Strategic Funding Advice
I work with a vast range of companies including start-ups, scale ups, SME’s and large multinationals across multiple sectors to provide strategic funding advice.
I understand the importance of clear, strategic and timely advice on funding options. I am up-to-date with current grant funding opportunities across regional, national, European and US funding agencies, particularly for innovative R&D products and processes, and can support decision makers in successfully interpreting the often complex funding landscape.
Identification of Opportunities
Initial phase to understand your business and objectives so that I can best identify your project(s) to the most suitable sources of funding.
Preparing the Funding Portfolio
Preparation phase where information is gathered and organised to lay the foundation for the development of potential funding applications. These documents can also be used as the foundation of investor, board, corporate and press briefings and other future grant applications.
Completion of Funding Documents
Development phase using the creative and technical writing skills through information gathered in the initial and preparation phases. This also includes a collaborative feedback loop embedded into this process.
Grant Applications
Identification of Opportunities
Initial phase to understand your business and objectives so that I can best identify your project(s) to the most suitable sources of funding.
Preparing the Funding Portfolio
Preparation phase where information is gathered and organised to lay the foundation for the development of potential funding applications. These documents can also be used as the foundation of investor, board, corporate and press briefings and other future grant applications.
Identification of Grant Partners
If a grant partner is required, I can leverage my network of contacts to identify potential industrial and or academic partners and collaborators that will strengthen the grant application and or is a grant must-have requirement.
Completion of Funding Application
Development phase using the creative and technical writing skills through information gathered in the initial and preparation phases. This also includes a collaborative feedback loop embedded into this process.
Ensuring Grant Compliance
Post success notification, there are some due diligence checks that will be performed by the award funding body. I can help support your organisation by signposting the requirements as well as preparing the required documentation.
Grant Management
In this implementation and live project phase, I can support your organisation through the preparation of financial and technical progress reports that can be must-have requirements by the award funding bodies. My experience of working with UK, European and U.S bodies will ensure that documents produced will be as per specifications and as best practice to ensure timely reimbursement of grant funds to your organisation.
Grant Review Service
Application Review
I will review your application. You write a first draft, and I will review it, provide observations and identify strengths and weaknesses on the grant application.
Application Review and Edit
I will review your application. You write a first draft, and I will review it, provide observations and identify strengths and weaknesses on the grant application. I will also provide editing suggestions to enhance the grant application.
Grant Project Management
Taking care of the administrative from reporting process burden so you can focus on the value add project activities.
I provide expert grant project management support for successfully grant-funded projects ensuring clients gain maximum value for money from their funding.
With an in depth knowledge and experience in regional, national European and US funding bodies, I can support your organisation from start to finish with my full grant project management service taking away the administrative burden from reporting and compliance requirements so you can focus on value add project activities.
Ensuring Grant Compliance
Post success notification, there are some due diligence checks that will be performed by the award funding body. I can help support your organisation by signposting the requirements as well as preparing the required documentation. Due diligence checks can include finance queries from the funder, financial forecasting, project set up details, exploitation plans, consortium agreements and Letter of Offer compliance.
Grant Management
In this implementation and live project phase, I can support your organisation through the preparation of financial and technical progress reports that can be must-have requirements by the award funding bodies. My experience of working with UK, European and U.S bodies will ensure that documents produced will be as per specifications and best practice to ensure timely reimbursement of grant funds to your organisation.
Implementation and Live Project Phase
I can support in setting up ongoing documentation and provide guidance on record keeping as well as attendance and support in initial discussions with award funding bodies.
Interactions with Award Funding Bodies
I can offer best practice guidance on how to communicate with the award funding bodies representatives.
Interim Financial and Technical Progress reporting
I can offer support and prepare progress reports including financial and technical information surrounding project milestones and deliverables, grant claims, grant claim forecasting, update risk registers, update project exploitation plans whether your organisation is a lead partner or a partner in a collaborative funded project.
Project Change Requests
I can offer support and complete the documentation for any project change requests or virements be it project extension, realignment of funds between cost categories or change in project scope to enable grant maximisation.
Final Financial and Technical Progress reporting
I can offer support and prepare progress reports including financial and technical information surrounding project milestones and deliverables, grant claims, final project exploitation plans whether your organisation is a lead partner or a partner in a collaborative funded project.
Post Project Evaluations
Some funding bodies require a post project evaluation on projects before other grant funding is offered. I can offer support and prepare supporting documents such as technical and financial impact reports as a result of the project on your organisation and or sector.
Grant Training
Grantipedia can offer a range of training that will develop your team’s knowledge and skillsets that can be applied to all aspects of future grant funding opportunities, be it identification of opportunities, project scoping, grant writing masterclass, grant compliance and grant project management. The training courses will give you hints and tips from a successful grant writer and grant project manager and will be delivered by an experienced subject matter expert and be undertaken on a face-to-face basis or by webinar.
Please get in touch and take advantage of a free 30 minute consultation where we can discuss all your Grant Funding needs.