Applying for a Grant through smARTDE is sponsored by Delaware Division of the Arts. to learn how to log in and navigate within the system. Arts Organizations Non-profit Delaware organizations whose primary mission is the promotion, production, presentation, or teaching of the arts <a Category: Arts & Culture.

Applying for a G rant through smAR TDE Need help? Email smart de@delaware. gov if you en counter techni cal difficu lties.

Page 1 of 2 To fi nd out if you need to “register ,” please read Ho w to Register in smARTDE ******Also see “he lpful tips” at the en d of this do cu ment .

****** The Di visi on ’s grants man agem ent portal, smART DE, allo ws you to apply either as: ✓ a Conta ct on behalf of an Orga niz ation (Nonpr ofit, School, Gove rnmen t, Univ ersity ): • already appl ied via sm ART DE (as an Individual Artist or Contact of an Organ izat io n): o Click “F orgot Password” and a reset email wi ll be a utomatically se nt to yo u.

o Then check your inbox or sp am folder if you do not rec eive it within a few minutes. If you still don’t get it, you may be in sm ART DE under an other username/ email addres s. Email the Di visi on to inqu ire.

• never logged into smAR TDE, but now wants to apply: o as an Indiv id ual Artist, stop here and follow these instr uctions . o on behalf of an Organ iza tion that does not have a record in sm ARTDE , and you have ver ified that with the Divi sio n, follow the registration ins truc tions o on behalf of an Organ iza tion that alre ady has a record in smART DE, but you yourself do not, do not click “Register” OR “F orgot Pa sswor d.

” Instead, email the Div isi on to have your record created and password sent to you. Dr afti ng and subm itting an applic atio n as an Organization C ontact : 1) On ce logg ed into sm ARTD E, cli ck “O pportun itie s” to see all grant progra ms available to yo u. only op en appli cation cycles of those grant cate gori es for whi ch you or your organization are eligi ble will have the apply bu tton.

the one exc eption for or ganizations is Arts Acces s, which will alwa ys sh ow up as an opportunit y. However, if you receiv ed a GOS or Project Support grant for the current fiscal year, your organ iza tion is most likely NOT elig ible. Check with the Divisi on firs t.

3) Click on “Sa ve Draft” at the bot tom before begi nni ng the appli catio n. This will autofill your organization and/or cont act informati on from our datab ase and will enab le upl oad fields. If you do not Save Dr aft fi rst, you will not be able to comple te the appl ication.

4) Read the directions at top, in cluding the guid elines and rubr ics (if availabl e). 5) Comple te all fields under all tabs (re qui red fie lds ha ve an asterisk) o In the Financ ial tab, there will be ei ther a PDF up load but ton OR a Pr oje ct Budget For m. If the latter is requ ired : ▪ Click on the orange but ton to open (ma ke sure yo ur bowser allows pop -ups ).

Applying for a G rant through smAR TDE Need help? Email smart de@delaware. gov if you en counter techni cal difficu lties.

Page 2 of 2 ▪ Note the budget requir em ents before enteri ng li ne item s. ▪ You will get an err or mes sage if you re quest too much, or the bu dget does not ▪ Be sure to save be fore closing the pop -up wind ow or you will lose your work. o In the Suppo rt Materials tab, the re will likely be requ ired upl oad s: ▪ Read the instruc tions to see which fi le types are accepte d.

De pen ding on the type suppor ted, you may uplo ad PDFs, image forma ts, and audio or video files. ▪ There will be a field for entering a URL if you want to add one ei th er in addit ion to, or in place of, an upload. Be sure to incl ude the full URL, starting with ht tps .

o In the State ment of Assur ances or Ce rti fication tab, you will see a legal do cument outl ini ng wh at you ag ree to if awarded a grant. Ch ecking the box is required to submi t. 6) On ce all tabs are comp lete, click su bmit.

If nec essar y, the sy stem will ge nerate err or messages let ting you know whi ch forg otten field( s) or in corre ct format( s) you entered. 7) If the submi ssi on is succes sful, you will get an em ail, al ong with a PDF of the appli catio n. For previ ous appli cants: o All past appli cati ons, gr ants, and final rep orts are ac cessib le via y our login home sc reen.

o For grants award ed prior to July 1, 2018, you can view all mat erial s, including the submitted appli cati on cont ent, pa nel comment s, on-site evaluati ons, and rep orts, under the Awa rd Info tab within ea ch app lic ati on. Ma terials are mainly saved to that tab as PDFs and most of the fields in the other tabs will be blank. • Contin ue to click Save Dr aft to save your work period ically and log out and co me back to it later.

The sy stem will al so auto -save frequ entl y. to you. Click the ch eck box next to “Remember this device” to av oid having to do this each time.

• For security purpo ses, pas swords are set to expire ev ery 90 day s. • To view and edit your inf ormation or that of your or ganizatio n, click on your fir st in itial at upper right of your home scr een and sel ect fr om the dr opdown menu. • The Notes menu on the left will all ow you to type any question s, which will au tomatically send an email to the appr opri at e Divisi on st aff pers on.

An y reply Notes will come to y ou via emai l. • You can crea te a PDF of the application at any given time by clicki ng on “P DF of Form” at top. • Whitelist the domain with your email provider so that emails sent fr om the sys tem do not go into your sp am/junk fold er.

• Bookmark the smART DE URL in your internet browser so you can ea sily re turn to the sit e.