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Research Grant Writing

Supports research proposal preparation and review for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC, including opportunity-specific requirements, aims, review criteria, budgets, broader impacts, forms, and resubmissions. Use for investigator-authored grant development, compliance matrices, and proposal critiques.

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What the skill covers

The sections of its instructions, in order.

  1. 01 Overview
  2. 02 When to Use This Skill
  3. 03 Establish the governing opportunity first
  4. 04 Visual Enhancement (Optional)
  5. 05 Agency-Specific Overview
  6. NSF (National Science Foundation)
  7. NIH (National Institutes of Health)
  8. DOE (Department of Energy)
  9. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
  10. NSTC (National Science and Technology Council - Taiwan)
  11. 06 Core Components of Research Proposals
  12. 07 Review Criteria, Writing Principles, and Proposal Types
  13. 08 Common Mistakes to Avoid
  14. Conceptual Mistakes
  15. Writing Mistakes
  16. Technical Mistakes
  17. Formatting Mistakes
  18. Strategic Mistakes
  19. 09 Workflow for Grant Development
  20. Phase 1: Planning and Preparation (2-6 months before deadline)

Reference files

15 files Phở can open while it uses the skill.

  • assets/budget_justification_template.md
  • assets/nih_specific_aims_template.md
  • assets/nsf_project_summary_template.md
  • references/README.md
  • references/broader_impacts.md
  • references/core_components.md
  • references/darpa_guidelines.md
  • references/doe_guidelines.md
  • references/nih_guidelines.md
  • references/nsf_guidelines.md
  • references/nstc_guidelines.md
  • references/proposal_types_and_resubmission.md
  • references/review_criteria.md
  • references/specific_aims_guide.md
  • references/writing_principles.md

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Frequently asked questions

What does Research Grant Writing do?

Supports research proposal preparation and review for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC, including opportunity-specific requirements, aims, review criteria, budgets, broader impacts, forms, and resubmissions. Use for investigator-authored grant development, compliance matrices, and proposal critiques.

Is Research Grant Writing free to use?

Yes. Research Grant Writing is published by K-Dense under the MIT licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.

How do I use Research Grant Writing in Phở?

Press Open in Phở, then Try to apply it to your next message, or add the Research methods set so Phở loads it whenever a request matches.

Does Research Grant Writing need other tools?

No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.

Copied unchanged from K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills at commit a25cf9e and credited to K-Dense, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.