Most government agencies provide funding to organizations and individuals through grants. Managing the application process requires organization and expertise with the details; Friday Systems can provide clients with complete grants applications services from document preparation to awards. Our staff performs these activities continuously. As a result, we are able to maintain high levels of quality and efficiency. Our clients acknowledge that it is more economical for Friday Systems to perform these logistic and administrative tasks, which free them to focus on managing their business.
Services
Friday Systems has experience in all types of grant application and proposal processing, including health care, the environment, and education. These efforts require strong customer relationships and an ability to interact with professionals from a broad range of disciplines. Friday Systems' experienced project managers work closely with scientific peer review panels, scientists, and administrators. Friday Systems offers the following services for the entire grant cycle:
- Pre-application planning and scheduling
- Communication and outreach services
- Document editing and preparation
- Grant IT architecture development and maintenance
- Database development and maintenance
- Panelist recruitment
- Application receipt, processing, and tracking
- Application kit reproduction and mailing
- Data entry and verification
- Conference planning management
- On-site administrative support
- Peer review panel meeting management
- Overnight electronic scoring results
- Panel review summary report preparation
- Award and decline letter preparation and distribution
- Document warehousing
Friday Systems has provided grants management services to numerous government agencies including the Department of Education, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, and the National Science Foundation. Grant topics have included:
- HealthCare access and delivery
- Long-term and managed HealthCare
- Medicare reform and financing options
- Rural hospital services
- Provider payment issues and alternative reimbursement systems
- Mathematics
- Advanced computer systems and networks
- Engineering research
- Physics and the physical sciences
- Scientific research and education
- Graduate and postgraduate fellowships for women and minorities
- Biology and related life sciences
- Technology to preserve the environment
- Polar research
- Water and environment quality
