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Who needs a DUNS number? <br />Any Institution that wants to submit a grant application to the Federal govemment. Individual researcher <br />do not need a DUNS number if they are submitting their application through a research organization. <br />How do I get a DUNS number? <br />Dun & Bradstreet have designated a special phone number for Federal grant and cooperative agreement <br />applicants/prospective applicants. Call the number below between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., local time in the 48 <br />contiguous tates and speak to a D&B representative. This proces will take approximately 5 —10 minutes <br />and you will receive your DUNS number at the conclusion of the call. <br />1-866-705-5711 <br />What do I need before I request a DUNS number? <br />Before you call D&B, you will need the following pieces of information: <br />• Legal Name <br />• Headquarters name and ad dres for your organization <br />• Doing busines as (dba) or other name by which your organization i commonly recognized <br />• Physical addres <br />• Mailing addres (if separate from headquarters and/or physical addre ) <br />• Telephone number <br />• Contact name and title <br />• Number of employees at your physical location <br />How much does a DUNS number cost? <br />There is no charge to obtain a DUNS number. <br />Why does my institution need a DUNS number? <br />New regulations taking affect Oct. 1, 2003 mandate that a DUNS number be provided on all Federal grant <br />and cooperative agreement applications. The DUNS number will offer a way for the Federal government <br />to better match information across all agencies. <br />How do I see if my institution already has a DUNS number? <br />Call the toll free number above and indicate that you are a Federal grant and/or cooperative agreement <br />applicant. D&B will tell you if your organization already has anumber as igned. If not, they will ask if you <br />wish to obtain one. <br />Should we use the +4 extension to the DUNS number? <br />Although D&B provides the ability to use a 4 -digit extension to the DUNS number, neither D&B nor the <br />Federal govemment as ign any importance to the extension. Benefits, if any, derived from the extension <br />will be at your institution only. <br />Is there anything special that we should do for multi -campus systems? <br />Multi -campus ystems can use what is called a parent DUNS number .to aggregate information for the <br />ystem as a whole. The main campus will need to be as igned a DUNS number. Then each satellite <br />campus will need to reference the main campus DUNS number as their parent DUNS when obtaining their <br />own DUNS number. For NIH grantees, if each campus ubmits grant applications as a unique grantee <br />organization, then each campus needs to obtain their own DUNS number. <br />What should we do if our institution has more than 1 DUNS number? <br />Your institution will need to decide which DUNS number to use for grant application purposes and use only <br />that number. <br />Are there any exceptions to the new DUNS number rules? <br />132 <br />53 <br />