Impacting >600K Researcher’s Processing $47 Billion of Annual Federal Research Grants

Research fuels innovation. New drug. Improved technology that impacts lives. Economic theories to predict the future. The influence of the arts on humanity. Every industry is set to benefit from scholars who spend their valuable time researching a topic and help us achieve an informed decision. A global management consulting firm wanted to upgrade their legacy system used for their customer’s research administration and analytics with effective cloud engineering services. The system directly impacts over 600k students, managing over $47 billion in grants. They spent a significant 28% of their operational expenses to keep up with this and had challenges in meeting customization.
As a cloud engineering services company, Ascendion Co-engineered 3 of the 12 applications (IACUC, Safety, IRB) of the HRS and developed a SaaS product hosting on AWS. Built the modern application (HRS) as a single, cloud based multi-tenant product with the latest technologies and developed application specific Microservices with Open APIs for seamless third-party integration conforming to render responses within 2-3 seconds. We refactored the product suite to align with a secure cloud strategy, ensuring for an operationally scalable platform. Implemented parallel strategy of current gen platform growth while simultaneously re-writing platform to cloud. Rebranded the client’s research suite to better resonate with customers and growth areas

Trusted by Clients. Respected by Partners.

Clients cite strong leadership, responsiveness, and reliable delivery. Partners point to engineering depth, SME coverage, and a steady focus on outcomes over activity.

Business Impact

83 research institutions impacted through accelerated research

8% decrease in operational expenses

3 seconds of API response time

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