July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET

Atom 3.0 Goes Live

A rebuilt Discovery and two brand-new modules, revealed live for the first time on July 23

When we started Atom, the problem we set out to solve was simple: researchers and research development offices were losing days to the grind of finding the right funding opportunities. So we built a semantic search engine that made grant discovery fast, accurate, and less painful.

It worked. Today more than 50 institutions rely on Atom, from NYU Langone Health and Rush University Medical Center to Auburn University, the University of Memphis, and Denver Health.

But along the way, our customers kept telling us the same thing. Finding the grant is only the beginning. Once you've found it, the real work starts: writing a competitive proposal, identifying the right researchers to lead it, and managing it all across a busy office.

So we built all of that. And on launch day, we're showing you the result.

Atom is now a research development platform

Atom 3.0 is our biggest release yet, and it marks a real shift in what Atom is. We've moved from a grant search engine to a full AI-powered research development platform. Two new modules extend Atom well beyond discovery, and the discovery platform itself has taken a big step forward.

Proposals. Drafting a competitive grant proposal is slow, high-stakes work. Atom now helps you build and refine proposals with AI that understands the funder, the mechanism, and what strong applications actually look like. Less time staring at a blank page, more time sharpening the science.

Researcher Search. The right proposal needs the right people behind it. Researcher Search helps you find and connect with the investigators best suited to a given opportunity, across departments and disciplines, in seconds rather than weeks.

A smarter discovery platform. The engine that started it all is sharper than ever. Profiles now support multiple projects, so a single researcher's full range of work is captured in one place and matched against opportunities that fit. And a new set of admin features gives research development offices real control over how their team uses Atom, from managing users to keeping the whole office aligned. Discovery isn't just faster now. It fits the way your office actually operates.

Each piece is powerful on its own. Together, they close the loop on the entire research development workflow.

The Vault, only for people in the room

Alongside the product, we've put together something we're calling the Vault: a set of research and data resources built specifically for research development offices. We are not releasing it anywhere except to the people who show up live. It includes a list of non-federal funders, a guide to proposal review, and industry data your office will want access to.

One piece is built around what is shifting in federal funding policy right now. Most offices are reacting to it week by week. We built something that helps you get ahead of it instead.

Another looks past federal money entirely. There are roughly 685,000 non-federal funders in the United States alone, and the Vault puts that landscape, and your own numbers against it, right in front of you.

The Vault unlocks the day of the event, for attendees only. If you register but can't make it live, this is the one thing the recording won't give you.

Why we're doing a live launch

We could have just shipped this and sent an email. But Atom 3.0 is a big enough step that we want to walk you through it properly, and we want to hear from you while we do it.

In the webinar, we'll give you a live walkthrough of the new modules and the upgraded discovery platform, share the story behind the repositioning and what we learned building it, and open the floor to your questions. You'll leave knowing exactly how Atom 3.0 fits into the way your team already works, and where it can take the pressure off.

Whether you're a research development professional, a grants administrator, or a research leader trying to lift your institution's funding outcomes, this is the fastest way to see what's now possible.

Save your spot

Spaces are limited, and the recording only goes to people who register. The Vault goes to no one but the people in the room. If you care about winning more funding with less friction, this is worth an hour of your time.