AI for Grant Writing

A curated list of resources for using AI to develop more competitive grant applications.

• AI For Grant Writing
  • Useful Services
  • Prompt Resources
    • Prompt Collections
    • Prompt Engineering
    • Quick Prompts
  • Grant Writing-Specific Resources
  • Contributing

Useful Services

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Prompt Resources

Prompt Collections

• ChatGPT Prompts For Academic Research Writing

Prompt Engineering

• Google's Tips to enhance your prompt-engineering abilities
• Best practices for prompt engineering with OpenAI API
• Awesome GPT Prompt Engineering

Quick Prompts

To enhance text clarity

As a non-native English speaker, kindly help me revise the following text for improved understanding and clarity. Please check for spelling and sentence structure errors and suggest alternatives.

What suggestions do you have to enhance the clarity of my text?

Please identify any parts of my writing that may be difficult for a lay audience to understand.

To make text more compelling

Please provide feedback on my writing style and how I can make it more persuasive and compelling for the grant reviewer. I’m trying to hook my reader with a strong introduction. Can you suggest a more captivating first sentence to draw them in from the start?

To improve structure and flow of text

I want to improve the overall structure of my Specific Aims. What tips do you have to structure it more effectively? Can you recommend an effective way to organize my Significance section to highlight the innovative aspects of our approach? Please provide detailed feedback on the flow and sequence of my research strategy

To better align with the funding agency’s mission

I’m working on a postdoctoral fellowship application. Can you please review my closing paragraph and suggest ways to better align it with the American Heart Association’s mission? How can I better align my proposal to specifically address the <insert specific criteria> outlined in this funding announcement for <insert name of funding opportunity>?

To better align text with review criteria

I am applying to <insert fellowship name>. Please provide me feedback on how well I am addressing this review criteria: <insert specific review criteria>, and suggestions for what I am missing and how I can improve.

To develop a strong grant title

Suggest five potential titles for a grant proposal that will attract readers while encompassing the research question and key elements from the provided abstract <insert abstract summary>

To identify challenges of the proposed aims

Help identify potential challenges that may arise with my proposed aims and suggest strategies to address them <insert specific aims> What are some potential questions or concerns that <funding announcement name< reviewers may have regarding my specific aims? <insert specific aims>

To develop a timeline for the grant proposal

Assist in developing a detailed project timeline and milestones for my grant proposal to demonstrate feasibility using my project summary and specific aims <insert project summary> Please develop a feasible project timeline for my grant proposal relating to my career development plan using this list of activities <insert activities> for <XX number of months> starting in <XX month>

Grant Writing-Specific Resources

• Ten simple rules to leverage large language models for getting grants
• Best Kept Secrets to Winning Grants
• The Anatomy of a Specific Aims Page
• R01 Countdown: Tools for Writing Concise and Compelling Grants
• On the Art of Writing Proposals
• Grant Writing Basics
• Tips for Planning Your Proposal
• NIH Grant Writing Tip Sheets
• National Science Foundation’s Guide for Proposal Writing
• Grant Proposals (or Give Me The Money!)
• To Grant You An Edge: General Strategies For Writing Competitive Biomedical Research Proposals

Contributing

We encourage and welcome contributions! Please have a look at the contribution guidelines first.