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Simplify, automate, accelerate

Simplify processes, automate common activities and seamlessly integrate with existing systems.
OmniStar takes care of all the behind-the-scenes complexity so you can concentrate on maximising outcomes.

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Highly configurable purpose-built grant management system

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Streamlines and automates ethics and governance

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Powerful research management that automates and simplifies

Our story

A personalised solution

OmniStar is entirely configurable. Your solution can be adapted to suit your unique organisational objectives, and your changes are compatible and supported through upgrades.

Trusted by industry leading organisations

OmniStar has been built in consultation with industry over the last years and is used by Federal, state and local governments, universities, hospitals and philanthropic organisations.

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National Health and Medical Research Council

The National Health and Medical Research Council selected OmniStar to power grants management across their entire portfolio.

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Manage your grants, your way

No more juggling ill-fitting systems and untangling complex processes. OmniStar is made to fit you.

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Grants processes
Contracts and variations
Reviews and decisions
User-defined workflows and forms
Progress and real-time reporting
Security and integration
Grants processes

Grants processes

  • End-to-end support - pre-award, award and post-award
  • Open by invitation multi-stage grant rounds with start and end dates
  • Flexible finance management including in-kind, cash and funds requested
  • Role based security and audit/event log
  • Integrated CRM
Contracts and variations

Contracts and variations

  • Agreement document auto-generation, sharing & notification
  • Online variation SmartForm
  • Variation document auto-generation
  • Contract management and digital approvals
Reviews and decisions

Reviews and decisions

  • Conflict of interest and non-disclosure agreements
  • Individual and bulk reviews and assessments
  • Digital approvals and "What if" scenarios
  • Bulk email and letter merge for outcome notification
  • Response tracking
User-defined workflows and forms

User-defined workflows and forms

  • Drag and drop workflow editor
  • Intuitive SmartForm editor
  • User-definable fields and lookups
  • Pre-population and advanced functionality
Progress and real-time reporting

Progress and real-time reporting

  • Ad-hoc Dashboards and Reports
  • Acquittal reports
  • Online review and approval process
  • Automated reminders
Security and integration

Security and integration

  • GrantConnect integration
  • FMIS integration
  • REST APIs and Enterprise Reporting Connector
  • Single Sign-on and MFA
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The easiest way to report, analyse and comply

Seamlessly manage ethics and research governance. Increase your transparency with comprehensive, real-time reporting and analytics.

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Ethics processes
Decisions and approvals
Reviews and meetings
User-defined workflows and forms
Progress and real-time reporting
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Ethics processes

Ethics processes

  • Human, Animal & Biosafety
  • Site Specific Assessment
  • Victorian Specific Module
  • Amendments including tracked changes
  • Low and Negligible Risk and High Risk
Decisions and approvals

Decisions and approvals

  • Approval certificate generation including approved document list
  • Digital decisions (full committee and executive level) & out-of-session approvals
  • Approved animal numbers
  • Facility management
Reviews and meetings

Reviews and meetings

  • Chat-like review commentary and applicant feedback
  • Pre-meeting reviews and Conflict of Interest
  • Request for more information
  • Committee management including role management
User-defined workflows and forms

User-defined workflows and forms

  • Drag and drop workflow editor
  • Intuitive SmartForm editor
  • User-definable fields and lookups
Progress and real-time reporting

Progress and real-time reporting

  • Ad-hoc Dashboards and Reports
  • Annual and Final Progress Reports
  • Adverse Events/Safety Reports
Security and integration

Security and integration

  • ORCID integration
  • HR integration
  • Animal species integration
  • Single Sign-on and MFA
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Intelligent research management, streamlined

OmniStar Research is a centralised solution to manage the whole research life-cycle in one place. Reduce double-handling and get more out of your funding opportunities.

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Research processes
User-defined workflows and forms
Reviews and meetings
Post-award and real-time reporting
Decisions and approvals
Security and integration
Research processes

Research processes

  • Proposal development and approval
  • Pricing and costing
  • Human, Animal & Biosafety applications
  • Victorian Specific Module
  • Amendments including tracked changes
  • Low and Negligible Risk and High Risk applications
User-defined workflows and forms

User-defined workflows and forms

  • Drag and drop workflow editor
  • Intuitive SmartForm editor
  • User-definable fields and lookups
Reviews and meetings

Reviews and meetings

  • Pre-meeting reviews and Conflict of Interest
  • Request for more information
  • Committee management including role management
Post-award and real-time reporting

Post-award and real-time reporting

  • Contract and variations
  • Annual and Final Progress Reports
  • Adverse Events/Safety Reports
  • Ad-hoc Dashboards and Reports
Decisions and approvals

Decisions and approvals

  • Approval certificate generation including approved document list
  • Digital decisions (full committee and executive level) & out-of-session approvals
  • Approved animal numbers
  • Facility management
Security and integration

Security and integration

  • Australian Research Council and other funders
  • ORCID integration
  • HR integration
  • Animal species integration
  • Single Sign-on and MFA

The University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia selected OmniStar Research to implement a fully integrated, digital solution that was compatible with other university systems.

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Testimonials

The level of ongoing customisation and support gives us peace of mind in our investment. We now have a one-stop solution: streamlined processes, great user experience and transparency.

The level of ongoing customisation and support gives us peace of mind in our investment. We now have a one-stop solution: streamlined processes, great user experience and transparency.

Cindy Liew

Senior Executive

Sunway University

OmniStar had the ability to combine our three systems into one to make everything easier from an administration perspective but also from an applicant and reviewer perspective.

OmniStar had the ability to combine our three systems into one to make everything easier from an administration perspective but also from an applicant and reviewer perspective.

Samantha Oakes

Director, Research Investment

National Breast Cancer Foundation

We couldn't persist in a paper environment. We were looking for a solution that could cover the pre-award and post-award requirements, and we wanted a system that could do ethics as well.

We couldn't persist in a paper environment. We were looking for a solution that could cover the pre-award and post-award requirements, and we wanted a system that could do ethics as well.

Laila Simpson

Director of Research Operations

The University of Western Australia

It's very accessible to users and administrators with clear processes to follow. It's also flexible allowing you to build your own forms, which are straightforward, and for which you don't need to understand code.

It's very accessible to users and administrators with clear processes to follow. It's also flexible allowing you to build your own forms, which are straightforward, and for which you don't need to understand code.

Anna

Research Development Senior Coordinator

Cancer Council WA

The ability to customise the OOTB functionality of the system to align to our specific grant program processes and framework. Pre-award functionality provides for easy and efficient application submission.

The ability to customise the OOTB functionality of the system to align to our specific grant program processes and framework. Pre-award functionality provides for easy and efficient application submission.

Amanda

Senior Project Officer

Department of Resources

It has made our work so much more effective and efficient, especially as we adapt to a hybrid working model, post-Covid.

It has made our work so much more effective and efficient, especially as we adapt to a hybrid working model, post-Covid.

Michael

CEO

Soil CRC

Easy integration. Great user experience for grant applicants and for the grant management team. Fantastic support from the OmniStar team - very responsive and end to end complete solution.

Easy integration. Great user experience for grant applicants and for the grant management team. Fantastic support from the OmniStar team - very responsive and end to end complete solution.

Adam

Head of Foundation

Plenty of features to use to manage grants and grant processes.

Plenty of features to use to manage grants and grant processes.

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Manager

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