After 12+ years in research administration, I kept watching the same thing happen: PIs and postdocs manually searching Grants.gov, NIH Reporter, NSF, and foundation sites one at a time, hoping they weren't missing anything. The tools that could help (Pivot, GrantForward, etc.) are locked behind institutional subscriptions that cost a fortune and take months to get approved. Most researchers don't even know their institution has one, and if they do, they don't have a login. I couldn't find one that did what researchers actually needed, was available without an institutional subscription, and didn't cost $50K/year. So I built CONVERGE. What it does: Continuously screens federal, state, and foundation funding sources against your research profile Sends matched opportunities to your inbox with an explanation of why each one fits your work No database to maintain, no manual filtering, no portal to log into Who it's for: Individual faculty, postdocs, and research staff who want grant opportunities delivered to them without waiting on their central office Where it stands: Live now with a 14-day free trial, no credit card required Early users are faculty at R1 institutions finding opportunities they would have missed I would genuinely appreciate feedback. If you work in or adjacent to research, what would you want a tool like this to do that I haven't thought of? What would make you trust it? What would make you not bother? If you want to try it, the link is in my profile. Happy to answer questions in comments or DMs.   submitted by   /u/Still_Product9174 [link]   [comments]