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Compliance intelligence for university grants

Surface grant risk before it becomes an audit finding.

complyraAI helps principal investigators and research assistants prepare for compliance reviews by auditing transaction-level spending, evaluating grant-specific risk, and translating dense regulations into clear, defensible guidance.

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Line-item
Ledger Transaction Audit reviews expenses at the line-item level with exportable results and regulatory citations.
Grant-aware
Grant Risk Evaluator links NIH grant features with historical noncompliance patterns and mitigation strategies.
Human-led
Human-in-the-loop approvals and note-taking keep reviewers in control of judgment calls.
Product

Two modules, one compliance story

Module 1

Ledger Transaction Audit

Evaluates expense sheets at the line-item level, flags noncompliance risks, and cites flagged regulatory sections in the CFR.

  • Document upload and structured result export
  • Human-in-the-loop approvals and note-taking
  • Linked regulatory citations for each flagged item
Module 2

Grant Risk Evaluator

Estimates risk level and mitigation strategies for a specific NIH grant ID by connecting grant characteristics with historical noncompliance patterns.

  • Pulls grant data from the NIH RePORTER ecosystem
  • Deterministic and predictive risk methods
  • Grant-specific narrative feedback
Product walkthrough

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Problem and motivation

Why compliance work needs a purpose-built assistant

Compliance audits are a central part of how university researchers account for and maintain federal grant funding; noncompliance can lead to funding freezes or clawbacks. For example, between 2021 and 2023, independent audits identified about $9.3 million in questioned costs for NIH grant awardees, with about $3.3 million repaid by researchers.1

Large universities may support teams internally, yet principal investigators and research assistants still carry much of the day-to-day burden of aligning spending and research practices with federal rules. Regulatory text and blogs are dense with legal jargon, general-purpose language models give generic or hard-to-trust answers, and external auditors are often expensive.

1 U.S. Government Accountability Office, National Institutes of Health: Monitoring of External Research Can Be Improved, GAO-25-107362 (Apr. 2025). Read the report.

Where complyraAI fits

complyraAI pairs research assistants with AI that audits transaction-level spending, scores grant-specific risk, and surfaces issues earlier—strengthening defensibility and reducing the likelihood of findings and funding loss.

Testimonials

Designed for trust, nuance, and real reviewer workflows

Professor at Stanford University
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Compliance feels like a black box. I usually try to get a soft green light from Research Assistants or grant admin staff, but since I’ve never been audited, it’s hard to know if I’m fully aligned.

There's a lack of transparency in compliance processes - university researchers often left relying on informal signals.

UC Berkeley Professor and Researcher
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There's usually a lag between discovery and implementation, which might mean the aligned team has left by the time they apply.

Large turnaround time may result in the initial compliance team not being present during the research period.

University Research Assistant during the demo
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The platform is simple and convenient to use. I could use a landline or iPhone to call, but I prefer the iPhone.

complyraAI is a clear value add to our target user.