Lewis Readiness Index™
How ready is your institution, really?
A confidential executive assessment across the six GRANTS Architecture™ dimensions. You receive a confidential readiness profile and an invitation to schedule a debrief.
No cost. Confidential. No obligation. Designed to be completed in one sitting.
What the LRI is
An executive-level readiness baseline. Thirty-one questions across the six GRANTS Architecture™ dimensions — Governance and Leadership, Research Infrastructure, Alignment of Strategic Portfolio, Networking Research Culture, Team-Oriented Operations, and Systems and Data Infrastructure.
Designed for the leader who signs off on the research enterprise: presidents, provosts, deans, VPs for research, sponsored programs directors, health-system and behavioral-health executives, and foundation leaders.
Confidential. Directional. Meant to make the next conversation sharper.
What the LRI is not
- · Not a grant proposal review. It does not diagnose why a specific proposal was declined.
- · Not a guarantee of funding. No assessment can promise outcomes.
- · Not a compliance or accreditation instrument. It has no regulatory standing.
- · Not a public ranking. Results are yours, never published or benchmarked externally.
- · Not a substitute for the Grant Readiness Diagnostic™. It's the front door, not the deep engagement.
What happens after completion
Your score is the starting point. The debrief is where it becomes useful.
01
You complete the assessment
Thirty-one questions across six sections, designed to be completed in one sitting.
02
You receive a readiness profile
A composite score, six dimension scores, and your lowest-performing area.
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You schedule your debrief
A 30-minute conversation to interpret the results — not a pitch.
The GRANTS Architecture™
Six dimensions that determine institutional readiness.
- G
Governance and Leadership
Executive sponsorship, accountability, and strategic oversight of research.
- R
Research Infrastructure
The staffing, systems, and compliance capacity that support competitive grant activity.
- A
Alignment of Strategic Portfolio
Whether institutional strategy, faculty expertise, and funding priorities actually point in the same direction.
- N
Networking Research Culture
The quality of grant development, submission, and management practice, including the institution's working relationships with sponsors and program officers.
- T
Team-Oriented Operations
Faculty engagement, mentorship, recognition, and the team-based operations that sustain research activity across the institution.
- S
Systems and Data Infrastructure
The institution's ability to prove its own impact.
Begin the assessment
Start the Lewis Readiness Index.
You'll begin with a short contact step, then move through six sections. Your readiness profile is calculated as soon as you submit.
No cost. Confidential. No obligation. Designed to be completed in one sitting.
Your responses and results are stored securely and are not shared with other institutions, used for public benchmarking, or disclosed to third parties. Only Dr. Lewis and his team will have access to your results.
The Lewis Readiness Index™ is a directional executive readiness baseline. It does not evaluate individual grant proposals, guarantee funding outcomes, serve as a compliance or accreditation instrument, or function as a public ranking. Results are confidential to your institution and are not a substitute for the Grant Readiness Diagnostic™.
Grant writing is the last 10%. Organizational readiness is the first 90%.
How ready is your institution?