ReaDI-Watch is a human-governed, AI-assisted platform for managing research, development and innovation (RD&I). It brings projects, source documents, updates, reports, reviews and funding evidence into one structured system, giving teams a clear and traceable record of their work.

What problem does ReaDI-Watch solve?

RD&I activity is often spread across meetings, emails, shared drives, project tools, spreadsheets and people's memory. ReaDI-Watch gives R&D leaders and executives a live view across projects, helps technical teams capture progress as work happens, and gives finance teams an organised evidence base for reporting and funding.

Is ReaDI-Watch software or a service?

ReaDI-Watch is a software platform supported by an expert team. The platform structures projects, documentation, reviews and reporting, while guided workflows and the ReaDI Assistant help users turn existing material and short updates into useful records. Expert support is available for onboarding, configuration and embedding the process across your organisation.

How does ReaDI-Watch improve R&D tax credit and grant work?

ReaDI-Watch helps build the technical evidence throughout the year. Approved reports retain their sources, versions, authors, reviewers and approval history, so finance teams and advisers can see how each statement is supported. Financial evidence can be added through uploaded records or manually entered totals, with native time and cost capture planned as a later capability.

Will this create more admin for engineers and project teams?

ReaDI-Watch is designed to fit around how technical teams already work. Users can add short updates, notes and source documents, then use guided conversations to fill any gaps. The ReaDI Assistant can structure drafts from selected evidence, while unsupported content is flagged and each section remains under human review.

Do you replace our accountant or tax adviser?

Your accountant, tax adviser or grant consultant can continue to handle eligibility, calculations and filing. ReaDI-Watch strengthens the underlying record they rely on by providing structured project information, source traceability, approved reports and supporting evidence, reducing the effort needed to reconstruct the work later.

How does ReaDI-Watch help with grant funding drawdowns?

ReaDI-Watch translates your approved grant application into a live funding plan, tracks milestones, builds audit-ready drawdown reports, and manages compliance across multiple jurisdictions — reducing risk and effort.

What types of grant funding does ReaDI-Watch support?

ReaDI-Watch supports grant drawdown reporting across Ireland, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Canada, including DTIF, Horizon Europe, and other national and regional innovation funding programmes.

Can ReaDI-Watch help with grant reporting compliance?

Yes. ReaDI-Watch maintains a traceable record of milestones, evidence, and drawdown status, helping you achieve 100% milestone compliance and avoid last-minute reporting scrambles.

Fund · Customer Journey

Grant Funding Drawdowns

ReaDI-Watch enables you to draw down more of the grant funding you’ve already won, with less risk and effort. Translate your approved application, Letter of Offer, milestones, deliverables and budgets into a live funding plan; structure and track the underlying R&D projects against that plan; use the ReaDI Assistant to conversationally capture technical progress, results, changes and learning as the work happens; connect contemporaneous supporting evidence; and capture and reconcile time and costs against the relevant funding categories. Build robust, audit-ready technical and financial drawdown reports grounded in the accumulated project evidence and data, reducing retrospective effort and making every drawdown easier to prepare and defend against the funder’s requirements.

Grant Drawdown Journey

PlanUnderstand the opportunity and set up for success

CaptureTrack progress and build your evidence record

ValidateCheck progress against grant criteria and identify gaps

DrawdownGenerate a complete, evidence-backed drawdown submission

ReaDI AssistantGuiding, analysing and generating throughout the journey

Project HubCapture & manage the R&D

Your R&D evidence baseBuilt as the work happens

Funding HubManage grant requirements, track eligibility and prepare drawdown submissions

Continuous improvementInsights from each drawdown, strengthening future funding success

Using the ReaDI-Watch platform and having the support of the ReaDI-Watch team helped us to consider all aspects of 'real-time' R&D management in Equal1. With the team's help, we developed our strategy and are now in a position to meet our grant funding (DTIF) and R&D tax credit requirements.

Jason LynchCEO, Equal1 Labs

Case Study · Managing Grant-Supported Projects in Real-Time

Using ReaDI-Watch to Manage Grant Supported Projects in Real-Time

Managing grant-supported R&D and innovation projects requires far more than periodic reporting. Organisations must continuously track technical progress, financial expenditure, labour allocation, and project outcomes while ensuring compliance with funding requirements and milestone expectations.

4Reporting Streams Managed

IE · UK · EU · CAFunding Jurisdictions

Real-TimeVisibility Model

100%Milestone Compliance

The Challenge

In many organisations, grant-funded project information is spread across spreadsheets, emails, project tools, and disconnected teams, making real-time visibility difficult and increasing the risk of missed milestones, reporting delays, and compliance issues. Grant-funded projects come with a unique set of challenges, including strict budget constraints, rigorous reporting requirements, and the need for precise labour allocation.

The Approach

ReaDI-Watch brings structure and flexibility to meet requirements across grant funding supports. Organisations optimise real-time project management, meeting reporting requirements across four streams: Technical or Technological Progress Reporting, Financial Tracking & Reporting, Labour Allocation (Timesheet) Tracking & Reporting, and Commercial Progress Reporting.

Funding Programmes Managed

ReaDI-Watch has been used to manage and track grant-funded R&D and innovation projects across Ireland, the UK, Europe and Canada. Funding programmes include Enterprise Ireland RD&I Fund, Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF), Agile Innovation Fund, UKRI (InnovateUK), European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator, EIT Digital, EIT Health, Mitacs, and IRAP. Though eligibility requirements, templates and funded activity types differ across these organisations, ReaDI-Watch offers a balance of structure and flexibility to meet requirements across these grant funding supports.

Ready to draw down more of your grant funding?

ReaDI-Watch manages the entire grant drawdown cycle on your behalf — live funding plans, structured project tracking, evidence-backed reporting and audit-ready submissions. Your teams stay focused on delivery.

Also exploring funding journeys?See how ReaDI-Watch supports R&D Tax Credit claims and Contemporaneous Evidence.

R&D Tax Credit Claim Contemporaneous Evidence Team Coordination R&D Time Tracking R&D Cost Tracking Reporting for R&D Funding

Frequently asked questions

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Book a 30-minute consultation with a ReaDI-Watch expert to explore how to get the most out of your RD&I.

What is ReaDI?＋

ReaDI is a structured platform, supported by an expert team, that helps R&D-intensive organisations capture, document and fund their Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) activity. It keeps the work organised, defensible and ready for reporting, funding and decision-making, instead of leaving it scattered across people’s memories, inboxes and spreadsheets.

Is ReaDI software, or a service?＋

Both. The platform provides a structured environment, while our team can help define projects, maintain momentum and support reporting where needed. You get a managed system with expert support, as well as access to the software.

Do we need a formal R&D department to benefit from this?＋

No. Many organisations we work with do not have a formal R&D function. The work can sit across engineering, product, operations and quality. ReaDI helps when your team is solving technical problems but cannot easily show what was tried, what worked and why.

What actually changes after we start using ReaDI?＋

RD&I becomes more structured and easier to manage. Projects are framed clearly from the outset, documentation is captured as the work happens and leadership gains better visibility. This reduces the need to reconstruct technical activity at year-end.

Does our team need to change how they already work?＋

The aim is to make capturing your team’s work feel like a natural part of the process, without adding a separate administrative burden. ReaDI works alongside your existing tools and workflows, so engineers do not have to adopt a completely different way of working.