Lewis Readiness Index™
How ready is your institution, really?
The Lewis Readiness Index™ is a focused executive assessment designed to be completed in one sitting, covering 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. You’ll receive a readiness profile and an invitation to schedule a private results debrief.
No cost. Confidential. No obligation. Designed to be completed in one sitting.
Designed for Executive Leadership
Built for institutional leaders.
The Lewis Readiness Index™ is an executive readiness assessment designed for institutional leaders responsible for research strategy, external funding, and organizational capacity.
Typical respondents
- ·President
- ·Provost
- ·Vice President for Research
- ·Chief Research Officer
- ·Research Dean
- ·Director of Sponsored Programs / Office of Research
- ·Research Center Director
- ·Dean
- ·Experienced Lead Principal Investigator (PI) with institution-wide grant leadership responsibilities
Important note
The Lewis Readiness Index™ measures institutional readiness — not individual grant-writing capability.
It is intended for respondents with broad knowledge of their organization’s research infrastructure, leadership, grant operations, and strategic priorities. Some questions require executive-level knowledge. Where appropriate, respondents may select “Unsure.”
Your institutional information remains confidential
What the Lewis Readiness Index™ does not request or store.
- ·Grant proposals
- ·Budgets
- ·Research data
- ·Sponsor documents
- ·Proprietary research
The assessment measures organizational readiness — not individual grant applications.
Before you begin
Answer From an Institution-Wide Perspective
Please answer from the perspective of the institution as a whole—not solely your department, school, college, program, or individual office. Where conditions differ across units, select the response that best reflects the institution’s overall capacity.
The LRI is designed to capture your informed executive perspective. You are not expected to have direct knowledge of every unit. Select “Unsure” when you do not have enough information to answer confidently.
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.