# grant-proposal

Turns an existing research spec into a structured grant proposal draft. Use it to prepare an application for NSF, NIH, ERC, or a foundation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1671
- Author: pedrohcgs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/grant-proposal

## What it does

The skill maps a research spec into proposal sections covering aims, methods, preliminary results, milestones, and budget justification. It also delegates the data-management plan and facilities statement to `/data-management-plan` and `/capture-environment`. When available, it can draw on `/lit-review` and `/preregister` materials. A coherence pass checks that aims, methods, budget, and timeline fit together.

Provide a research spec with `--input` or use one created by `/interview-me`; without one, the skill stops rather than inventing a research strategy. A solicitation supplied with `--call` takes precedence over its generic funder profile. The output is Markdown sections and a requirements checklist, not a submission-ready PDF or a portal submission. Claude Code installation uses `npx` and the `skills` package.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill grant-proposal -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/grant-proposal/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill grant-proposal -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill grant-proposal -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow grant-proposal
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill grant-proposal -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --path .claude/skills/grant-proposal
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill grant-proposal -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- structure a research idea as grant proposal sections
- carry hypotheses and methods from a research spec into a draft
- prepare a data-management plan and facilities statement
- check consistency across aims, methods, budget, and milestones
- build a checklist from a funding call

## Example prompts
- \`/grant-proposal` Draft an NSF application from the latest research spec.
- \`/grant-proposal --funder nih --input research.md` Build NIH proposal sections from this file.
- \`/grant-proposal --funder erc --call call.txt` Shape the draft around the requirements in `call.txt`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: grant-proposal
description: Scaffold a research grant proposal (NSF, NIH, ERC, or foundation) by composing existing primitives — pulls identification strategy from an `/interview-me` spec, delegates the data-management plan to `/data-management-plan` and the facilities statement to `/capture-environment`, and emits a funder-requirements checklist. Use when user says "draft a grant", "write a proposal", "NSF proposal", "NIH aims", "ERC application", "foundation grant", "specific aims", or "scaffold a grant proposal". NOT a submission tool — produces a draft the user uploads to the sponsor's portal themselves.
argument-hint: "[--funder nsf|nih|erc|foundation] [--call <file>] [--input <spec>] [--out <dir>] [--no-verify]"
disable-model-invocation: true
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Write", "Agent", "Task"]
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# /grant-proposal — Research Grant Proposal Scaffolder

Compose a funder-shaped grant proposal draft from primitives you already have: an `/interview-me` research spec supplies the science, `/data-management-plan` supplies the DMP, `/capture-environment` supplies the facilities/computational statement, and `/lit-review` supplies the prior-work framing. This skill structures and stitches — it does **not** submit anywhere, and it does not invent identification strategy where a spec is absent.

**Core principle:** A proposal is a *coherence* artifact. Aims, methods, budget, timeline, and broader impacts must agree with each other and with the underlying research spec. The skill's main value-add over a blank template is the Phase 3 coherence pass (aims ↔ methods ↔ budget ↔ timeline).

## When to use

- Drafting an NSF / NIH / ERC / foundation proposal from an existing research idea.
- Turning an `/interview-me` spec (or a `/preregister` PAP) into a fundable narrative.
- Assembling the boilerplate-but-required pieces (DMP, facilities, data-sharing) so the human writes only the science.
- During resubmission, re-scaffolding aims after a reviewer "revise and resubmit" round.

## When NOT to use

- You need the *science itself* invented — run `/interview-me` first; this skill refuses to fabricate an identification strategy.
- The sponsor is a clinical-trial funder requiring its own protocol template (out of scope; use the sponsor's native forms).
- You want a finished, submittable PDF — this writes Markdown sections + a checklist; final assembly into the sponsor's format is yours.

## Funder profiles

Generic across sponsors via placeholder profiles. `--funder` selects the section set + naming; default is `nsf`. The profiles are fallbacks for when no call is supplied: the program's own call (`--call`) always wins.
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