Research grant management built for how research actually works
From PI submission to compliance reporting, manage research grants, fellowships, and TTO funding programs on one platform — with multi-stage approval, milestone tracking, and audit trails that funding councils require.
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What does AcceleratorApp do for research funding organizations?
AcceleratorApp gives research councils, universities, technology transfer offices (TTOs), and research foundations a single platform for managing the full grant lifecycle. It covers PI application submission, peer review, multi-stage award approval, milestone tracking, compliance reporting, and disbursement — with native multi-currency for international research collaborations. Plans from $549 per month.
The reality of research funding
Research funding is multi-stage, multi-stakeholder, and slow to modernize
Research funding is multi-stage
PIs submit. Departments approve. Peer reviewers score. Committees decide. Finance disburses. Compliance monitors. Auditors review. Each handoff has its own rules.
Each stage has different people and documents
Most universities and research councils manage this across legacy grant systems built in the 2000s and a thicket of Excel spreadsheets that no single team owns.
Modernization projects take years
When research offices try to move off legacy systems, the projects routinely overrun budget and timeline. The migration becomes the project.
Multi-stage approval
An approval chain that mirrors your institution's governance
Configure each stage, each role, and each document requirement once. Every proposal follows the same defensible path — from the PI's desk to a disbursed award.
PI submission
Proposal, budget, ethics declarations, and CVs through a structured portal.
Department review
Departmental sign-off confirms fit, capacity, and institutional support.
Peer review committee
Blind or named scoring against the program's rubric, conflicts declared.
Faculty approval
Faculty-level approval against strategy and available budget.
Finance approval
Finance confirms account codes, terms, and compliance prerequisites.
Award & disbursement
Funds release once ethics, data plans, and reporting requirements clear.
Add executive sign-off, split committees, or extra ethics checkpoints. Every stage is configured in the platform — no development required.
Capabilities
Everything a research program needs, from proposal to audit
Connected workflows that replace the proposal portals, scoring spreadsheets, ethics email threads, and disconnected finance tools research offices run on today.
PI submission
Submission portals built for research proposals
Structured application forms tailored to research: abstracts, methodology, budget breakdowns, ethics declarations, CVs, and supporting documents.
Conditional logic and file uploads are standard. Configure the form, publish the call, and start collecting proposals the same day.
Peer review
Reviewer assignment with structured scoring
Configure peer reviewer panels with blind review options and conflict-of-interest declarations. Build custom scoring rubrics per program.
Reviewer dashboards keep evaluators focused on the work. Scores flow straight into the multi-stage approval workflow — no re-keying.
Ethics & IRB
Configure compliance templates for ethics and IRB
Set the requirements a recipient must satisfy before money moves: IRB approval, data management plans, conflict-of-interest declarations, or any custom requirement your institution specifies.
Define each requirement at the program level once. Every award inherits the template automatically.
Milestones
Milestone tracking for research deliverables
Define research milestones including interim reports, publications, ethics review checkpoints, and data-sharing requirements.
PIs submit evidence for each milestone. The research office approves, requests clarification, or sends it back. Every step is recorded.
Compliance gate
Compliance-blocking disbursements
AcceleratorApp blocks the disbursement workflow until ethics approval, data management plans, and required reporting are complete. This is enforcement at the approval layer, not a reminder.
Your finance office still moves the money through your bank once everything clears. AcceleratorApp controls the approval chain.
Multi-currency
Native multi-currency for international collaborations
Joint research programs across borders are routine. Track every commitment, contribution, and disbursement in native currency, with home-currency reporting via live FX.
Essential for research councils and universities funding partners across multiple countries.
One platform
Multiple research programs, one field-level audit trail
A single research office can run scholarships, research grants, fellowships, and TTO programs side by side — each with its own workflow, milestones, and compliance rules.
Every change on every entity is logged at the field level, with timestamps, user, and reason. Funders and auditors specifically test for this.
| Time | User | Change | Transition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:09 | Dean's office | dept_review to committee | tx_7f3a1 |
| Jun 3, 09:57 | H. Mercer | draft to submitted | tx_7f2c8 |
| Jun 2, 16:59 | Reviewer 4 | score added 8.0/10 | tx_7e1b4 |
| Jun 2, 16:42 | Ethics office | irb_status to approved | tx_7e0a2 |
Our approach vs legacy systems
Built for research offices, not retrofitted from the 2000s
Cayuse, InfoEd, and PeopleSoft Grants were built for a different era of research administration. The difference shows up in deployment, cost, and who has to run it.
Cayuse · InfoEd · PeopleSoft Grants
Modern research grant management
Who uses it
One platform, every role in the research office
From the PI's first proposal to the auditor's final review, each role sees the version of the workflow that fits their job.
Research office staff
Running grant programs day-to-day.
Principal investigators
Submitting proposals and milestone reports.
Peer reviewers
Evaluating proposals with structured scoring rubrics.
Faculty & department heads
Approving allocations through multi-stage workflows.
Finance & grants accounting
Tracking disbursements and compliance.
Audit & research integrity
Reviewing the full trail.
Why AcceleratorApp
What research offices and funding councils ask for
This is the most permissions-heavy market we serve. AcceleratorApp is built for it.
Granular role-based permissions
The most frequent requirement from research offices, funding councils, and TTOs. Principal investigators, peer reviewers, department heads, finance, research integrity, and audit each get fine-grained, fully customizable view, edit, and approval permissions — matched to your institution's governance.
Multi-stage approval, no development
Approval chains mirror departmental sign-off, committee review, faculty approval, finance approval, and executive sign-off. Your governance, your configuration.
Field-level audit log
Every change on every entity, with transition IDs and timestamps. Suitable for funder, regulatory, and internal audits.
Compliance-blocking disbursements
For ethics, data management, and reporting requirements. AcceleratorApp controls the approval chain. Your finance office still moves the money.
Native multi-currency
International research collaborations supported from day one, with home-currency reporting via live FX.
2 to 3 week launch
Compared to years for legacy university grant systems, and 40 to 60 percent more affordable.
Pricing
Transparent pricing for universities and research councils
Plans start from $549 per month. No hidden setup fees. No consulting requirement.
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