Embark understands fellowships.

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Embark has been working with graduate division officers, as well as undergraduate admission professionals, to develop and deliver customer-centric, web-based solutions to IHEs (Institutions of Higher Education) since 1995. Embark's CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) solutions include robust database management, integrated communications, custom web forms, and flexible scheduling systems through a hosted SaaS (Software as a Service) model. Embark solutions ensure success for your Fellowship Program enabling you to leverage resources, streamline processes, increase productivity, and optimize selection of the best candidates for your Fellowships.

PROVIDE 24 X 7 SELF- SERVICE FOR YOUR FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATES

Inquire online or apply with secure login, session-based, personal accounts
Start, stop, and return to complete applications or create PDFs of works in progress anytime
Upload personal statements, resumes, work samples, and other documents supporting their applications
Request professional references – with notification, reminder, and thank you emails sent automatically to references – for their secure electronic submission
Pay application fees via PCI compliant electronic funds transfer or credit card processing
Track the status of their application or confirm receipt of supporting documentation and references without having to contact your office
Register to attend events, schedule interviews or faculty meetings, participate in surveys, or complete response forms as prompted
Receive relevant, timely, personalized messages from program staff and faculty

MANAGE YOUR DATA

Locate, view, maintain, and edit fellowship candidate profiles quickly and easily with intuitive web browser interface and simple navigation
Input new candidate records through easy to use web forms or custom file format imports or bulk loaded from other sources – complete with duplicate checking and resolution
Access all candidate profile information, application data, and activities – including internal comments, automated system user and date stamps, phone and in person contacts, print correspondences, emails, event registrations, interviews, supporting documentation, and other custom information defined by your institution and built for your processes – all in one integrated view
Create custom UDFs – user defined fields – specific to your program requirements
Generate statistics, reports, and custom queries – in real time, any time – for online review or to download or export your own custom format files

CONTROL YOUR WORKFLOW

Preserve data integrity and control data access by assigning role-based or individual-level administrative privileges with granular permission settings for access to specific system functions and for granting and/or blocking view and/or edit privileges on selected groups of candidates and/or limited sets of data fields
Manage application reviews, interview scheduling, event enrollments, automated reporting functions, candidate ratings or rankings, and other custom configured processes specific to your program staff and faculty – all within the Embark online solution

INTEGRATE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Create HTML-enhance emails with images and tracked hyperlinks, quickly and easily
Send automated email campaigns to groups of candidates or ad hoc individual messages
Target your messages to select candidates per your specifications
Personalize your messages with any number of merge fields from candidate records
Track open, bounce, and click-thru rates on email campaigns
Customize automated system messages triggered by candidate actions such as scheduling an interview, submitting an inquiry, or starting an application

For more information about our products and services, please contact us: solutions@embark.com.