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research-grants
Guides writing of competitive research grant proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC. Covers agency-specific formatting and review criteria, specific aims, project descriptions, significance and innovation narratives, broader impacts, budgets and justifications, timelines, biosketches, and the NSTC CM03 form. Use when drafting a proposal for one of these agencies. Use when writing specific aims or broader impacts statements. Use when preparing a budget justification or milestone plan. Use when responding to a solicitation, BAA, or reviewer comments in a resubmission. Use when checking a draft against page limits and submission requirements. For general manuscript writing, use a scientific writing skill instead.
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# Research Grant Writing
## Overview
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.
## When to Use This Skill
This skill should be used when:
- Writing research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, or NSTC programs
- Preparing project descriptions, specific aims, or technical narratives
- Developing broader impacts or significance statements