Independent Validation that Research Funders Trust.
Sintra Advisory helps your research institutions protect sensitive projects, navigate international compliance, and secure funding without security concerns blocking progress.
Research Security Frameworks have increased tenfold since 2018.
Flagged applications due to inadequate security planscan delay your project weeks to months, risking rejection and skewing your projected timelines.
Applications Delayed
Inadequate security documentation can lead to outright rejection, regardless of scientific merit. Insufficient mitigation pl cost institutions funding.
Grants Rejected
When attestation violations surface after funding is awarded, consequences include termination, clawback of disbursed amounts, and reputational damage.
Post-Award Clawbacks
Our Solutions
Sintra Advisory provides the independent third-party validation funders need and institutions trust.
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The partnership decision you can't afford to get wrong. Know who you're partnering with before funders ask. Funders scrutinize partnerships for foreign influence, restricted entity ties, and IP risk. A problematic collaboration can cost you funding, reputation, and future opportunities. A Partnership Clearance Report provides third-party evaluation of any entity you're considering working with - from individual researchers to institutional partners.
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Submit with confidence. Horizon Europe, ERC, Tri-Council, UKRI, and more funders now scrutinize applications for security risks before awarding grants. A flagged application can mean uncertainty and lengthy delays. A rejected application means lost funding, wasted effort, and questions from leadership. A Grant Shield Review ensures your application meets funder security requirements before you submit.
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Build the foundation that makes research security sustainable. Ad-hoc doesn't scale. Scrambling isn't strategy. Every time funders ask about your research security measures, you pull something together. This works until it doesn't. An audit, a compliance failure, or a reputational incident exposes what's been held together with good intentions and informal processes.
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Find out if your research can be compromised - before someone else does. Our Defensive Readiness Testing program simulates how real threat actors target research institutions.
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Build the skills your team needs to recognize and respond to research security threats. Research Security Workshop puts your team through realistic tabletop scenarios - partnership decisions, suspicious approaches, compliance dilemmas - in a facilitated learning environment that builds practical capability.
About Sintra
International collaborations drive research excellence. They also create exposure. Sintra Advisory helps institutions distinguish high-risk partnerships from routine ones before committing resources and reputation. Independent assessment. Actionable recommendations. Validation funders recognize.
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