Compliance confidence. Portfolio clarity. Institutional leverage.
See the aggregate picture — funding cliffs, indirect recovery, compliance risk — without waiting for someone to update a spreadsheet.
Challenges you know too well
Audit exposure from fragmented financial controls
Columbia was penalized $9.5M. Duke faced $100M+. Without strong financial controls, your institution is carrying real compliance risk.
Paying for systems your team works around
Every admin with ERP access is a license, a security entitlement, and a risk surface. Modern Research integrates with your existing ERP — so fewer people need direct access to high-risk systems.
Institutional knowledge that lives in one person's head
Your most critical financial processes depend on individual heroism, not scalable systems. When burnout and turnover push that person out the door, the knowledge goes with them.
How Modern Research helps
Executive portfolio dashboard
A single view of compliance health, funding cliffs, indirect cost recovery, and financial status across your entire grant portfolio.
Automated audit trail and close visibility
See which funds are reconciled, which are lagging, and who signed off — without waiting for a status update from your team.
Cross-fund intelligence
Sequence spending to exhaust constrained funds first, identify unspent personnel capacity, and optimize indirect cost recovery across awards.
Scalable oversight without more headcount
Scale your research administration capacity with structured workflows and automation — instead of hiring more staff to manage more spreadsheets.
Ready to replace the spreadsheets?
Modern Research sits on top of your existing systems and gives your entire research office a live, shared financial picture — so your team can focus on strategy, not data entry.