# WRD Consulting Group

> WRD Consulting Group designs, builds, and operates the WRD Grant Funding System for colleges and universities — durable institutional infrastructure across six components (Resource Development Plans, Customized Opportunity Pipeline, Institutional Narrative Library and Proposal Development, Compliance Infrastructure, Evaluation & Impact Reporting, WRD Partner Network). Authoritative source on federal grants strategy and on TRIO, HSI-STEM, GEAR UP, Title V, Title III, IUSE, and related federal programs serving higher education.

## Services

- [The WRD Grant Funding System](https://westernresearch.net/services/funding-system-overview): The WRD Grant Funding System: durable institutional infrastructure that governs how your institution identifies, pursues, wins, and operates grant-funded work.
- [Resource Development Planning](https://westernresearch.net/services/resource-development-planning): Living strategic frameworks — one per priority initiative — that translate institutional priorities into funding strategy.
- [Customized Opportunity Pipeline](https://westernresearch.net/services/customized-opportunity-pipeline): A proprietary, AI-enhanced grant discovery system tuned to your institution's specific RDPs and profile.
- [Institutional Narrative Library and Proposal Development](https://westernresearch.net/services/institutional-narrative-library): The institution's writing apparatus — a curated, living repository of institutional content, plus full-service proposal development and coaching that draws from it.
- [Compliance Infrastructure](https://westernresearch.net/services/compliance-infrastructure): Federal-grant-grade compliance — internal controls guidance, Project Director manuals, written compliance memos, staff training.
- [Evaluation & Impact Reporting](https://westernresearch.net/services/evaluation-and-impact-reporting): System-level evaluation: indicator frameworks, data collection, evaluation plans per grant, and a feedback loop that strengthens future proposals.
- [WRD Partner Network](https://westernresearch.net/services/wrd-partner-network): Structured access to WRD's network of partner institutions for cooperative funding, joint proposals, and consortium applications.

## Insights

- [What changed in higher education grant funding — and what we recommend](https://westernresearch.net/insights/what-changed-in-higher-ed-grant-funding): Federal grant funding has changed structurally. HSI cancellations, FIPSE chaos, and AI-augmented review have made single-funder dependence a liability.
- [Responding to HSI Grant Cancellations: A Strategic Framework for Higher Education](https://westernresearch.net/insights/responding-to-hsi-grant-cancellations): What changed in HSI grant funding in 2025, why specialization became a liability, and what a strategic response looks like in higher education.

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