Pre-Award vs. Post-Award
The two halves of the grant lifecycle: everything before the award is made, and everything after.
Pre-award covers finding opportunities, preparing and budgeting proposals, securing internal approvals, and submitting to the sponsor. Post-award begins when the award is accepted: setting up accounts, spending and monitoring the budget, reporting, requesting changes, and closing out.
Many institutions split these responsibilities across different offices, which is exactly why a shared, real-time view of each award matters: the handoff is where things fall through.
The pre-award/post-award handoff is where commitments, budgets, and compliance obligations get lost between teams.
Track the whole lifecycle
GrantsManager gives PIs and administrators one real-time view of proposals, awards, budgets, and compliance, so terms like this stop living in spreadsheets.