research-grants

Write competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, and DARPA with agency-specific formatting and strategic alignment.

• Develop persuasive, agency-compliant grant proposals
• Address agency-specific review criteria and formatting
• Integrate innovation, significance, and broader impacts
• Demonstrate scientific rigor, feasibility, and impact

• Critical Principle: Grants are persuasive documents that must simultaneously demonstrate scientific rigor, innovation, feasibility, and broader impact
• Each agency has distinct priorities, review criteria, and formatting requirements
• NSF: Equal weight to Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts
• NIH: Significance, Innovation, Approach as core review criteria
• DOE: Emphasis on energy, collaboration, and cost sharing
• DARPA: High-risk, high-reward, prototype-driven, milestone-based
• All proposals must align with program solicitation requirements
• Broader impacts and significance are non-negotiable

1. 1.Write project summaries with clear problem, innovation, and impact
2. 2.Tailor narrative structure and content to each agency's format and priorities
3. 3.Integrate broader impacts and significance throughout the proposal
4. 4.Prepare detailed, measurable, and feasible research plans with timelines and milestones
5. 5.Ensure compliance with budget, team, and submission requirements
6. 6.Address reviewer feedback in resubmissions with targeted improvements