What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps researchers and teams write competitive grant proposals for major agencies by turning proposal requirements—format, structure, review criteria, budget logic, and compliance—into a clear, persuasive draft you can submit with confidence.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Agency-specific proposal guidance (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, NSTC): Aligns narrative structure and emphasis to each agency’s expectations and evaluation dimensions.
- Section-by-section drafting support: Produces or improves key components such as abstracts/executive summaries, project descriptions/research strategies, specific aims/objectives, significance/broader impacts, innovation narratives, and approach/milestones.
- Budget and review-criteria alignment: Improves how budget justification connects directly to aims, feasibility, cost realism, and scoring dimensions.
- Resubmission strategy support (where applicable): Helps respond to reviewer criticisms and strengthen weak areas for re-submissions.
- Mandatory schematic figure workflow: Enforces adding 1–2 scientific figures (via the scientific-schematics skill) such as workflow diagrams, Gantt charts, or conceptual frameworks to improve clarity and competitiveness.
Quick Start
Use the research-grants skill to draft an NSF/NIH/DOE/DARPA/NSTC proposal narrative for your project idea and include an agency-aligned budget justification and at least one research schematic figure.