R&D project management
Share projects across your team and link every research activity to the uncertainty it addresses.
- Track R&D and non-R&D hours by activity
- Upload documents and evidence
- Project management reports for R&D managers
R&D project management · SR&ED · Grants · Patents
Turn Research into Development
RDBASE is an online workspace where research teams benchmark their work against prior art, document it as they go, and turn the record into patent filings, grant applications and SR&ED tax credit claims.
Built on the OECD international definition of R&D · desktop and mobile
BenchmarkCurrent practice and prior art: what was already known before the work began
Project
Uncertainty & hypothesisWhat standard practice couldn't resolve, and what the team set out to prove
T661 · 242
Activities, results & conclusionsEach test logged with hours, costs and evidence, linked back to its uncertainty
T661 · 244–246
70%improvement in documentation accuracy
90%less effort preparing grant applications
50%reduction in patent costs
75%less time spent on SR&ED applications
What RDBASE does
One record of your R&D, three ways to use it
Researchers document once. The same structured record supports project management, government funding and intellectual property.
SR&ED tax credits & grants
Turn day-to-day records into claim-ready project descriptions, with costs already allocated to projects.
- Labour, materials and subcontractor costs linked to activities
- Reports structured for SR&ED and grant programs
- Export to Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer and Intuit tax software
Prior art & IP filing
Benchmark your work against existing technology before you start, and document advancements for patent filings.
- Technology prior art searches
- Benchmarks recorded for each project
- Advancements documented as they happen
See RDBASE in action
A view for everyone on the R&D team
Access is organized by role, so researchers, managers, administrators and tax preparers each see the tools they need. Consultants you authorize can view your data at no extra cost.
Researcher
- Create and share R&D projects
- Run technology prior art searches
- Log activities, results, conclusions, costs and evidence
R&D Manager
- Coordinate who can access each project
- Set up cost accounts
- Project management reports
Admin
- Control user access
- All functions and reports
- Employee wage data for cost claims
Tax Credits
- Import R&D tax credit data into income tax software
- Supports Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer and Intuit
Download the free RDBASE tools to start documenting your R&D. For licensing and pricing, email us and we'll get back to you with current options.
Security & resources
Your data, protected. Examples to learn from.
Security and hosting
- Encrypted HTTPS portal with two-level authentication
- Authorize your consultants to view your data at no extra cost
- Prefer to keep data in-house? Host it yourself with a SharePoint template or a self-hosted virtual machine (additional cost)
SR&ED project description examples
Sample project descriptions by industry, showing how benchmarks, uncertainties and work performed are written up.
Become a partner
Manage all your clients' R&D in one place
RDBASE Partners use a single dashboard to follow each client's research as it happens and co-ordinate filings with researchers, accountants and other advisors.
- Who can join
- Practising patent agents, CPAs, and research and SR&ED consultants. Others are considered case by case.
- What you get
- Real-time tracking of client research activities, and one place to claim grants, tax credits and patents.
- Cost
- Membership is free, with one brief orientation per firm. Some optional training courses have fees.
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Testimonials
What engineering teams say
RDBASE.NET provided a complete system for our development teams to manage the engineering process in minimal time!
Byrne Engineering Inc.
RDBASE.NET reduced the time spent on our SR&ED applications by 75%.
Kraken Automation Inc.
RDBASE.NET enabled our 100+ engineering team to document their R&D efforts with tremendous efficiency.
SOTI Inc.
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Coming soon
AI-assisted SR&ED tools
New tools that set up SR&ED projects from your existing documentation and keep contemporaneous logbook entries, built on the RDBASE method.
Contact
Talk to the RDBASE team
Canada head office
4634 Queen St.Niagara Falls, ON L2E 2L6
Phone: 905-631-5600
Toll free: 888-445-6385