Step 3: CHOOSE Your Level of Support

Selecting the Navigation Style that Best Fits Your Journey

Now that we’ve explored your project needs and assessed your readiness, it’s time to decide how you’d like to move forward—with the support that fits your comfort level, capacity, and ambition. Click each role to learn about what is included:

You’re the driver—we’re your coach.

  • You provide the electronic application materials

  • We confirm your eligibility, provide checklists, and offer guidance

  • We review your application before submission

  • You submit it on your own, with confidence

    ✅ Best for confident, experienced applicants who just need a second set of eyes.

We point the way—you stay in control.

  • We review the RFP and application process

  • Confirm qualification, provide checklists, and advise key staff

  • Conduct a pre-submittal review one week before the deadline

  • Then, we walk through the online application together

    ✅ Best for teams who want support up to and through final submission.

We walk the path together.

  • Strategically plan-based on support Navigator support as consultant

  • Added as administrator to your grant application portal(s)or workspaces

  • Full-cycle assistance: compliance, reviews, and reporting reminders.

  • Training access for one staff member through close-out

    ✅ Best for agencies seeking long-term structure and sustainability.

We lead on your behalf.

  • All services from Guide & Trainer

  • PLUS: authority to set up accounts, apply for required IDs (e.g., DUNS)

  • Can initiate contact and manage submissions on your behalf

  • Reports directly to decision maker and signer

    ✅ Best for organizations wanting full-service, high-capacity support.

Not Sure Which Role is Right for You?

No worries. Your Navigator will help you assess which level of support fits best based on your current project, internal capacity, and funding goals.