Become a Workspace Owner

Applicants may become a Workspace Owner through two primary channels:

• Via Apply on the View Grant Opportunity page

• Via contacting the current Workspace Owner

Apply on the View Grant Opportunity Page

There will be an Apply button on the View Grant Opportunity page that is active for Grants.gov users with the Workspace Manager, Standard AOR, or Expanded AOR role. From this page, they will be able to create a workspace and become a Participant and the Workspace Owner by completing the Apply process. Review the Apply Now help article for more details.

Note: Applicants without one of the above roles can only join an existing Workspace when they are added as a Participant by the Workspace Owner.

Once you create a new workspace, three things happen:

1. A workspace is created with empty forms

2. The activity is logged under the Activity tab of the workspace

3. The applicant who created the workspace becomes the Workspace Owner

Note: An email is not sent to the Workspace Owner when a workspace is created.

Through Contacting the Current Workspace Owner

Participants wanting ownership of an existing workspace can contact the current Workspace Owner directly. The current Workspace Owner’s phone number and email address are listed on the Manage Workspace page under the Participants tab. Clicking the Workspace Owner’s email address will open a new email message via the user’s email client.

For more on how the Workspace Owner transfers ownership of the workspace to another Participant, see the Assign and Reassign Ownership help article.

After a transfer of ownership, two things happen:

1. The new Workspace Owner will see the Add Participants button activated within the workspace.

2. The new Workspace Owner will see the Remove and Make Owner links activated in the Actions column of the Workspace Participants table.