Form B - Research Grant

Summary

7 total questions | 100% mapped to the CommonGrants schema

Research grant application form

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Details

Form

Sample version of the rendered form.

Research Project Name*

Institution TypeNone

Principal Investigator

PI First Name*

PI Middle Name

PI Last Name*

Total Budget (USD)

Kick-off Date

Data

What the form data looks like when it is submitted.

{
  "project_name": "Project B",
  "institution_type": "University",
  "principal_investigator": {
    "first_name": "Bob",
    "middle_name": "B.",
    "last_name": "Barker"
  },
  "budget": 25000,
  "kickoff": "2025-06-01"
}

Schemas

UI and JSON schemas used to render and validate the form.

JSON schema

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "project_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Research Project Name"
    },
    "institution_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Institution Type",
      "enum": [
        "University",
        "Nonprofit",
        "Government",
        "Corporation",
        "Independent Researcher",
        "Not Listed"
      ]
    },
    "principal_investigator": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "first_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "title": "PI First Name"
        },
        "middle_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "title": "PI Middle Name"
        },
        "last_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "title": "PI Last Name"
        }
      },
      "title": "Principal Investigator",
      "required": [
        "first_name",
        "last_name"
      ]
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "number",
      "title": "Total Budget (USD)"
    },
    "kickoff": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "title": "Kick-off Date"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "project_name",
    "principal_investigator"
  ]
}

UI Schema

{
  "type": "VerticalLayout",
  "elements": [
    {
      "type": "Control",
      "scope": "#/properties/project_name"
    },
    {
      "type": "Control",
      "scope": "#/properties/institution_type"
    },
    {
      "type": "Group",
      "label": "Principal Investigator",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "Control",
          "scope": "#/properties/principal_investigator/properties/first_name"
        },
        {
          "type": "Control",
          "scope": "#/properties/principal_investigator/properties/middle_name"
        },
        {
          "type": "Control",
          "scope": "#/properties/principal_investigator/properties/last_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Control",
      "scope": "#/properties/budget"
    },
    {
      "type": "Control",
      "scope": "#/properties/kickoff"
    }
  ]
}

Mappings

Mappings between the form and the CommonGrants schema.

Mapping to CommonGrants

{
  "pointOfContact": {
    "firstName": {
      "field": "principal_investigator.first_name"
    },
    "middleName": {
      "field": "principal_investigator.middle_name"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "field": "principal_investigator.last_name"
    }
  },
  "project": {
    "title": {
      "field": "project_name"
    },
    "applicantType": {
      "switch": {
        "field": "institution_type",
        "case": {
          "University": "nonprofit-educational",
          "Nonprofit": "nonprofit-general",
          "Corporation": "business-general",
          "Government": "government-general",
          "Independent Researcher": "individual",
          "Not Listed": "custom"
        },
        "default": "custom"
      }
    },
    "amountRequested": {
      "field": "budget"
    },
    "startDate": {
      "field": "kickoff"
    }
  }
}

Mapping from CommonGrants

{
  "project_name": {
    "field": "project.title"
  },
  "institution_type": {
    "switch": {
      "field": "project.applicantType",
      "case": {
        "nonprofit-general": "Nonprofit",
        "nonprofit-religious": "Nonprofit",
        "nonprofit-educational": "University",
        "business-small": "Corporation",
        "business-general": "Corporation",
        "government-tribal": "Government",
        "government-state": "Government",
        "government-local": "Government",
        "government-general": "Government",
        "individual": "Independent Researcher",
        "custom": "Not Listed"
      }
    }
  },
  "principal_investigator": {
    "first_name": {
      "field": "pointOfContact.firstName"
    },
    "middle_name": {
      "field": "pointOfContact.middleName"
    },
    "last_name": {
      "field": "pointOfContact.lastName"
    }
  },
  "budget": {
    "field": "project.amountRequested"
  },
  "kickoff": {
    "field": "project.startDate"
  }
}