Webinar: Federal Shutdown Update + Accounting / Beyond the Books: Grant Accounting That Wins More Grants

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Overview

First 15 mins: Shutdown Update, Outlook, and What To Do About It

Before we dive into the technical content, we’ll start with a critical update on the latest federal shutdown developments, what’s happening, what’s next, and how to protect your funding pipeline in the weeks ahead.

This event is a two-part line-up:

• Thought leadership webinar; Q&A
• Confidential office hours with your industry-specific representative

Winning and sustaining federal funding is about more than strong science, it’s about demonstrating operational excellence in your processes that support the funding for your R&D development. In Beyond the Books: Grant Accounting that Wins More Grants, we’ll show you how high-performing organizations turn their accounting systems into a competitive advantage. Agencies like NIH, DoD, and NSF are not only evaluating your research, but also your ability to manage funds responsibly. The difference between securing millions in awards, or missing out, often comes down to the strength of your accounting practices.

High-performing organizations consistently:

• Keep auditors satisfied every time
• Use clean, defensible accounting to strengthen future proposals
• Leverage allowable rules to optimize your indirect rate
• Utilize current funding to get future funding
• Maximize flexibility while staying fully compliant
• Avoid the quiet red flags that reduce competitiveness for the next award cycle

This session is designed to be practical and actionable. You’ll walk away with clear strategies to safeguard current awards and position your organization for future funding. We’ll cover how to:

• Build audit-proof time tracking that inspires funder confidence
• Structure direct and indirect costs to protect your flexibility
• Reconcile burn rate to stay aligned with budget and compliance requirements
• Implement audit-prep systems that make reviews routine rather than stressful

Presenters:

• Sam Tetlow, Grant Engine Founder and CEO (bio)
• Neil Henry, Grant Engine Senior Director of Operations

This webinar has concluded; download the webinar resouces here.