Project & Grant Management

Grants and loans are a significant source of funding for innovative projects, but keeping up with the extensive reporting requirements and administrative tasks can be challenging. Our Project & Grant Management business unit specializes in the management of awarded funding, both for individual projects, as well as for portfolios of multiple grants and loans that run through research departments and innovative companies. By providing grant management, coordination, and reporting, and strategic portfolio management, our team of experts ensures that the projects are coordinated and delivered timely and according to the grant guidelines towards the funding bodies, the consortium of collaborators, and the in-house project team. 

When working with our project managers and administrative support, we’re here to make sure you can focus on bringing your project to life while we take care of the administrative burden and specific reporting requirements. This way of working ensures a smooth reporting process, which will maximize the timely (interim) payment release for each grant and loan.

Grant Management with FFUND

Our grant management services ensure compliance with the individual grant regulations, and the timely and accurate reporting.

We work with a transparent and well-structured planning to streamline the collaboration within the project and towards the financing party. We bring efficiency to reduce the administrative and reporting load of awarded projects, coordinate the communication and organization of meetings, and maximize the approval process of the financial- and progress reporting by the funding bodies.

Why Grant Management?

Grant management is key to ensure that the awarded grant money is used effectively and efficiently, and that the goals and objectives of the project are met to secure all funding. This involves careful planning, budgeting, and implementation of the project, as well as pro-active monitoring, reporting, and compliance with the specific grant requirements. Proper grant management is especially critical for organizations that rely on grants and loans to fund their R&D projects whilst ensuring the long-term sustainability of the organization, as well as maintaining the trust of funding sources.

Our Grant Management Services

Our services include the following aspects of grant management:

  • Planning, coordination, and (meetings) organization
  • Communication and alignment with the funding agency and project consortium
  • Financial management & resource allocation
  • Draft, evaluate and submit all required reports
  • Control compliance to regulations
  • Dissemination & communication activities

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Portfolio Management with FFUND

Strategic control and management when multiple grants, loans, or other funding sources are awarded

When multiple grants, loans, or other funding sources are awarded, our portfolio management provides strategic control and management to align the timelines for reporting and secure the full runway of each project in line with the company product development plan.

With portfolio management, we monitor, coordinate, and report each individual funded project, align the resource allocation of personnel, activities, and costs on the various projects, while optimizing the match of the company hiring plan, expenses and changes in the R&D trajectory that happen over time. Hereby we prevent stagnation in the payments, make timely requests for amendments, and ensure the alignment with the organization’s overall goals. We evaluate and prioritize projects to determine which should continue, be modified, or even terminated. Finally, we help to identify new opportunities and ensure that all projects contribute to your organization’s success.

Why Portfolio Management?

For companies with multiple awarded grants and loans, proper portfolio management is especially critical to ensure overall success. This involves helping organizations manage their project portfolios strategically, and to make sure they are aligned with the organization’s overall goals and objectives. Our team helps companies to optimize their resources and achieve their goals more efficiently – for instance by ensuring that the right resources are allocated and reported to each project, that changes in the R&D planning are effectively arranged with the funding bodies, and by aligning the workplans and financials of each awarded project to the overall R&D planning of the company.

Our Portfolio Management services

Our services include the following aspects of portfolio management:

  • Grant management (see above) for each individual grant & loan
  • Create and manage a consolidated planning and action agenda
  • Match the resource planning and financial administration between proejcts
  • Portfolio analysis and optimization to optimize the non-dilutive funding
  • Strategic alignment of R&D changes to the various funding sources

What to expect when your grant is awarded?

  • Grant agreement preparation
  • Deliverables & milestones
  • Financial reporting
  • Periodic and progress reporting
  • Amendments & communication with the funding agency
  • Audit(s)

Why contact FFUND?

  • Wide expertise and track-record in national and international grants and loans
  • Strategic management and coordination
  • Focus on your project while reducing the administrative burden
  • Optimizing the timing of (interim) subsidy payments
  • Working effective and efficient in close collaboration with you
  • Securing funding through grant compliance
  • Strategic alignment of grant projects and company objectives
  • Optimal use of resources

What our clients say

“FFUND’s input was pivotal in optimizing our proposal, as their knowledge on how to address key elements of the business case was essential to the awarding of the grant.”
Kees Leenhouts
COO & CTO, Allero Therapeutics
“We need this large-scale network to answer important questions that can improve healthcare for cancer.”
Winette van der Graaf
coordinator of the consortium STRONG-AYA
"My ambition is and remains to cure type 1 diabetes. With this Eurostars project we will be one step further in this process and hopefully find a solution for millions of patients suffering from this condition.”
Prof. Bart Roep
LUMC Leiden
"FFUND connected us to international partners that proved very valuable in developing our microbiota-based product to prevent type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. To this day, their development plant and the awarded Eurostars funding drives our innovation project."
Luc Sterkman, MD
CEO, Caelus Health
“The ultimate goal is the widespread clinical use of our meniscus prosthesis to relieve patients from their pain. Once the first medical trial is completed and we can start to help patients, our dream will come true.”
Maarten van der Zanden
VP Marketing & Market Access, AtroMedical
“Accurate testing should be easy and accessible. This innovation will provide test results for four common STDs in minutes, to anyone, and without the need to leave home.”
Siew-Veena Sahi
CEO & Co-founder, Testmate Health
"At Longfonds we aim to accelerate the development of solutions for patients with lung diseases. Our collaboration with the biotech experts of FFUND and their proactive IP management enables us to effectively reach our goals."
Michael Rutgers
Director, Longfonds