Task-focused, human-controlled: Useful AI in grants management

by Roxana Rosu | Sep 15, 2026 | Article

Artificial intelligence (AI) can save grant teams meaningful time, but it works best when it has a clearly defined purpose. In Good Grants, AI can support tasks such as summarising applications, extracting information, identifying themes, drafting applicant feedback,...

Organisations view: Track participation and funding at an organisational level

by Lindsay Nash | Sep 8, 2026 | Feature focus

Grant programs are built around organisations. Funding is often allocated to organisations, not individuals, and reporting, compliance, and impact tracking all depend on a clear view of how an organisation participates over time. Grant managers need to see what an...

What counts as a conflict of interest for grant reviewers—and why it matters

by Lindsay Nash | Sep 3, 2026 | Article

Grantmaking decisions carry real weight, often determining which projects or organisations get funded, how much support they receive, and the eventual impact a grantee can create. That means every decision must be defensible. Every review should be clear and...

Reducing applicant anxiety: Confirmation, notifications and status visibility done right

by Katia Ernst | Aug 27, 2026 | Article

The grant application has been submitted. The cursor is blinking on an empty page. And the applicant is wondering: Did I do everything correctly? Did my application even go through? Almost everyone who has submitted a grant application knows this feeling. For grant...

What is application onboarding? A guide for grantmakers on supporting first-time applicants

by Katia Ernst | Aug 19, 2026 | Article

Anyone applying to a grant program for the first time does not yet know how it works: the process, how long the form takes, the terminology used, or what actually counts as a complete application. This is exactly the moment that decides whether a good idea turns into...

What makes a good applicant portal? Anatomy of the Good Grants applicant view

by Katia Ernst | Aug 11, 2026 | Article

When planning a grant program, most of the attention goes to two places: the application form and the reviewer view. That makes sense, since that is where the content that decides funding takes shape. A third page tends to stay in the background, even though it is...