“This is a great tool for collaborative proposal development... is a huge time saver; it allows everyone to see all of the documents, email traffic, and decisions that are made relating to the grant—all in one place. We looked at 5 or 6 systems and this is by far the easiest to use with both faculty and community partners.”

— David Stone, Associate Vice President for Research, Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects, Northern Illinois University

“This is what research development professionals need for effective collaboration. I like the ability to be able to go directly to the sources, and the customized filters—things like number of awards, closing date, and estimated total program funding—make it very easy to find the information we are looking for... The search and discovery of opportunities is better than anything I have seen—this is truly a game changer.”

— Matthew Christian, Assistant Vice President for Program Development, Co-director, Arete Initiative, The University of Chicago

“We are finding opportunities that we did not know existed and the ability to share information with our faculty, researchers and partners has never been... Also, our faculty are fiercely competitive and the ability for them to work in a secure project workspace but still have the ability to invite the peers that they respect, trust and like on their own and still have the confidence that all of their work is private is something that will greatly enhance our ability to move grants through our process more quickly.”

— Caryn Charter, Director Office of Research Development, Eastern Michigan University

“Before we started using In4Grants, we kept our information in three different places. We were using Excel, Word, Access and really cobbling together our process. Now our process is much simpler—we are all on the same page and spending much more time going after relevant opportunities.”

— Jerrold R. Harris, Ph.D., Director Research and Sponsored Programs, Bloomsburg University

“The (principal investigator) was really happy to be able to get the grant out, go back and see what documents were ready instead of having to keep track of emails and drafts, it was there in the workspace, and they didn't have to make copies for the business office,”

— Leslie Z. Paige, M.S., Ed.S., NCSP, Coordinator of the Fort Hays State University Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects

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