CRDF Solutions - Logic: Harnessing Information Technology for Grant Making

PEACE AND PROSPERITY THROUGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COLLABORATION

Technology Solutions for Grant-Making Improve efficiency, reduce cost and streamline your grant-making process. Database and web solutions, developed and perfected through implementation of CRDF’s own grant programs, are now available and customized for your organization’s needs.

CRDF has engaged over 28,000 scientists around the world in collaborative research activities. To date CRDF has received over 12,000 grant proposals, coordinated over 40,000 external and panel reviews, and managed thousands of individual grants via our own electronic systems.

Our customized Solutions include: Proposal Submission Simplify submission of grant applications via customized online application systems.

Peer Review Solicit external expert reviews of submitted proposals through convenient and effective web-based systems. Allows for real-time analysis of review scores and convenient, consolidated reporting.

Panel Review Provide panel experts with the opportunity to review, comment on and score proposals online prior to a virtual or in-person panel discussion.

Grant Management Manage awards, review financial reports, process payment requests, and oversee other grant management and compliance functions via customized web-based systems. CRDF also has a proprietary client-server project management database application providing extensive tools for grant management including electronic workflows for grant-making decisions, detailed financial and analyticalreporting, and cradle-to-grave managementfrom proposal submission to grant closeout.

Why Consider CRDF Logic?

Our History Since its inception, CRDF has engaged over 28,000 scientists around the world in collaborative research activities. To date CRDF has received over 12,000 grant proposals, coordinated over 40,000 external and panel reviews, and managed thousands of individual grants via our own electronic systems. These systems reduce time, improve efficiency, reduce costs and improve accuracy of grant management.

Subject Matter Expertise As a grant-making organization, CRDF has extensive expertise in managing complex projects internationally and has developed effective electronic tools. We continually update our systems to make them easier to use, more robust and incorporate new technologies. Since CRDF has over a decade of experience in developing and deploying data management systems for grant making and project management, we are acutely aware of the challenges and special needs facing grantmakers working internationally.

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Process & Flexibility The web and software tools that are offered by CRDF are highly flexible and can be tailored to suit the needs of a client. This allows CRDF to build lasting relationships with first time clients whose needs may be too specific for off-the-shelf solutions.

People CRDF staff members have expertise in all aspects of the program and grant management processes and how to leverage technology to improve efficiency, build capacity and reduce costs.

Training CRDF offers customized training services for all of its Solutions on-line and on-site. These fully customized training sessions offer clients in-depth instruction on how to utilize the system to its fullest. After the system is deployed each client will have the opportunity to subscribe to online training tutorials which allow new and existing users to be trained electronically saving time and training costs.

Support On-going technical support is offered to registered users.

CRDF has developed numerous technology Solutions for a variety of organizations including, among others, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the Qatar National Research Fund, and SRI International.

For further information contact solutions@crdf.org

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Organization Overview CRDF is a nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation.

CRDF promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through research and institutional grants, training activities, and services. The growing network of CRDF’s programs and services currently reaches more than 30 countries in Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Southeast Asia.