For research development officers
Shape every application. Stop authoring every application.
You spotted the call, scoped the fit, and now you are also writing the case for support. Bidwell drafts the first cut from the call and the PI's record so you spend your time on strategy and the parts only you can do.
More calls pursued
per quarter, same RDO team
Strategy time back
because drafting is no longer your job
Stronger first drafts
so PIs review faster
Sound familiar
The bits of the job that should not be this hard
You are pre-award strategy on paper and document factory in practice.
Five PIs land at your desk with five blank cases for support and the same call deadline.
You spot a perfect call but the team has no capacity to apply, so you let it pass.
The strongest sections are the ones you write, which is exactly why your week disappears.
How Bidwell helps
The shape of the day, after Bidwell
First drafts on every call you spot
When you flag a call to a PI, Bidwell already has a first draft of the case for support sitting behind it, built from the call requirements and the PI's prior applications. You review and sharpen rather than start blank.
Library across every PI in your portfolio
Bidwell indexes prior applications across the whole team, so a strong methods paragraph from one application becomes a starting point for the next, with the PI's sign-off.
Capacity to chase the calls you usually pass on
When the bottleneck is drafting capacity, you triage out the harder calls. With Bidwell drafting, you can pursue the strategic ones too without putting another PI through a weekend.
You stay the strategist
Funder fit, narrative angle, reviewer politics, costings strategy: still yours. The mechanical drafting work that swallowed your week is no longer yours.
Frequently asked
Bidwell for research development officers, in short
No. The opposite. It moves you off the document-mechanics work that is eating your week so you can do the calls-pipeline, fit-assessment and review work that is what you were actually hired for.
Stop spending weeks on paperwork.
Set up takes 15 minutes. First tender draft inside the hour.
No credit card. Cancel any time. From £15 per month.