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Contact:  Dan Hennessey, Director of Sales

ERA Software Systems, Inc.

Phone:  562-983-7510

dhenness@erasoftwaresystems.com

 ERA Software Introduces the First Low-Cost Solution to Solve Adobe Forms Proposal Submission Issues to Grants.gov

Long Beach, CA—ERA Software announced today their FastGrant™ software that eliminates the need for Adobe forms when submitting proposals to Grants.gov.

 FastGrant™ is user-friendly software that supports System to System submissions to Grants.gov.  It’s easy to use, affordable, and can augment existing research administration systems at an organization.  The web-based application was developed using Microsoft’s ASP.NET 2.0 framework and is supported by Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database.

 After reviewing FastGrant™, here’s what an Assoc. VP of Sponsored Research at a leading Research I institution had to say:

 “FastGrant by ERA Software Systems, Inc. is a much needed utility to simplify the ever-increasing diversity in grant and contract application processes.  Having reviewed FastGrant’s ability to consolidate Grants.gov submissions into a truly web-based utility, …. that massages the various Grants.gov interface solutions into a common look and feel is an enormous help to Principal Investigators.  Faculty and staff alike will enjoy using the system from any platform and anywhere in the world without concern for operating system compatibility, document version control, or proprietary software versions.  Through FastGrant, ERA Software Systems, Inc. endeavors to offer a confident submission process through Grants.gov and to standardize grant and contract applications to other sponsors as well.” 

 FastGrant™ can also be used to record information about non Grants.gov proposals and information associated with proposal routing/approval at an organization.  Reporting functions allow researchers and research administrators to quickly and easily generate custom reports for all proposals.

 This low-cost proposal submission and tracking software can be used (and afforded by) individuals and small departments as well as by large research enterprises.  Licensing options include site license or hosting (Software as a Service) on ERA Software Systems’ secured servers.

ERA Software Systems, Inc., a woman-owned California corporation headquartered in Long Beach, CA, has developed software solutions that streamline all business processes in the grant life cycle.