The challenge
JKUAT's research office had submitted 14 grant proposals over two years with a 7% success rate. Faculty were writing proposals in isolation with no institutional support, and the grants office lacked a systematic pipeline.
What Resmob did
Resmob delivered a 5-day Grants Office Capacity Building programme covering donor mapping, proposal architecture, budget construction, and post-award reporting. We helped establish a peer-review committee and implemented a shared donor pipeline tracker.
The outcome
Within 12 months, the grants office raised KES 18.5 million across 4 successful proposals — a 29% win rate. The peer-review committee now reviews every proposal before submission, and faculty report 60% less time spent on budgets.
“Resmob transformed our grants office from a filing cabinet into a revenue engine. The pipeline framework alone changed how we think about research funding.”