Agent skill

Grant Proposal

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Grant Proposal

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grant-proposal -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills grant-proposal --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/grant-proposal .claude/skills/grant-proposal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
grant-proposal
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
507 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type.

  • Works in 9 steps: Project Summary / Abstract (200-300… → Problem Statement / Need → Project Objectives → …
  • Asked to write a grant proposal
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Structure, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Grant Proposal is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type. Use when asked to write a grant proposal, funding application, research grant, charitable grant, or innovation fund application. Produces a complete proposal with project summary, rationale, methodology, impact, and budget narrative.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Grant writing. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to write a grant proposal
  • Funding application
  • Charitable grant
  • Innovation fund application

Example prompts

  • “/grant-proposal”

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Project Summary / Abstract (200-300 words — written last, placed first)
  2. Problem Statement / Need
  3. Project Objectives
  4. Methodology / Approach
  5. Impact and Outcomes
  6. Evaluation Plan
  7. Budget Narrative
  8. Organisational Capacity
  9. Risk Register

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Grant Proposal loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 507 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 507 words, ~1,103 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/grant-proposal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
grant-proposal
description
Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type. Use when asked to write a grant proposal, funding application, research grant, charitable grant, or innovation fund application. Produces a complete proposal with project summary, rationale, methodology, impact, and budget narrative.

Grant Proposal Skill

Produces structured grant proposals tailored to the funder priorities — the most common reason grants fail is writing about what you want to do rather than what the funder wants to fund.

Required Inputs

  • Funder name and grant programme
  • Grant amount sought
  • Project description (rough notes are fine)
  • Your organisation (type, track record, capacity)
  • Funder stated priorities (copy from their guidance — essential)
  • Word or page limits
  • Deadline

Output Structure


Project Title

[Informative and memorable. Should convey the problem being solved and the approach.]

1. Project Summary / Abstract (200-300 words — written last, placed first)

[What you will do, why it matters, who will benefit, measurable outcomes. Every sentence earns its place.]

2. Problem Statement / Need
  • The problem: [Specific, evidenced — use data]
  • Who is affected: [Population, scale, geography]
  • Current situation: [What exists and why it is insufficient]
  • Consequence of inaction: [What happens if not funded]
  • Why your organisation: [Track record, relationships, expertise]

Funder test: does this problem align with [funder] stated priorities? Make the connection explicit.

3. Project Objectives

3-5 SMART objectives:

  • Objective 1: [Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound]
4. Methodology / Approach

Phase 1: [Name] (Months 1-X) [What will happen, who will do it, what is produced]

Key activities:

  • [Activity — specific]

What makes this approach innovative or effective: [Why this over alternatives]

5. Impact and Outcomes
LevelDescriptionMeasure
Output[Tangible deliverable][How counted]
Short-term outcome[Immediate change][How measured]
Medium-term outcome[Behaviour change][How measured]
Long-term impact[Systemic change][How evidenced]

Direct beneficiaries: [Who and how many] Sustainability: [How work continues beyond grant period]

6. Evaluation Plan
  • Who evaluates, how, when, what is measured, how findings are shared
7. Budget Narrative
Budget lineAmountJustification
Staff costs£[amount][Role, % FTE, duration, salary]
Travel£[amount][Specific journeys named]
Equipment£[amount][Itemised]
Indirect costs£[amount][[X]% of direct — check policy]
Total£[total]

Value for money: [Cost per beneficiary. What could not be done without this grant]

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8. Organisational Capacity

[Track record of similar projects, governance, financial management. Name previous grants and outputs — be specific]

9. Risk Register
RiskLikelihoodImpactMitigation
[Risk]H/M/LH/M/L[Specific mitigation]

Quality Checks

  • Every section explicitly references funder stated priorities (not just generic language)
  • Problem statement includes specific data, not just assertions
  • Objectives are SMART (measurable and time-bound)
  • Budget narrative justifies every line with specific detail
  • Sustainability section explains what happens after the grant ends
  • Word limits respected

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not write a generic proposal — every section must be tailored to the specific funder's stated priorities
  • Do not exceed the specified word or page limits — over-length proposals are disqualified at many funders
  • Do not leave the sustainability section vague — funders need to know what happens after grant funding ends
  • Do not use jargon the funder's reviewers won't understand — write for the panel, not the project team
  • Do not underspecify the budget narrative — every significant line item must be justified with method and reasoning

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a grant proposal for [project] applying to [funder]"
  • "Help me write a funding application for [grant programme]"
  • "Turn these project notes into a grant proposal: [paste]"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/grant-proposal of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Grant Proposal

What does Grant Proposal do?

Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type. Grant Proposal is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a structured grant proposal or funding application for any grant type.

When should I use Grant Proposal?

Grant Proposal fits situations like: asked to write a grant proposal; funding application; charitable grant; innovation fund application.

How do I install Grant Proposal in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grant-proposal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grant-proposal in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/grant-proposal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Grant Proposal in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grant-proposal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grant-proposal in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/grant-proposal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Grant Proposal in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grant-proposal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/grant-proposal, .gemini/skills/grant-proposal, .github/skills/grant-proposal and .opencode/skills/grant-proposal in your project.

What does Grant Proposal need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Grant Proposal is instructions for the agent only.

Does Grant Proposal access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Grant Proposal safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Grant Proposal use?

Grant Proposal is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Grant Proposal use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Grant Proposal?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Grant Proposal: Scientific Venue Templates (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Academic Humanizer (AIScientists-Dev/academic-humanizer, 1.9k stars), NSFC Literature Review Writer (HuiyuLi-2000/Chinese-Grant-Writer-Skills, 434 stars) and NSFC Grant Rationale Writer (huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX, 2.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Grant Proposal?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.