Websites for research foundations

Web design for research foundations

Research funding is won by explaining the work to somebody who is not a scientist, without making it sound like a cure.

Two people read the same page and neither is the other: whoever pays and whoever attends. The site has to answer the practical questions of the first — cost, term dates, how to get there — without boring the second.

With no dates, a course looks like a course that does not exist. Next start, places left and the application deadline belong at the top of the page, not inside a PDF brochure.

What people are buying is what comes after: the certificate, who recognises it, and whether the course can be funded. Said plainly it turns a browse into an application; left vague it turns into a call nobody makes.

Group size and who teaches decide more enrolments than the syllabus. Twelve to a class with a named teacher is a different product from thirty with an unnamed one, and only one of the two is worth saying out loud.

Your research foundation competes for the attention of customers who decide on their phone. A slow or dated website — or none at all — loses you bookings and calls every day. That's why we build sites for research foundations that turn visits into customers: the goal is that funders and donors see the research and back it.

No filler features: we prioritise what actually brings you customers in your research foundation — donations and project dissemination, the research lines in language a donor understands and publications, results and the annual report — and put it one click away. A straight-to-the-point website converts more than one full of decoration.

A website that loads in a blink, looks perfect on mobile and conveys the professionalism of your research foundation at first glance. Custom design, clean code and a simple panel so you stay in control.

We position you where your customers are: on the first page of Google and on the map, for searches for your research foundation in your area. Local SEO done well today is what fills your calendar tomorrow.

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In brief: web design for research foundations

  • Remote work with research foundations anywhere, over 15 years of experience and a price agreed up front.
  • If something goes down, yesterday's backup takes over: phone number and address are reachable again in minutes.
  • Domain and hosting are stated upfront; everything else is optional and you decide who handles it.
  • A clear way to get in touch — WhatsApp, phone and form — so no enquiry is lost.

⚙️ Not just a website, a tool

The site works when you cannot: it answers the obvious questions, shows the work and takes the enquiry at eleven at night.

What your website includes

The research, in plain words

What is being asked, and why.

Where the money goes

Projects, salaries, and overheads.

Legacies and companies

Larger gifts, and how to make one.

Results, published

Papers, reports, and what failed.

How we work with research foundations, step by step

  1. 1

    We look at your business

    We check what can be kept from your current site — text, photos, the domain — and what has to go.

  2. 2

    Structure and content

    We write in your words rather than advertising words, and cut anything nobody reads.

  3. 3

    Design and build

    We watch the loading time: real photographs, properly compressed, no scripts you do not need.

  4. 4

    Launch and Google

    We submit the site to Google and check a few days later what is actually indexed.

  5. 5

    Handed over working

    We stay reachable by the same channel your customers use, so a fix takes minutes and not a ticket.

Frequently asked questions about web design for research foundations

What are you actually studying? +

Each research line described in language a donor understands, with what a result would mean and how far away it is. Overpromising a breakthrough is the sector's besetting sin.

How much reaches the research? +

Split between project costs, salaries and administration, in figures. Donors compare this and honest reporting wins repeat giving.

Can I leave a gift in my will? +

Legacies, corporate partnerships and named funds, with who to speak to. Large gifts are arranged by conversation and the page has to invite it.

What has come of it? +

Publications, annual reports and honest accounts of what did not work. Publishing negative results is rare and it builds enormous credibility.

One page per course, or one big list? +

One per course. The list is for people who already know you; the page is for the ones who do not.

Should we ask for a deposit online? +

A small one, refundable, filters the enrolments that never show up without deterring the ones that would.

Should term dates and holidays be published? +

Yes, for the whole year. It is the most consulted page after the course list, and it saves a term's worth of phone calls.

Can the site take enrolment payments? +

Yes, at enrolment or as a monthly collection. What matters is that enrolling and paying are the same step, because the gap between the two is where most people disappear.

What if I already have a dated website? +

We redesign it while keeping your rankings: we refresh the look, speed and donations and project dissemination, taking care of URLs and redirects so you don't lose the SEO you already have.

Will the website be mine? +

Yes, 100%. The domain, hosting and content stay in your name when we finish. And we leave it with a simple panel so you can update photos, prices or services for your research foundation whenever you want.

Can I integrate bookings, WhatsApp or payments? +

Yes. We connect your website with donations and project dissemination, a WhatsApp button, Google Maps, social media and — if you need it — online payments, so your research foundation receives and manages customers from one place.

What are the running costs each year? +

Domain and hosting stay modest and we state them upfront. Everything else is optional: you decide whether to make changes yourself or hand them to us.

Much more than a website

Not just your website. Your academy's panel.

Enrolments and enquiries in your CRM, with email to support and retain students.

Customer CRM

Every contact that comes through your website lands in your panel, with follow-up and notes. Nothing gets lost.

Bookings & appointments

Online diary with automatic reminders. Your customers book themselves, you see your calendar fill up.

Email marketing

Your own campaigns and lists to build loyalty and sell again, with no paid external tools.

AI assistant

A smart chat serves and captures customers on your website 24/7, and passes the interested ones to your CRM.

Clear analytics

How many visit you and where they come from, with no jargon or annoying cookies. Decisions backed by data.

All under your brand, in one place.

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Real projects

Sites of ours that are already up and running

Out of respect for our clients we show each project by its sector and city, with no names.

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