Case Study: Marine Institute of Ireland achieves paperless, centralized research grants management and improved reporting with SmartSimple Cloud

Reducing paper, centralizing granting processes and sharing knowledge all key for the Marine Institute of Ireland

Marine Institute Ireland, the state agency responsible for marine research and monitoring, was operating as an almost entirely paper-based grants organization with only basic reporting via Microsoft Access. They struggled with cumbersome application and review workflows, reliance on international couriers that jeopardized deadlines, and limited external reporting—so they selected SmartSimple Cloud (SmartSimple Cloud for Research Grants Management) to centralize and modernize their processes.

SmartSimple Cloud delivered a configurable, cloud-based research grants platform with online applications and reviews, permissioned user portals, ad-hoc/exportable reporting, and an interactive mapping feature for public transparency. The SmartSimple Cloud implementation centralized management of roughly €6 million in grants, dramatically reduced paper printing, sped up report creation, cut time spent handling public information requests, and provided ongoing support and upgrades to sustain continuous improvements.

Marine Institute Ireland

Martina Maloney

Research Office