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Research Grant Proposal Writer

Drafts competitive funding proposals tailored to NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC review criteria and formatting rules.

Content & WritingIntermediate★ 33,030⑂ 3,248AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

  • Applies agency-specific requirements: NSF (Intellectual Merit + Broader Impacts, 15-page project description, PAPPG 24-1), NIH (1-page Specific Aims + 12-page Research Strategy for R01, modular budgets), DOE (cost sharing, national lab collaboration), DARPA (BAAs, phased prototypes, transition paths), Taiwan NSTC (CM03 form, bilingual abstract, research architecture diagram).
  • Gives section-by-section structure and length targets for specific aims, significance, innovation, approach, preliminary data, timeline, budget justification, biosketch, facilities, data management, and broader impacts.
  • Provides a five-phase development workflow from 2–6 months out through internal mock review to submitting 48 hours early.
  • Includes a failure-mode checklist (conceptual, writing, technical, formatting, strategic) plus resubmission guidance for responding to summary statements.
  • Optional figure generation through the scientific-schematics skill (--doc-type grant, requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY).

Who it's for

  • PIs and faculty submitting to US federal agencies or Taiwan's NSTC.
  • Early-career researchers writing a first R01, NSF CAREER, or BAA response.
  • Research development / sponsored programs staff supporting proposal teams.
  • Teams revising a rejected application in response to reviewer critiques.

Example uses

  1. "Draft a one-page NIH R01 Specific Aims for this project" → background, gap, hypothesis, Aims 1–3, impact, trimmed to fit.
  2. "Strengthen the Broader Impacts section of my NSF proposal" → concrete education, diversity, and societal-benefit activities with measurable outcomes.
  3. "Write a three-year budget justification" → personnel, equipment, travel, and indirect costs tied to specific aims.
  4. "Create the research architecture diagram expected in an NSTC CM03 form" → generates a draft figure.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/research-grants ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, PowerShell or WSL on Windows).
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy just this skill: cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/research-grants ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Confirm the references/ and assets/ subfolders came along — they hold the agency guides and templates the skill loads.
  6. Restart Claude Code and try a prompt such as "Help me draft the Specific Aims page for an NIH R01."
  7. (Optional) For auto-generated figures, install the scientific-schematics skill the same way and set export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=....
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT