(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO), a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today extended the Grants Manager® web-based budgeting application with a new Contracting module, enabling sites and sponsors to negotiate clinical trial site budgets directly online, eliminating the burden of managing hundreds of email messages and reducing budgeting cycle times. Trial managers will also be able to monitor site negotiation status by study, site or across the portfolio in real-time, bringing unprecedented visibility to the process of site recruitment.