We exist to give every researcher — regardless of their institution's size or prestige — the tools to discover funding, amplify their work, and advance human knowledge.
Our Journey
Building the infrastructure that connects funding, expertise, and insights across the research ecosystem.
2012
2019
2024
2025
2026
2026
Advancing AI-powered matching and collaboration
Introducing internal competition management tools
Expanding the ecosystem with Literature Online and Concepedia Online
2012
Founded with a mission to connect researchers to funding through GrantForward
2019
Introduced funding dissemination tools to streamline institutional communication
2024
Launched Academic Online for research profiles, insights, and visibility
2025
Introduced AI Query Assistant for faster, more intuitive discovery
2026
Advancing AI-powered matching and collaboration
Introducing internal competition management tools
Expanding the ecosystem with Literature Online and Concepedia Online
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Years of Innovation
Prof. Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang
CEO & Co-Founder
Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang is a Professor in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received a BS from National Taiwan University and PhD from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering. His research addresses large-scale information access and knowledge acquisition, for search, mining, and integration across structured and unstructured big data, with current focuses on Web search/mining and social media analytics. He received ICDE 10-Year Test of Time Award in 2022 and Best Paper Selection/Awards in VLDB 2000 and 2013 and ASONAM 2019, NSF CAREER Award in 2002, NCSA Faculty Fellow Award in 2003, IBM Faculty Awards in 2004 and 2005, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Faculty Fellow Award in 2008, and the Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers at University of Illinois in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2022, 2023. He is passionate to bring research results to the real world and, with his students, co-founded Cazoodle, a startup from the University of Illinois, and developed GrantForward.com funding discovery and dissemination service, a vertical search engine integrating 20,000 sources, subscribed by 200+ institutions including Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Cornell University, University of California, CMU, Mayo Clinic, and National Institutes of Health.
