eVision

eVision, now trading as Synto, is a Canadian software firm serving organisations that hand out funding and must track the ethics rules attached to it. Its modular platform manages grant and funding applications and the certifications that funded projects need, and connects data and workflows in one hub.

What eVision offers

• Synto Grants Essential — funding programme management adapted to each project or competition, with several teams and funders on the same file.
• Synto for research institutions — a version for universities and research bodies.
• Ethics compliance management — handles first certification requests, events during a project, renewals and work across multiple committees, and flags delays and their cause.
• Budget management — tracks project budgets, expenses and incoming and outgoing payments.
• Search, prediction and risk tools — semantic search, AI-based trend analysis, KPI and impact reports, and risk and outcome management.

Who it works with

Funding programme managers and ethics committee managers in organisations handling grants, contracts or sponsorships, covering human and animal ethics, biohazards and environmental cases.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Trading name: Synto
• Collaboration: has worked with the research-standards body CASRAI