Finding the right research funding opportunity can be a time-consuming process. With hundreds of funding calls spread across different programmes and platforms, researchers, grant advisors, and research support teams often spend valuable hours searching for relevant grants, reviewing eligibility criteria, and comparing opportunities.
The challenge isn't just finding available funding. It's identifying which calls genuinely match your organisation's research expertise and discovering them early enough to prepare a strong proposal.
Why is finding research funding so difficult?
Research funding opportunities are published across numerous sources, including the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), KWF Kankerbestrijding, Stichting ALS Nederland, and many other national and European funding databases.
Manually monitoring these sources can be overwhelming, particularly for universities, research institutes, and organisations managing multiple researchers and research areas.
As a result, valuable opportunities may be discovered too late, leaving less time for proposal preparation.
A smarter approach: start with your research
What if finding funding opportunities started with your existing research rather than manually searching through hundreds of calls?
Research publications already contain valuable information about scientific topics, research methods, areas of expertise, and researcher profiles.
ScoutinScience uses this information to connect research activities with relevant funding opportunities through AI-powered grant matchmaking.
Instead of relying solely on keyword searches, our technology evaluates scientific relevance and research fit to identify funding calls that align with your organisation's expertise.
How ScoutinScience's AI Grant Matchmaking works
ScoutinScience simplifies grant discovery through an automated process:
- Analyse research publications: Identify scientific topics, methods, expertise, and research profiles.
- Explore funding opportunities: Search relevant national and European funding calls across multiple funding sources.
- Assess research fit: Use AI to evaluate scientific relevance and compatibility beyond simple keyword matching.
- Rank grant matches: Present relevant funding opportunities in one platform, linked to researchers within your organisation.
This enables research support teams to focus on promising opportunities rather than spending hours manually reviewing funding databases.
Find funding earlier. Spend more time writing.
One of the biggest advantages of automated grant matchmaking is discovering relevant calls earlier in the funding cycle.
By reducing the time spent searching, researchers and grant advisors can dedicate more attention to developing competitive proposals, building collaborations, and preparing applications before deadlines approach.
With ScoutinScience, your organisation can:
- Discover relevant research funding opportunities earlier.
- Access AI-ranked grant matches in one central platform.
- Connect funding calls with researchers whose expertise aligns with the opportunity.
- Reduce manual searching across multiple funding databases.
- Allocate more time to preparing stronger grant proposals.
Start from your research, not from the call list
Research funding discovery shouldn't require endless searching.
ScoutinScience helps universities, research institutes, and innovation-driven organisations identify relevant funding opportunities by connecting their existing research expertise with available grants.
Interested in discovering how AI-powered grant matchmaking can support your organisation?
Contact us to learn more or request demo access to explore our grant matchmaking platform.
