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Flexigrant for the Research Sector

Research Grant Management Software
Built for Multi-stage Peer Review

Flexigrant runs applications, peer review, awards, and multi-funder portfolios in one system. 

Trusted by 250+ UK and global funders

Research funding is complex. You run multi-stage peer review, manage committee meetings, and answer to several funders at once. Flexigrant gives your research office one place to run all of it, with a full audit trail behind every decision. Funders have awarded more than £6.5 billion through the platform as of 2026. 

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“I'd recommend Flexigrant for any organisation looking to move beyond spreadsheets. Affordable pricing, fast support, and a platform that does what you need it to do.”
British ecological society
Dylan Byrne
Senior Grants and Community Engagement Officer
"In our first year using Flexigrant, I committed 110 grants across two charities, including 80 to organisations, and Flexigrant helps me manage this volume of grant-making. I would struggle without it."
Southwalk Charities
Matthew Allgood
Grants Manager
"I find the Flexigrant system really fascinating and incredibly flexible. The committee workspace saves everyone time. It saves me time, the finance department time, and the trustees time."
Norwich Charitable Trusts
Sandra McAfee
Grants Manager
"The difference Flexigrant has made to our day-to-day grant management cannot be underestimated."
East Riding of Yorkshire County Council
Jo-Anne Bell
Funding Development Coordinator

Peer review that stands up to scrutiny 

Peer review is the hardest part of research grant management. Multiple stages, multiple panels, and a reviewer acceptance step that asks each assigned reviewer to declare any conflict of interest or confirm they're suitable before they can see the full application. Flexigrant handles all of it. You configure the stages, assign reviewers, and set scoring criteria, so every panel works from the same framework. Every decision is recorded with the reasoning behind it.

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Show funders evidence, not just a status update 

Funders want to know what their money achieved, not just that it was spent. Flexigrant tracks progress from first milestone to final outcome across your whole portfolio. Query and export tools give you reliable access to your data, so the figures for a funder review or board paper are ready without compiling them by hand. 

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Your Data is UK Hosted

CERTIFIED AND SECURE

ISO 9001, ISO 27001, Microsoft Azure, G-Cloud/DOS15, and Cyber Essentials Plus certified. Your data lives in UK and EU data centres with role-based access and full encryption.

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What does Flexigrant do for research funders?

Flexigrant is built for research organisations, medical research charities, and research funding bodies. Most grant software assumes one form, one panel, one award. Research funding does not work like that, and Flexigrant is built for the difference.

Build Form For Every Scheme

Applications differ by funder, funding type, and research area. Build a separate, configurable form for each grant scheme, with its own fields and eligibility rules, and change it without a developer. 

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Run Multi-Stage and Parallel Review

Configure review stages, assign reviewers and panels, and score against consistent criteria. Run stages in sequence or in parallel, with a reviewer acceptance step before anyone sees a full application. 

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Manage Multi-Year Budgets and Milestone Payments

Research grants run for years and budgets shift. Track spend in real time, adjust budgets when requirements change, and release payments when project milestones are met.  

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Keep Every Contributor in One Place

Principal investigators, co-applicants, and finance officers work in the same system. Documents, tasks, and email threads stay attached to the right application instead of living in inboxes. 

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Big-Team Capability, Small-Team Workload

Multi-stage and parallel review

Run review rounds in sequence or in parallel, with every panel scoring against the same criteria.

Committee meetings in one place

Panels review, discuss, and decide in a shared workspace instead of coordinating across email chains.

Scales with your portfolio

From a single programme to multi-institution initiatives, for small, medium, and enterprise size teams.

Review data protected to research standards

Unsuccessful applications, reviewer comments, and scores stay behind role-based access, UK hosted, with a full audit trail. GDPR compliant as standard.

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Connected to institutional systems

The Grants API and Finance API link your finance and CRM systems, and ORCID integration is available for research funders.

Support that knows research

A UK support team in your timezone who understand research grant administration, praised in verified reviews for the speed and quality of their answers.

Who We Serve

Flexigrant serves grant-making organisations of every kind

Cut admin time. Reduce missed deadlines. Report with confidence.

If your team tracks deadlines in a shared spreadsheet and pulls reports from five different places, Flexigrant fixes that. Every funder requirement, every restricted fund, every reviewer comment lives in one system.
  • Audit-ready records on every award
  • Role-based access for officers, applicants, and reviewers
  • Built-in reporting against grant programme objectives
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is research grant management software?

It is the software research funders use to run applications, peer review, awards, budgets, and reporting in one system. Flexigrant is research grant management software built for research organisations, medical research charities, and research funding bodies.

What does Flexigrant do for research funders?

Flexigrant runs the whole research funding process: a configurable form for each grant scheme, multi-stage review with consistent scoring, committee meetings in one shared place, multi-year budgets with milestone payments, and a full audit trail behind every decision. 

How does research grant management software help your team?

It takes the coordination burden off your research office. Reviewers see their assignments, panels score against the same criteria, budgets update in real time, and every decision is recorded, so your team spends its time on judgement rather than chasing. 

Can Flexigrant manage fellowships, studentships, and project grants in one system?

Yes. Each scheme gets its own configurable form, eligibility rules, and review stages, so fellowships, studentships, travel grants, and project funding run side by side without forcing one process onto all of them. 

How are review panels and committee meetings run?

Panels review, discuss, and decide in one shared workspace instead of coordinating across email chains. Scores, comments, and outcomes are recorded as the meeting happens, so the minutes write themselves into the audit trail. 

Does Flexigrant integrate with ORCID?

Yes. ORCID (the researcher identifier system) can be integrated, so applicant records link to verified researcher profiles and your data stays consistent across systems. 

Can applicants and co-investigators collaborate on one application?

Yes. Principal investigators, co-applicants, and finance officers each contribute to the same application through their own access, with documents and tasks attached to the right place. 

How do we report to multiple research funders?

Each funder's requirements are tracked against every award across your portfolio, and query and export tools pull each funder's figures without hand-compiling. One office, several funders, one version of the truth. 

Can we migrate historical awards and past review records?

Yes. The six-step migration process moves your award history, applicant records, and past decisions into Flexigrant, reviewed for quality first and tested before the final run. Your institutional memory arrives intact. 

How secure is my data with Flexigrant?

Flexigrant is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 and holds Cyber Essentials Plus. Data protection controls, role-based access, and UK hosting keep sensitive grant information protected, and a full audit trail lets you show compliance whenever you need to. 

How long does it take to get started?

Most organisations are live within 13 weeks. A dedicated Fluent Technology project manager handles setup, data migration, and training, and because Flexigrant is configurable out of the box, you are not waiting on custom development. 

How does Flexigrant compare to Fluxx or SmartSimple?

Flexigrant covers the full grant lifecycle without the cost and complexity of enterprise platforms like Salesforce Grants Management or SmartSimple. Unlike Fluxx, it is built and supported in the UK with GDPR compliance as standard. It suits funders that want depth and a real partner, not just a licence. See the comparison table for a side-by-side view. 

What does Flexigrant cost for a research funder?

Pricing is based on the size and complexity of your schemes, from a single fellowship programme to a multi-funder portfolio. See the pricing page for the current tiers, or book a demo for a tailored quote.

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