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User's Guide V1.1 Page 7 of 24 <br /> WHAT IS A GRANT AWARD NUMBER? <br /> The Grant Award Number is a unique, eleven- character "number" that identifies each grant award issued <br /> by a specific program office to a specific grantee. All funds are requested by the Grant Award Number. <br /> The following is an example of a Grant Award Number and an explanation of the parts that make up the <br /> number: <br /> P031B971234: <br /> P Program Office issuing the award <br /> 031 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numeric suffix of the <br /> program <br /> B Alphabetic sub - program identifier <br /> 97 Last digits of the funding fiscal year <br /> 1234 Unique identifier <br /> WHAT IS A TIN OR SSN? <br /> The TIN is the Federal Tax Identification Number given to the grantee organization. The TIN is the <br /> unique nine -digit number the organization reports activity to the Internal Revenue Service. In other <br /> words the TIN is the grantee's social security number. The following is an example of a TIN: 12- <br /> 3456789 <br /> The SSN is the Social Security Number used to identify an individual issued a Department of Education <br /> grant award. It is a nine -digit number broken into three groups as follows: 123 -45 -6789 <br /> SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT IN GAPS <br /> OVERVIEW OF STEPS <br /> Institutions or individuals applying for U.S. Department of Education grants must register with the <br /> Department. This process includes: <br /> • Obtaining a DUNS number <br /> • Obtaining a Grant Award Number <br /> • Setting up Bank Information <br /> http: / /e- grants .ed.gov /gapsweb/help /intro.html 6/18/2002 <br />