Program & Cycle Navigation

The next installment of platform-wide interface enhancements is now redesigning navigation at the Program and Award Cycle levels. 

Opening a program takes you to a new Program Menu first. From there, click an Award Cycle Name to open that cycle's home page.

This is your single view into Intake, Review Rounds, Awarding, and Post Awards for that Award Cycle's applications 

Settings that used to live at the Program level — like award setup and workflow options — now live at the Award Cycle level where they actually belong, so nothing bleeds between cycles. 

Program Settings still exist, just shorter.

Learn more: Preview of UI Changes → 

Cycle Close Dates

Set two deadlines, get the best of both. A visible Soft Close keeps applicants moving with real urgency — no procrastinating till the last minute. A hidden Hard Close gives your team a protected window to still catch strong submissions after the applicant-facing deadline passes. One toggle in the workflow builder, no more quietly extending deadlines and hoping word doesn't spread. 

Find this setting under Award Cycle Settings -> Workflow Builder Options. 

This is toggled off by default for all Award Cycles.

Learn more: Cycle Close Dates → (Coming soon)

Improved Review Assignments

When you divide applications into groups and randomize reviewers into those groups, assignments are now mathematically balanced across your reviewer pool — no more lopsided workloads, no more manually adding reviewers to even things out. The automated Next Review process does the fair split for you, every time.

More changes in review assignments are coming soo - including publishing your cycle without any reviewers and being able to unassign reviewers.

Learn how to create Review Groups  → 

Void Disbursements

Once a disbursement was approved, it was locked in — no way to stop it without going around the system. Now Program Owners and Program Managers can void an approved disbursement any time, right up until an ERP or banking integration sync kicks off (if used in your program).

That means changing plans and payment errors no longer turn into a scramble. Halt a payment in a few clicks, keep your audit trail clean, and skip the overpayments that come from workflows that never bend.

Learn more: Void Disbursements → (Coming Soon)