Research Portfolio & Project Management
Control over research portfolios, projects and capacity
A management layer for higher education institutions that brings structure and insight to research activities. The platform connects research content, projects, capacity and data, while integrating with existing institutional systems rather than replacing them.
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The Context
Research within higher education is supported by a growing number of systems.
Research information systems, financial platforms, planning tools and data environments all serve a purpose, but together they often create fragmentation.
As a result, institutions struggle with limited insight into the overall research portfolio, unclear progress across projects, and significant manual effort to coordinate information and reporting. At the same time, it becomes increasingly difficult to steer research activities in line with institutional strategy, as capacity, content, data and strategic objectives are managed in parallel rather than in coherence.
Automated Research Management
Rather than adding another isolated system,
The Platform
The platform addresses this fragmentation by bringing research activities together in a single, coherent management layer.
Rather than adding another isolated system, it connects existing environments and aligns research content, projects, capacity and data within one integrated structure. This enables institutions to manage research not only at the level of individual projects, but also as a coherent portfolio that supports institutional priorities and strategic objectives.
The platform brings together three essential layers of research management:
Research content & milestones
Providing structure for research objectives, deliverables and substantive milestones, supporting both day-to-day execution and long-term learning across projects.
Portfolio & project management
Creating overview and alignment across research projects, enabling prioritisation, dependency management and steering at portfolio, programme and project level.
Capacity, resources
& data
Connecting research activities to available capacity and resources, while combining multiple data streams to support ongoing data collection, longitudinal measurement and analysis throughout the research lifecycle.
Data-driven Research Support
Beyond management and oversight, the platform actively supports research execution itself. By bringing multiple data streams together within a single environment, it enables research data to be captured consistently throughout the lifecycle of a project.
Data from different sources can be securely ingested, stored and combined, making it possible to support longitudinal measurement, analysis and learning over time. Rather than collecting data after the fact, data collection becomes an integrated part of the research process, while governance, privacy and data ownership remain under institutional control.
Seamless integration with your existing tools
Fit Into Your Existing Landscape
The platform is designed to fit within the existing system landscape of higher education institutions. It works alongside research information systems, financial platforms and other institutional tools, and connects them where coordination and management are required.
Rather than replacing established systems, the platform acts as a connecting and coordinating layer. Data ownership remains with the institution, integrations are modular, and adoption can be phased. This allows institutions to strengthen research management and execution without disrupting ongoing processes or creating vendor lock-in.
Who It's For
The platform is designed to support multiple roles involved in research, each from their own perspective, while working within a shared structure.
Researchers & Research Support
Clear structure for research content, milestones and data collection throughout the lifecycle of projects.
PMO and Management
Portfolio-level insight and coordination across projects, supporting prioritisation and alignment with strategic objectives.
Finance and Control
Improved alignment between research activities, capacity planning and reporting, without duplicating financial systems.
IT and Information Management
A coherent management layer that integrates with the existing system landscape and supports governance and data ownership.
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clients
Nicolas Cage
Head of Information Management
Ajay Kapur2
Portfolio & Programme Manager
By structuring research content, milestones, and data within one environment, we gained better visibility into progress and dependencies across projects. This has significantly improved collaboration between researchers.
Nicolas Cage
Head of Information Management
What stood out for us was how the platform fits into our existing system landscape. It didn’t force us to replace established tools, but added a management layer that improved coordination and insight across projects.
Robert Downey Jr.
Director of Research Strategy, Higher Education Institution
The platform gave us a clear, portfolio-level view of research activities that we previously managed across multiple disconnected systems. It helped us align projects, capacity, and strategic priorities in a much more coherent way.”
Ajay Kapur
Portfolio & Programme Manager
By structuring research content, milestones, and data within one environment, we gained better visibility into progress and dependencies across projects. This has significantly improved collaboration between researchers.
Get in Touch
Interested in how this platform could support research management and execution within your institution?
We are happy to explore how it could fit your existing environment, priorities and objectives.
What stood out for us was how the platform fits into our existing system landscape. It didn’t force us to replace established tools, but added a management layer that improved coordination and insight across projects.