This Web-based program was developed in conjunction with 43 private granting foundations. The cost for these granting agencies to design an application through ProposalCENTRAL can range from about $15,000 to $150,000 per granting agency. It's free to users, however, who submitted 9,300 applications through ProposalCENTRAL in 2007.
Fewer trees: This application submission tool bypasses the paper application and review process that has clogged private agencies for years. Like Cayuse, once you create a profile on ProposalCENTRAL, it can apply your basic information to any application you work on.
Application hub: Researchers can sign in and access the multiple grant applications they may be working on, track application status, and look at past awards. Most applications share a similar format, and many of the biomedical granting organizations model their applications after the NIH application.
Reviewing pleasure: Researchers who review foundation grants, in addition to submitting their own, use the same ProposalCENTRAL ...
