Questions, answered

Click Get started, then use Proto to configure Research Management System for your business. Pilot one funded program with its award, an expense under review, a defined outcome measure, a research project and one output.

The program carries the owner, period, budget and lifecycle status. Awards, expenses, activities, milestones, measures and projects link back to it.

Yes. Each funding award records its funder, amount, award date and restrictions against a program. The Reviewer uses that context when deciding eligibility.

An expense has a category, amount, evidence and status. A claim moves through review before it is approved or rejected. Paid is a later status for an approved claim.

Yes. A publication, dataset, patent or presentation links to a research project and records a title, publication date and identifier.

Each project links a program and principal investigator with a protocol reference and period. The team should check repeated protocol references during intake.

Define a measure with a unit and numerator and denominator definitions. Record each result for a stated period with the values and supporting evidence.

Open Activities and Open Milestones help staff find assigned work and dated milestones. The Business Overview also brings assigned activities and specialty review records into one place.

Start with people and programs. Add awards, work and measures, then projects and outputs, then claims and period results with evidence. Reconcile one pilot program before expanding.