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Grantors and Applicants research and address significant challenges in society. Collaboration is time-consuming; whether in identifying funding needs of researchers, resourcing potential requests for proposals/applications (RFP/RFA), or reporting progress and results. International and in-country organizations spend too much time locating potential grantors and those grantors spend too much time administering grants when they yearn to link with the research community in an innovation rather than a maintenance role. All parties prioritize researching, analyzing, and disseminating; however, the business burden of grants compliance overshadows the incredible potential of significant adoption of grants-related research.
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- Pre-Award Phase - funding opportunities and application review
- Award Phase - award decisions and notifications
- Post Award Phase - implementation, reporting, and closeout
Low-level Summary
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Primary Actor
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- Reduce redundant reporting
- Control of access to and protection of personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive/proprietary information
- Integrate federal and non-federal grants management processes
- Improve payment efficiency for second- and third-tier grant recipients
- Notify RFA and RFP based on selected topics
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- Grantors
- Compliance Agencies
- Applicant Organization and/or Parent Organization Members
- Principal Investigator (or Project Director, depending on Grantor terminology)
- Grant Writer (intra or inter organization)
- Applicant Partners (intra organization)
Supporting Actors
Multiple stakeholders in Awardee and Applicant organizations, external researchers, and grants participants:
Pre-Application - Team
- Vision meeting(s) with team
- Align vision with grant opportunities
- Identify potential grants and narrow timeline
- Identify goals and objectives of grant
- Build draft work plan and budget to assess fit
- Draft Review of Literature
- Identify partner needs and expectations
Pre-Application - Writing Workflow
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