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Audit preparation

Many research grant funders now require assurance that the conditions of their grants are being adhered to. After all, in most instances, they are dealing with funds provided by the public, either in the form of tax or donations.

RGCS is a leading provider of grant audit preparation services. We understand the complex rules of grant funding and are specialists in ensuring that your organisation is prepared to face the auditors and get the best possible outcome. We will work through every aspect of the process with you to ensure that you have all the required documentation and understand the detail of what is expected.

We can support your organisation in liaising with external auditors and ensuring that you have responded to all of their queries appropriately and provided the required evidence for a succesful outcome.

Assurance review

We know that many organisations may not possess the experience or resources to meet funders requirements. We offer a comprehensive service providing a thorough review of the awards, systems, policies, and procedures. RGCS is devoted to assisting our clients in achieving their goals and mitigating the risks with non-compliance of funder conditions.

Consulting

Many organisations will have systems or procedures in place but are unsure whether they meet the funder's requirements. RGCS can provide guidance and advice minimising non-compliance. We can provide organisations with insight into funders' strategic objectives and funding opportunities.

Training

RGCS has an extensive training portfolio to ensure the organisation's staff are well equipped to handle anything that comes their way. We are able to provide funder specific training or more general training on systems and procedures.

We can even tailor-make a session unique to you.

While it is important to know how to do things, we believe it is equally important to know the why and the what-if as this leads to a better understanding and generally greater compliance. Our course can be delivered in person or virtually on a number of platforms.

Financial Management

Receiving an award is a significant achievement. However, once you start your research, it is easy to forget the importance of sound financial management.

We will help you manage your budget and spending.  We will also offer advice and guidance to ensure the funds spent are eligible, reasonable and justified.

We can also offer complete financial reporting services, whether monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually.

Safer Working Partnerships

In today’s complex geo-political climate, safety and trust are paramount. We offer comprehensive consulting services to help you establish and maintain safer working partnerships. Our expertise includes:

Risk Assessment and Management: Identifying potential risks in collaborations and developing strategies to mitigate them.
Safety Protocol Development: Creating and implementing safety protocols tailored to your needs and industry standards.

Trusted Research

In the research and innovation sector, 'Trusted Research' refers to the crucial efforts to protect the UK's intellectual property, sensitive research, personnel, and infrastructure. This protection aims to prevent theft, manipulation, and exploitation, including interference from hostile actors.

We support organizations in developing and maintaining trusted research partnerships through:

Ethical Compliance: Ensuring all research activities comply with ethical standards and regulations.
Data Security and Integrity: Providing advice and guidance to protect sensitive information and maintain data integrity.
Export Control Compliance: Assisting with compliance for export control regulations to ensure your research and partnerships adhere to legal requirements.
End-User Screening: Implementing end-user screening processes to prevent unauthorized use of sensitive information and technology.
Sensitive Areas Guidance: Offering specialised guidance on the 17 sensitive areas outlined by the UK government, ensuring your operations are secure and compliant.

Risk Management

Identifying risk areas is key to ensuring that organisations are best placed to understand those internal and external elements that may adversely impact them. It also allows organisations to make an informed decision about how best to manage and control and mitigate these.

RGCS aims to support organisations in identifying areas of risk developing a risk management system and strategy for dealing with them.

Project management

RGCS can support organisations in managing collaborations from various funding organisations (including EU, US, and UK governments) to ensure that projects are managed effectively and efficiently.

We will support all aspects of the collaboration, including financial management, contract negotiation, communication with funders and management of deliverables.

Grant training

For NGOs, academic institutions, and more

RGCS offers researchers, academic institutions, non-profit organisations, and businesses professional and expert support and training in all aspects of the grant lifecycle, from application to project management and reporting. We specialise in finance, compliance, and education. We have a proven track record in successfully managing diverse sponsored research accounts across a range of sponsors, including:

UK Government funding from UKRI, Innovate UK and NIHR
EU Funding such as Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, EIT KIC and Interreg
Charity funding such as Wellcome Trust, CRUK, The Gates Foundation etc
US Federal Funder including NIH, CDC, USAID, and DoD

Our services

Audit preparation

Assurance review

Consulting

Training

Financial Management

Safer Working Partnerships

Trusted Research

Risk Management

Project management

Research grant Lifecyle 2023

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Grant training

For NGOs, academic institutions, and more

Our services

Audit preparation

Assurance review

Consulting

Training

Financial Management

Safer Working Partnerships

Trusted Research

Risk Management

Project management

Research grant Lifecyle 2023

Get in touch

Grant training

For NGOs, academic institutions, and more

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