Month 1

Grant Finder & Drafting

Know which grant to apply for — before your competitors do.

Monitors NIH (R01, R21, SBIR/STTR), NSF, DARPA, Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, ERC, Horizon Europe, CNPq, and FAPESP. Scores compatibility (0–100%) and drafts the proposal.

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Finding the right grant is half the battle. Abkus Academic monitors active funding opportunities across the US, Europe, Canada, and Brazil, then scores each one against your research project on a 0–100% compatibility scale. When you find a strong match, the AI drafts the core proposal sections — abstract, specific aims, methodology, and budget justification — tailored to the agency's format and priorities.

How it works

  1. Opportunity Sync Active funding calls are fetched daily from NIH Guide RSS, NSF, and agency websites. Each opportunity is indexed with deadline, funding ceiling, eligible research areas, and activity code.
  2. Compatibility Scoring Your project title, description, research area, and product type are matched against each grant. The AI returns a 0–100 score with a written justification and a list of strengthening recommendations.
  3. Requirement Mapping For each compatible grant, the system lists required documents, eligibility conditions, and submission checklist items specific to that agency and mechanism.
  4. Proposal Drafting On request, the AI drafts: title, abstract, specific aims/objectives, methodology, expected results, impact statement, and budget justification. Output follows the agency's preferred structure.

What you get

  • Daily sync from NIH Guide RSS (PA, PAR, PAS, RFA opportunities)
  • Compatibility score 0–100% with written reasoning
  • Covers R01, R21, R03, U01, SBIR Phase I/II, STTR Phase I/II
  • Proposal draft: abstract, aims, methodology, budget justification
  • Deadline tracking with calendar integration
  • Brazilian agency matching: CNPq, CAPES, FINEP, FAPESP, FAPERJ, FAPDF, and all FAPs
  • European agencies: ERC, Horizon Europe, EU4Health, Wellcome Trust, CEPI
  • Canadian agencies: CIHR, Genome Canada, NRC IRAP, provincial agencies

Who it is for

  • Researchers looking for their first grant or expanding funding portfolio
  • Lab managers tracking multiple deadlines across agencies
  • Tech transfer offices identifying industry-partnered funding mechanisms
  • Startup founders seeking SBIR/STTR seed funding
  • International researchers targeting multi-country funding (NIH + ERC + CNPq)

Grant Finder & Drafting

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