--- title: "Grant research and proposal software for NGOs | Relief One" description: "Grant Radar & Proposals. From the call to the signed grant. Find the calls that fit before anyone spends two weeks writing." url: https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/funding/ lang: en --- # Grant Radar & Proposals: Find the calls that fit before anyone spends two weeks writing. New calls go up on dozens of donor and procurement sites each week. Deadlines get missed. The team spends a fortnight on a call it was never eligible for, and halfway through, it still isn’t clear who is writing the budget. [Relief One](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/), Funding & partnerships ## How it works From the call to the signed grant. 1. The radar watches funder and procurement portals and files every new call. 2. Obvious mismatches are discarded automatically; your AI agent reads the rest against your track record and gives a fit score, a verdict and why. 3. Promote the good ones into the proposal pipeline, with the folder created and the briefing carried over. 4. Follow each application to signature. Checklist, writing window, review, follow-ups; a won proposal becomes a project. ## What it does. - **Grant radar**: Funder and procurement portals watched, new calls filed with their documents. - **Fit score and verdict**: Your AI agent reads a call against your track record and explains its score. - **Evidence gate**: A call cannot be marked Pursue until someone has read its terms of reference. - **Deadline flags**: Short-notice calls flagged, Q&A deadlines raise an alert. - **Weekly digest**: New calls worth a look, sent on Monday morning. - **Proposal pipeline**: Applications by stage, with loss reasons and a chart of why you lose. - **Checklist with owners**: Go/no-go, draft, budget and reviews, with a name and a date against them. - **Writing capacity**: Writing windows on a calendar, so you know which lead has room. - **Ready to attach**: Core documents and CVs in your template, from the other modules. ### The full list - **Grant radar**: Board, deadlines, sources and insights; verdicts New / Pursue / Investigate / Skip; a “needs a partner” flag for consortium applications. - **Evidence gate**: A call cannot be marked “Pursue” until someone has read its terms of reference. - **Deadline flags**: Under 7 days “not viable”, 7–14 days urgent; Q&A deadlines raise an alert. - **Weekly digest**: Sent on Monday morning. - **Sources roster**: Tiers and access states per portal, with suggestions to promote or demote a source. - **Documents**: Terms of reference, annexes and forms gathered with the call. - **Proposal pipeline**: Screening → Work in progress → Sent → Interview → Contractualised / Lost / On hold; loss reasons and a “why we lose” chart. - **Checklist**: Go/no-go, draft, budget, technical review, final review, each with an owner and a date. - **Writing capacity**: Writing windows on a calendar, so you know which lead has room for a new proposal (AI suggests one). - **Follow-ups**: After submission at 15 days and a month. - **Core documents ready to attach**: (see Compliance) and CVs in your template (see Recruitment). ## What makes the difference - Your AI agent reads each call and explains its fit score. - A call cannot be marked Pursue until someone has read its terms of reference. - A won proposal becomes a project in one click. ## With your AI agent One question can cross several modules. The funding lead decides which calls move to the proposal board. - **A question**: “Can we answer the Halden education call in Mopti, and who would staff it?” - **Reads**: Grant Radar & Proposals, [Projects & Time](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/projects/), [Recruitment & Onboarding](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/recruitment/), [HR & Payroll](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/hr/), [Policies, Documents & Data Protection](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/compliance/) - **Comes back**: A fit score, a proposed team and the missing documents (To validate) - **On this module’s pages**: Each call scored against your track record, its documents read - [More use cases](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/ai-agent/) ## Connected to It shares its records with these modules. - [Projects & Time](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/projects/): Hours and costs, per project. - [Policies, Documents & Data Protection](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/compliance/): Policies and due-diligence documents, ready when asked. - [Recruitment & Onboarding](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/recruitment/): Hiring in bursts, across countries. - [CRM, Portfolio & Communication](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/outreach/): Donor contacts and track record, kept up to date. - [Your AI Agent](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/ai-agent/): An assistant that works from your own data. - [HR & Payroll](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/hr/): Staff and consultants, managed together. ## In numbers A roster of 200+ funder and procurement portals, alerts at 7/14 days, follow-ups at 15 days and 1 month. ## Before you book a demo. ### Which funder portals does the radar watch? A roster of 200+ funder and procurement portals, each with a tier and an access state. The roster also suggests sources worth promoting or demoting, and the terms of reference, annexes and forms are gathered with each call. ### When a call needs a consortium partner, how do we know? The call carries a “needs a partner” flag on the radar. Q&A deadlines raise their own alert, and calls closing in under 7 days are marked not viable, 7 to 14 days urgent. ### Can we start with Grant Radar & Proposals alone? Yes. Each organisation starts with the base, then picks its modules. You can start with one and add others later. ### Can we switch a module off later? You can, and its data is kept. A module switched off disappears from menus and search, and switching it back on restores it. ### Can you import from our spreadsheets and current tools? Yes: people, projects, budgets, policies, files (including a one-time import or a live two-way sync with Google Drive), and the content of your existing workbooks. Connectors to your other systems are built as part of the project. ## Next module - [Grant Management & Donor Reporting](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/grant-management/): What each grant still needs from you. ### Funding & partnerships - [Grant Management & Donor Reporting](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/grant-management/): What each grant still needs from you. - [Donor Portal](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/donor-portal/): A space where donors follow their grants. - [Calls for Proposals](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/grant-making/): Run your own calls for proposals. - [Partners & Sub-grants](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/partners/): Fund local partners and follow their work. - [Fundraising & Individual Donors](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/fundraising/): What each campaign raised, and what it cost. - [Add to your Relief One](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/build/) - [The base](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/platform/): The part every organisation gets. - [Relief One](https://reliefapplications.org/relief-one/) ## Book a demo of Relief One. 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