OmniStar Grants vs Streamlyne Research

OmniStar Grants manages grant work from pre-award planning through administration and post-award reporting. It is built for government agencies, charities, universities, research institutions, and foundations, with funders, applicants, and recipients using the platform. Application workflows include SmartForms, eligibility checks, invitation and multi-stage rounds, collaboration, structured reviews, scoring, conflict checks, and digital approvals. Award administration covers contract generation, notifications, milestones, variations, payments, budgeting, and document versioning. Post-award tools handle progress and acquittal reports, outcomes, financial reconciliation, dashboards, reminders, and program closure. Administrators can configure forms, workflows, templates, dashboards, and reports, including drill-down reporting and data exports. Integrations include ABR/ABN, GrantConnect, FMIS, document and records management, ORCID, Microsoft Teams, Europe PMC, and DocuSign, plus REST APIs and webhooks. Listed security controls include role- and record-based access, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, audit logs, and encryption at rest and in transit. OmniStar says it is IRAP and ISO 27001 certified. The cloud service is accessible through devices and browsers; pricing is tailored to internal users and available by quote.

Streamlyne Research is cloud-based eRA software for managing proposals, awards, negotiations, compliance committees, and reporting. Its twelve modules let institutions begin with selected capabilities and add others later. Pre-award tools provide sponsor-specific forms and budgets, system-to-system Grants.gov submission, a Proposal Log, and an institutional form builder. Award management links negotiations, funding actions, report obligations, and outgoing subawards to proposal records. Compliance workflows cover IRB, IACUC, conflicts of interest, IBC biosafety, and export control, with protocols connected to proposals and awards. The Lyn assistant can draft budgets, compare agreements with institutional policies using cited reasoning, and answer questions about proposals and records. Reporting offers more than 130 ready-made reports, drag-and-drop or SQL report building, dashboards, scheduled email delivery, and exports to CSV, PDF, text, HTML, XML, and Excel. Integrations use ETL or REST with systems including Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Banner, CITI, and One Solution. Pricing depends on institution size and modules and is available on request.