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How OpenWater’s Application & Review Platform Works
OpenWater is purpose-built for associations, foundations, and higher education institutions to manage every type and stage of application and review processes. No matter your organization's needs, we’ll help you navigate.
Trusted by 750+ Organizations
OpenWater’s Core Platform Capabilities
Whether you leverage OpenWater for one, a few, or all five of its major functions, you’ll get a consistent user experience and customization capabilities across every end-to-end workflow.
Abstracts
Simplify the most notorious aspect of event planning with drag-and-drop submission portals and agenda builders that let you transfer approved abstracts directly to session schedules.
Awards
Configure flexible nomination structures, minimize judging bias, and create online galleries to showcase community members’ achievements for more effective recognition.
Grants
Oversee multi-round proposal reviews and track progress and funding disbursements via clear, unified dashboards to achieve your desired impact as a grantmaker.
Scholarships
Comprehensively report on scholarship revenue and centralize multiple rounds of review as you find the most deserving applicants for your opportunities.
Fellowships
Boost your program’s prestige with well-designed webpages and forms, efficient decision-making, and easy tracking for all types of support you offer to fellows.
What OpenWater Platform Users Say
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"Our team deals with over 80 different programs that are reviewed by 80 different committees who each have 3-12 volunteers. OpenWater makes it easy for us to collect the information that needs to be reviewed and enforce unique and diverse applicant requirements. This year, OpenWater has allowed our team to process over 1,200 applications reviewed by around 320+ volunteers."
"We use OpenWater not only for our awards programs, but also for grants, fellowships and generally anything that requires an application or judging process. All of this in one central system that integrates nicely with our association management system."
"ASHA uses the OpenWater platform for awards programs, grant and scholarship applications, mentoring enrollment, course registration, volunteer applications and leadership programs. The flexibility of the OpenWater platform functionality is crucial to efficiently and successfully manage these various types of programs, each with unique requirements."
"OpenWater is a company that treats you with a personal touch and we find that of great value. We have enjoyed the relationship we have built with them and have come to rely on them for the support that we need to continue to grow our program."
"The Awards and Prizes team at the Institution of Engineering and Technology operates several awards, prizes and scholarship schemes, all with different entry and reporting requirements. The flexibility and functionality of the platform has led to many improvements and efficiencies in how IET awards are run. The support from the OpenWater team has been excellent."
“Applications are very intuitive and easy to build (even with layers of complexity and if/then processes, and judging options are very customizable, reporting options are extensive and detailed. I did not have any experience building an application and do not come from a technical background, but I was able to build our application without issues due to the ease of using the program and the prompt and helpful assistance of customer support.”
