The Grant Lifecycle: How to Improve Pre-award Processes

The Grant Lifecycle: How to Improve Pre-award Processes

“The grant lifecycle” refers to all the phases of a research grant: from the initial idea about what to research and submitting a proposal to receiving funding, doing the actual research, and reporting on the findings and how funding was spent. Each phase...
Limitations of Grant Tracking Spreadsheets

Limitations of Grant Tracking Spreadsheets

Research administrators use grant tracking spreadsheets at everywhere from nonprofits and independent research institutes to large, research-intensive universities. They’re easy to set up and sort by names of key personnel, funding agency, agency number, project...
Grants Management Software for Research Administration

Grants Management Software for Research Administration

Successful research organizations use grants management software for oversight and administration of funding portfolios. These organizations rely on grants to fund their research enterprises, which are composed of highly skilled scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and...