Case Study: Harrington Discovery Institute achieves streamlined, automated grants management with SmartSimple Cloud

Harrington Discovery Institute finds a grants management solution that evolves with its growing needs

Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI) struggled with a paper-based grants process full of emails, binders, fillable PDFs and countless spreadsheets that caused inconsistent applications and data-transfer errors. Looking for a partner rather than just software, HDI selected SmartSimple Cloud—specifically SmartSimple Cloud for Research Grants Management with Premium Support—to replace manual workflows and support a system that could grow with the organization.

SmartSimple Cloud automated HDI’s application-to-post-award lifecycle, centralized data, and made workflows and reporting far more efficient; HDI staff can now modify the system themselves and rely less on manual data entry. Since becoming a SmartSimple Cloud client in 2014, the institute has improved organization for grantees and reviewers and managed $3.5 million in grants in 2016 with fewer errors and faster processing.

Harrington Discovery Institute

Mel Sanders

Financial Analyst