Grant-ready Research Operations Review

This service is designed for research-facing teams preparing complex, large-scale funding proposals where operational credibility, governance, and delivery confidence are under scrutiny. Typical clients include:

• Research groups or consortia submitting multi-PI or multi-workstream bids to major funders such as MRC, NIHR, or Wellcome

• Core facilities and infrastructure platforms contributing to institutional or cross-disciplinary bids

• Institutions and departments coordinating strategic proposals that require robust operational plans and compliance narratives

• Newly formed initiatives or partnerships establishing delivery frameworks and credibility for the first time

1. Context and Review Planning: Scoping call and collection of proposal documents. Timeline alignment with submission deadlines.

Format: Online call + initial review memo

2. Document Assessment: Detailed critique of operational, governance, and delivery sections in draft proposals. Identification of gaps, risks, and unclear assumptions.

Format: Inline comments + summary feedback

3. Risk Register Co-Development: Guidance and drafting support for proposal-aligned risk registers, including mitigation strategies.

Format: Risk log + workshop

4. Operational Narrative Drafting: Optional support to write or refine key operational sections (reproducibility, management, infrastructure).

Format: 1–2 rounds of editing or drafting

5. Mock Review Panel: (Optional) A facilitated session simulating funder questions on operations, delivery, and management, with feedback to refine the proposal.

Format: 1.5-hour virtual panel + feedback memo

• Increased proposal competitiveness through sharper articulation of delivery feasibility, governance, and risk mitigation

• Improved internal coordination by aligning researchers, managers, and facilities on delivery roles and operational assumptions

• Clearer compliance positioning, addressing reproducibility, ethics, data governance, and research culture in funder-appropriate language

• Reduced panel risk, helping reviewers quickly grasp your operational credibility and reducing red flags during assessment

• Stronger supporting documentation, including custom risk registers, staffing matrices, and reproducibility statements ready for insertion into applications

This service not only strengthens your current bid but leaves behind templates, frameworks, and practices that can improve future applications.