Research Management, brought into focus.
A system of record, the identifiers that make it verifiable, and the people who get you there. Built from inside Australian research, not around it.
Solutions
Our Approach
Built on lived CRC experience, not abstract design.
Foveal began inside Autism CRC, working alongside executives, researchers, finance and operations to bring clarity to a complex, multi-partner environment. That practice became a set of modular, research-ready solutions that stand alone or work together.
Each one covers a different part of the job: the system of record, the identifiers that make it checkable, the insight layer on top, and the consulting that gets you there.
The Foundation
Why Salesforce, and why turnKeyRM
A platform you don’t have to build, on a foundation you don’t have to defend.
Most research offices run on some mix of systems: a grants system, a finance system, multiple spreadhseets and a lot of email. Each holds part of the picture. None of them holds the whole project.
We build on Salesforce because the hard problems of a system of record are already solved, and solved at a scale no research organisation could justify on its own:
- A proven data model. Relationships between people, organisations, agreements and funding are the core of the platform, not an add-on.
- Enterprise security and compliance. Access controls, audit trails and data residency come with the platform and are maintained by Salesforce, not by your IT team.
- Built to extend and integrate. Standard APIs and MCP, a mature app ecosystem and a large pool of Australian Salesforce skills mean the platform grows with you rather than boxing you in.
- A roadmap you don’t pay for. Three platform releases a year, including AI and automation features, arrive without a migration project.
turnKeyRM is our answer to the other half of the problem: what goes on top. A research organisation should not have to design its own project, funding and governance objects from a blank page. turnKeyRM is that design, already built, already in use, and configured rather than coded to fit how your organisation works.
The result is a working research management system from day one, with Salesforce underneath it and Foveal beside it.
Our Solutions
Persistent Identifiers
Sharper records. turnKeyRM carries the five national priority PIDs, ORCID, ROR, RAiD, DOI and IGSN, so people, organisations, projects and outputs resolve to something you can check.
AI
Your research data, working for you. Connect Claude to turnKeyRM and ask questions, catch exceptions, keep records clean, log activity automatically and build the screens you need, without a development project.
AXIS lifecycle maps
A practical mapping workshop that turns complex operations into a clear, shared lifecycle view, surfacing handoffs, bottlenecks and system requirements.
News
Insights that match our
knowledge.
Unlocking RAiD: turnKeyRM is the first CRIS to make it native
As PIDs move towards a condition of funding, RAiD is the identifier that ties them together, and it now lives in your project record.
November 2026
Why Persistent Identifiers Are the Next Layer on Top of Clean Research Data
Getting your own house in order with a single source of truth for projects, researchers, and outputs is the dream for many research centres.
August 2026
Headless: No Head, All Brain
If you manage research projects, you don't just live in a research management system like turnKeyRM.
Headless is the name for closing that gap.
August 2026
turnKeyRM named an iAwards finalist
A milestone for a platform that has supported Australia’s research sector for a decade, now adopted by 23 CRCs and recognised in the Not-for-Profit & Community category at the iAwards Queensland.
June 2026
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