Very often multiple granting agencies seek proposals in overlapping or tightly related areas. For example, many agencies are funding work in bioterrorism, collaborative technologies, and digital libraries. Currently, the burden for identifying agencies seeking to fund research in a particular area falls to the individual researcher or institution. Providing mechanisms for agencies to post announcements and grant descriptions collectively by topic or issue would streamline the researcher's effort to identify and compare the opportunities most relevent to his or her work. Reducing the burden of this process for researchers enables them to devote more effort to the development of sound and successful proposals and to conducting the research itself. Implementation of tools and strategies to support this kind of coordination is underway in programs like the Federal Commons, but additional efforts to cultivate an enterprisewide approach to program announcements is still needed.