Grants.gov System-to-System (S2S) Apply","domain":"api.grants.gov","steps":["Register your organization as an S2S applicant on Grants.gov and obtain the client certificate required for S2S web service authentication; S2S uses certificate-based mutual TLS, not API key authentication.","Use the Grants.gov S2S applicant web service (SOAP) to call GetOpportunityList or the newer REST search endpoint at https://api.grants.gov/v1/api/search2 to find the target funding opportunity and retrieve its applicationPackageId.","Download the application package schema using the S2S GetApplicationPackage web service call; the package defines the required forms (SF-424, project narrative, budget) in grantor-specified XML schemas.","Populate all required form schemas in XML, validate each against the package schema, and bundle them into a submission package; attach supporting documents as base64-encoded file attachments within the XML envelope.","Submit the package via the S2S SubmitApplication web service call using your client certificate for authentication; the service returns a trackingNumber that you use to monitor submission status.","Poll GetApplicationStatus with the trackingNumber until the status transitions from Received to Validated or Rejected; a Validated status means Grants.gov has accepted the package for forwarding to the awarding agency."],"gotchas":["S2S uses mutual TLS certificate authentication, not API keys; the newer public REST search endpoints do not require authentication but the submission endpoints still require a valid client certificate — do not conflate the two.","Application package schemas are opportunity-specific and version-controlled; downloading the package schema for each opportunity rather than reusing a cached schema is essential, as form requirements change between competitions.","A Validated status from Grants.gov only confirms technical acceptance by the grants portal — it does not mean the awarding agency has received or reviewed the application; monitor agency-specific systems for downstream status updates."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T07:24:38.380Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:33.807Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cadecbd4-76aa-481b-9f05-37eeedfd37de"}