Manage the complete research lifecycle—from sponsored programs and disclosures to protocols and compliance—on one unified platform and Data Lakehouse, with an architecture built to extend across your institution.
Every stage matters, and each one usually lives in its own tool. Kuali connects the entire lifecycle on one platform, so work moves without switching systems.
Every research office runs critical processes that live outside traditional research administration software. Most teams juggle them in email, spreadsheets, PDFs, and point solutions. Kuali changes that.
Explore Kuali Research modules ->
No-Cost Extension Request
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Advance Account Request
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Gift & Contract Reporting
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F&A Waiver
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Office Registration
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Review Checklist Form
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Controlled Substances Repository
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Controlled Substance Registration
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eRA Commons ID Request
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Reimbursed Travel Form
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Prior Approval Request
And dozens more...
Whatever your office needs to manage, you can build it on the same platform.
Everything research professionals need, plus the flexibility of a platform that lets you build and automate every process unique to your institution.
Build forms, workflows, and applications for the processes unique to your institution.
Governance
Workflow Automation
Compliance Oversight
Security
Integrations
Program change requests, no-cost extensions, PI eligibility, gift routing. The forms and approvals your office runs every week that never fit an off-the-shelf system. Scan the form, say who approves it, and it becomes a routed digital workflow your team can change without help.
TODAY
Email chains and manual follow-up
Spreadsheets to track approvals
PDFs with no visibility
Shared drives and sticky notes
Homegrown databases
Disconnected point solutions
WITH KUALI
Connected workflows across the entire research lifecycle
Visibility for every proposal, protocol, and disclosure
AI that helps you find answers and move work forward
Automated processes that reduce manual work
Build any other process your office needs
Simply ask what you need and Kuali AI builds it. More than an AI assistant, Kuali understands your work—turning PDFs and spreadsheets into forms and data, creating workflows, answering questions, and helping research move forward.
“I gave the AI context and explained what I needed. Because it had access to Kuali, it didn’t just tell me how to do the work—it actually went into the platform and did it.”
Institutional Systems Architect, Tarleton State University
From research universities to community colleges, hundreds of institutions rely on Kuali for the operations they can't afford to get wrong.
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“The Kuali Research interface is so much more intuitive than our previous system, and the time to train end users has been cut in half.”
Director, Research Policy and Training, University of Maryland, Baltimore
"One of our biggest problems was everything was paper. Everything was a PDF, a DocuSign, or actual paper that was brought from office to office. There was no automation between all these forms."
Associate Director for Post Award Services, Southern Connecticut State University
"We changed something that typically took about two weeks for users to submit to about a day. Then a process to verify, which used to take at least a couple days, now takes about 10 seconds."
Data Architect, University of Maryland, College Park
After modernizing research administration on Kuali, Utah State reached Carnegie R1 classification and created 10,000 proposals, with a 43% increase in its award win ratio and record award volume three years running.
Read the case study ->This guide walks through the essentials of onboarding research administration staff and highlights structured training to ease steep learning curves and reduce risks.
Read the white paper ->Stay on top of research administration with a clear view of tasks, action items, proposals, and projects — all in one place.
Your work
See tasks, deadlines, and action items that need your attention.
Process status
Understand where proposals, protocols, and disclosures stand in the process.
Reporting & insights
Access the information you need to understand research activity and make informed decisions.
"We can see what's happening holistically. Individual staff or faculty might be focused on one area at a particular time, but what matters to us is how the whole process and the whole system is working together."
Assistant Vice President for Research Administration, Portland State University
“The Kuali team’s been great. They are always very professional, very supportive. We have a good relationship. If there’s a problem, there’s somebody always to call. Kuali makes it as easy as possible.”
Director of Research Administration Systems, Utah State University
"We can now write a proposal in an afternoon, and we've also reduced the review time on protocols—that has been huge for us."
Assistant Provost & Chief Sponsored Research Officer, University of Baltimore
"The Kuali Research interface is so much more intuitive than our previous system, and the time to train end users has been cut in half."
Director, Research Policy and Training, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Successful transformation goes beyond go-live. Kuali brings collaborative discovery, process optimization, change management, training, and dedicated customer success, so your office keeps getting more from the platform over time.
Onboarding and Change Management
Collaborative discovery and process optimization to get you live and adopted.
Training and Certifications
Role-based training and professional certifications for your team.
Dedicated Customer Success
A named team invested in your outcomes, not just your renewal.
Community
and Kuali Days
An active higher-education community and an annual user conference.
When issues come up, research professionals need answers quickly. Kuali pairs purpose-built technology with a responsive customer success team that helps institutions keep work moving.
URGENT SUPPORT
Average response time on urgent tickets.
High-priority tickets
Average response time on high-priority issues.
Customer satisfaction
Of customers who left feedback said they were satisfied with Kuali’s response.
Responsive by design
Kuali delivered 100% SLA achievement in 2024, helping institutions get the support they need without waiting days or weeks for answers.
Buy the capabilities you need, or start with a package and expand on the same platform.
A streamlined foundation for sponsored research and human subjects review.
See what's included ->
The comprehensive research administration suite, with full compliance built in.
See what's included ->Book a walkthrough, and we'll show you what your institution's operations look like when they work together, with AI running inside the systems your teams already trust.
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