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Write competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
Passed 22 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 21 of 22 without it.
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We are writing a technical volume for a DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on breakthrough defense hardware. How should we frame the strategic impact of the proposed high-risk technology to align with DARPA's review approach?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
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| Frames the strategic impact by addressing the breakthrough potential if the research succeeds. | Passed | Passed |
| Includes explicit evaluation of transition paths and key milestone metrics. | Missed | Passed |
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Research grant writing is the process of developing competitive funding proposals for federal agencies and foundations. Master agency-specific requirements, review criteria, narrative structure, budget preparation, and compliance for NSF (National Science Foundation), NIH (National Institutes of Health), DOE (Department of Energy), DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), and Taiwan's NSTC (National Science and Technology Council) submissions.
Critical Principle: Grants are persuasive documents that must simultaneously demonstrate scientific rigor, innovation, feasibility, and broader impact. Each agency has distinct priorities, review criteria, formatting requirements, and strategic goals that must be addressed.
This skill should be used when:
Strong proposals often include 1–3 figures (timelines, workflow diagrams, preliminary data). Figures support review but are not a substitute for clear aims and methods.
When figures help:
How to create figures:
--doc-type grant) for AI-generated diagrams from a natural-language descriptionFrom the scientific-schematics skill directory, with OPENROUTER_API_KEY set:
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