The SAP for Higher Education & Research portfolio supports the various roles involved with managing grants in research institutions.

Grants management software supports the grantee in receiving funding, including:

• Pre-award processes
  • Proposal development
  • Application submission
  • Budgeting
  • Alignment with the sponsor's funding regulations
  • Administration, with support for both researchers and administrators
• Grant execution
  • Posting
  • Compliance with the sponsor's spending guidelines
  • Overhead calculations
  • Sponsor billing
  • Grant monitoring with standard reports

Our grants management software also supports the pass-through role in both receiving and partially disbursing funding in collaboration with other organizations. Capabilities include:

• Master data management
• Budgeting
• Consolidated billing
• Overhead calculations
• Reporting

And, our software supports the grantor in awarding funding to procure specialized services. Capabilities include:

• Program management
• Web application development with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
• Automatic application assessment
• Management of funding agreements
• Change Request management
• Claims management
• Payment
• Monitoring and reporting
• Auditing

Support for grants management is complemented by rich capabilities for enterprise management and support.

Key processes for managing grants are enabled with SAP Grants Management. Enterprise management and support processes are enabled with SAP ERP. To find out how these offerings can help you improve your organization's processes, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about industry solutions.