Post-award Management

Managing grants effectively requires robust Post-Award management and reporting to ensure compliance, transparency, and accountability. After a proposal is awarded, institutions can update budgets and award details in GrantsNow before transferring data to their ERP. With seamless ERP integration, GrantsNow supports the complete lifecycle from award setup through to project closeout, reporting, and monitoring.

Key features include:
• Award setup, budget management, and milestone tracking
• Automated workflows for award changes, reporting, and approvals
• Progress reporting, compliance monitoring, audit trails, and ERP-integrated financial reporting

Precise & Clear Project Management

Simplify your project finances with tools designed to streamline tracking and management.

Real-time updates: Seamless integration with your finance system for accurate, up-to-date spending data.
Clear insights: Receive a straightforward, complete view of your projects and budgets.
Effortless coordination: Manage tasks effectively to stay on top of returns and deadlines.
Unified information: Ensuring consistency for researchers, Pre-Award, post-award teams, administrators, and more.

Complete Budget Oversight

Improved visibility for financial control throughout your research journey.

Risk reduction: Minimise the risk of overspending by tracking spend against budget in real time.
System integration: Set up budget codes and track project finances with ease through finance system integration.
Budget management: Monitor awarded budgets with easily configured approval workflows.
Continuity: Carry forward risk registers from Pre-Awards and track benefits seamlessly.
Task reminders: Schedule tasks and set reminders for key project actions.

Team Collaboration Simplified

Optimise workflows and foster effective collaboration from award acceptance to project closeout.

Streamlined processes: Simplify supplements, virements, no-cost extensions, and Grant closeouts.
Complete audit trail: Keep a detailed record of all actions, changes, and comments for every project.
Real-time notifications: Stay informed with instant updates and commenting functionality.

Reporting & Analytics Suite

Full Post-Awards Reporting, driven via seamless integration with your ERP
Project Budget vs Expenditure Reporting – accessible by PIs, Project leads and Academics
Project Forecast Reports – by project/dept/faculty/PI
Price Rules and Contribution Reports
Facility & Equipment allocation reports
Staff Allocation and utilisation reports
Funder Project Milestone Reports
Compliance Reports: By funder
Report scheduler and reminders for Funder Reporting deadlines
Audit reports for Funders

“GrantsNow’s Post-Award feature streamlines fund tracking, compliance, and reporting, freeing your team to focus on impactful research outcomes.”

Once an Award is sent to ERP Cloud, our recommendation is that it is managed by your ERP Project Management module, following the processes below: