Grant Writing & Proposal Architecture

A skill for crafting competitive grant proposals across funder types: government (NIH, NSF, DOE, ARPA), foundation, corporate, philanthropic, and SBIR / STTR. Focuses on the architecture of a winning proposal: fit, structure, narrative, budget — not boilerplate templating.

When to use this skill

• Evaluating funder fit before investing weeks in a proposal
• Designing the proposal structure for a specific funder
• Writing or auditing the narrative for competitiveness
• Designing a realistic, defensible budget
• Pre-submission proposal review for common failure modes
• Building a grants strategy (which to apply to over the year)

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