Writing & Literature4 skills

Grant Writing skills for AI agents

4 practitioner-grade grant writing skills, each a focused Markdown document your agent loads into context on demand. Search them from Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client, or pull one with the CLI.

$ npx skilldb search "grant writing"

All 4 skills

Grant Budget and Justification
Build a credible grant budget and the narrative that explains it. Covers personnel costs, indirect costs, equipment, travel, and the difference between the budget the funder will accept and the budget the work actually needs. Use when finalizing any grant submission with a budget component.
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Foundation Grant Proposals
Write proposals to private foundations. Different from federal research grants: less technical detail, more narrative impact, more emphasis on alignment with the foundation's mission. Use when applying to foundation funders for research, programs, social impact, or arts initiatives.
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Soliciting and Writing Letters of Support
Solicit letters of support from collaborators, mentors, and institutions that strengthen a grant proposal. Covers what makes a strong letter, how to ask for one, what to provide the writer, and how to write one when you are the supporter. Use when the funder requires or accepts letters and you need to choose, request, and coordinate them.
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Research Grant Proposal Structure
Write a research grant proposal that survives the review committee. Covers the standard structure (specific aims, significance, innovation, approach, environment), the rhetorical moves that signal competence, and the failure modes that kill otherwise strong proposals. Use when applying to NIH, NSF, ERC, foundation, or industry research funding.
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