# Multi-Stage Grant Rounds

This article explains how to setup a multi stage or multi phase grant/funding round as an administrator.

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### Add a Stage

Find the Grant you want to add a stage to in your "Grants" area and from the drop down menu click on "Add Stage".

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This starts the usual Grants wizard for setting up the new Grant stage, with a few differences.
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![Add Stage](https://help.tahua.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-28%20at%209.19.43%20AM.png?width=688\&height=256\&name=Screen%20Shot%202024-02-28%20at%209.19.43%20AM.png)
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### Select applications from the previous stage

On the first step of the wizard you will be able to select the applications from the previous stage that have access to the Stage being created.

![Multi Stage Select Applications](/files/6886936c3b98b58a2f44efb71854864f23897e3d)

From the popup select the applications by clicking on the checkbox on the left and clicking "Add Selected".

![Multi Stage select applications 2](/files/21ff37cad2050a6b272b6d5ced8c7b9fcb992845)
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### Application form and copying values

Within Step 2 — Application Form — you can choose whether to copy the values from funding applications in the previous stage into the current stage funding applications as a starting point. This can be helpful if you are looking for refinements or elaborations from the first stage.

If you choose to copy values you will only be able to choose the application form template from the original stage or a linked template of that.
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### Linked Templates

Linked Templates allow you to copy a template and make modifications to it, as well as retain a link between the fields that exist in both templates for copying values.

You can create a linked template by finding the application templates in Settings > Templates > Applications and from the drop down menu click on "Create Linked Template".

![Create Linked Template](/files/cde3afd2f531b15902a5c637bcb4e406de34fa56)

This will take you into the template builder where you can make any modifications you wish including adding new fields to the template. Please note that if you add new fields these will appear as blank values when copying values from the original stage.
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### Completing the process

The remaining workflow is the same as any other [Grant](/knowledge-base/administrator-help-guides/funding-rounds-and-grant-management/create-a-grant-round.md). Once it is published your applicants will be able to login to their portal and complete their funding applications if they are part of the Grant Stage.
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