GrantPanelReview is the policy-compliant peer review platform for competitive grant programs — blind independent scoring, documented COI, structured consensus, and an audit-ready record.
The independence your policy requires, enforced
GrantPanelReview enforces the independence your policy requires. Each reviewer scores each application independently and blind — they cannot see other reviewers' scores until they submit. COI declaration is required before each application. The panel chair reviews independent scores and facilitates the consensus step, with the authority to record a final consensus score.
The result is a complete, policy-compliant peer review record: independent scores, COI documentation, consensus scores, all timestamped.
A shared spreadsheet cannot enforce a policy
State and federal grant policy is specific: reviewers must score independently, before any discussion, without knowledge of other reviewers' scores. Conflicts of interest must be declared and documented. The consensus process must be recorded.
Most programs run this on email and shared spreadsheets. Reviewers can see each other's comments. Conflicts aren't formally tracked. The consensus discussion is undocumented.
That process is not what the policy requires. And when an applicant challenges the award — or an auditor asks to see the review record — 'we followed the process' is not a document.
“The auditors asked to see our peer review documentation. We had emails.”
An unfunded applicant asks how the panel reached its decision. You can tell them the scores. You cannot show them the review was truly independent — and a reviewer who knew an applicant didn't say so until after scores were submitted.
The process your policy describes, actually enforced
Your program already knows what independent peer review is supposed to look like. GrantPanelReview is the difference between a process you intend to follow and one the system will not let you skip.
What your panel actually works in
For every application
Walk through each criterion, record a disposition, and watch the weighted score update live — the same rubric, applied the same way, every competition.
One reviewer at a time
Open any reviewer's submission and see exactly how they scored project design, organizational capacity, and budget — the reasoning behind the number, not just the number.
A link, not a login
Add reviewers, chairs, and admins by email — each gets a personal link and scores independently, with the right role for each.
Nothing gets lost
Every score, edit, and decision is logged with who, what, and when — so your funding decisions are defensible to anyone who looks at them.
Independent first, consensus second, documented throughout
First grant competition free
Run a complete competition — your real applications, your real panel, your published rubric — before you pay anything. No payment until your second competition.
First competition free
No payment until your second competition.
Built for programs with a policy to meet
If your grant program is required to run independent, COI-documented peer review — and today that runs on email and a shared spreadsheet — GrantPanelReview was built for you.
Not a grants management system. Not a form builder.
GrantPanelReview does not intake applications, disburse funds, or track grantee reporting — your grants management system already does that. It handles the peer review step in the middle, which is the step your policy is most specific about and your current tools enforce least.
A program officer whose state policy requires independent peer review — and who is currently running that review on email and a shared spreadsheet — already knows the gap.
Questions about GrantPanelReview, your program's policy, or how a panel runs a competition? Email us directly — tell us what your program's policy requires and how many reviewers sit on a typical panel, and we'll get back to you.
Your first grant competition is free — no payment until your second. There is nothing to sign up for before you write to us.