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AI for Grant Writing

Updated Jul 7, 2026

AI for Grant Writing by eseckel is a curated resource list for researchers and nonprofit grant writers: AI services comparison (ChatGPT, Grammarly, Grantable, Gemini, Copilot, Curie, Proposia), prompt engineering guides, and 20+ ready-to-copy grant-writing prompts for NIH Specific Aims, clarity, structure, review criteria alignment, and title generation.

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What it does

Review criteria alignment prompt
"I am applying to [fellowship name]. Please provide me feedback on how well I am addressing this review criteria: [criteria], and suggestions for what I am missing and how I can improve."
Grant title generation prompt
"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]."
Timeline development prompt
"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]."
AI services comparison table (README)
Side-by-side table comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Grammarly, Grantable, Curie, DeepL, and Proposia across spell/grammar, text generation, translation, mock review, and image generation with free-tier indicators.

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## What it does

AI for Grant Writing by eseckel is a curated resource list for developing competitive grant applications, organized into three sections: Useful Services (a comparison table of AI tools — ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Grammarly, Grantable, Curie, DeepL, Proposia — across spell/grammar, text generation, translation, mock review, and image generation), Prompt Resources (prompt collections and prompt engineering guides), and Grant Writing-Specific Resources (curated links to NIH, NSF, and academic grant-writing guides including NIH Grant Writing Tip Sheets, NSF's Guide for Proposal Writing, and peer-reviewed papers on using LLMs for grants).

The Quick Prompts section includes 20+ ready-to-copy prompts grouped by task: enhancing text clarity, making text more compelling, improving structure and flow, aligning with funding agency mission, aligning with review criteria, developing a strong grant title, identifying challenges of proposed aims, and developing a project timeline. Example:
- "Please provide feedback on my writing style and how I can make it more persuasive and compelling for the grant reviewer."
- "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]."
- "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]?"

## Install / access

Repository: https://github.com/eseckel/ai-for-grant-writing

Browse the README and copy the relevant quick prompts directly into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. No install required. The resource links (NIH Tip Sheets, NSF Guide) are the most durable references for grounding your prompts in funder expectations.

## When to use

Use this when you need to quickly improve a grant draft's clarity, persuasiveness, or alignment with reviewer criteria. The quick prompts are especially useful for iterating on already-written sections — paste a paragraph and ask one of the review-criteria alignment prompts to identify gaps. For writing full sections from scratch, combine these prompts with your organization's actual program data and funder guidelines.