We’re delighted to welcome you to our Research and Award Management page with resources for how to find funding opportunities, application guidance, and post-award support. Whether you’re an early-career scholar seeking seed funding or a seasoned investigator pursuing multi-institutional collaborations, this space is designed to help you navigate the full research grant lifecycle.
Effective grant/funding management is more than tracking funds – it’s about strategic planning, timely execution, and accountable stewardship – and all in an equitable way. Let’s turn great ideas into meaningful impact, together.
ECRSG also sits as your trusted partner in mastering the full research funding journey, from drafting powerful grant proposals to managing post-award success. Whether you’re applying for your first grant or optimizing complex funding streams, this platform is designed to support early-career and seasoned researchers alike.
Explore practical tools, expert insights, and collaborative resources covering:
Grant writing and storytelling for impact
Navigating funding applications
Award management and compliance
Post-award reporting, budgeting, and beyond
Because research excellence deserves smart, strategic support—every step of the way.
Resources
Download this comprehensive step-by-step pathway for early-career researchers seeking grants. This guide is structured in four progressive phases, from foundation building through successful award management, with 12 concrete steps that researchers can follow systematically
African organisations, the Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) in partnership with the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), have created the world’s first Good Research Management Practice (GRMP) standard framework. The GRMP Standard will be useful for researchers, Principal Investigators/resesrch project leads and institutions. Find out more here – https://scienceforafrica.foundation/standard-and-tools
Valuing Voices is a free ‘results based planning’ toolkit enabling researchers to ‘design and deliver equitable and responsible research projects that place people and society at the forefront. The tool has been co-produced by members of our research community, including practitioners, stakeholders and global partners at The University of York and Mahidol University funded by Wellcome. The tool is useful for desiging equtiable and inclusive research projects at the pre-award stage and for implementing, post-award plans. https://www.york.ac.uk/research/valuing-voices/
The BRECcIA Network Mapper will help project teams record their networks and connections at the initial stages and throughout the project. This is useful for project reporting and monitoring impact. Download this free tool here: https://www.gcrf-breccia.com/resources/mapper/