/grant-narrative

/grant-narrative

Draft or revise a grant narrative section. Supports NIH, NSF, NEH, Dept of Education, and private foundation formats. Can work on the full narrative or a specific section.

Usage

/grant-narrative aims          # Draft or revise NIH-style specific aims page
/grant-narrative significance  # Draft significance section
/grant-narrative innovation    # Draft innovation section
/grant-narrative approach      # Draft or outline approach section
/grant-narrative broader-impacts  # Draft NSF broader impacts
/grant-narrative abstract      # Draft project summary / abstract
/grant-narrative resubmission  # Draft Introduction to Revised Application
/grant-narrative review [file] # Review and critique an existing narrative section

Workflow

Before drafting any section, ask for:

1. The sponsor and funding mechanism (NIH R01, NSF CAREER, NEH Fellowship, etc.)
2. The research topic in 1–2 sentences (the user's own words, not polished)
3. The central hypothesis or core argument
4. What makes this work novel (gap in the field, new method, new population, etc.)
5. Any preliminary data or prior work to draw on
6. Page limit and any formatting constraints

For /grant-narrative aims (NIH-style)

Structure:

1. Opening paragraph (~150 words): Hook → Field context → Gap → What is missing and why it matters
2. Long-term goal: One sentence. The broader research program.
3. Overall objective: One sentence. What this project will accomplish.
4. Central hypothesis: Specific, testable, grounded in preliminary data. One sentence.
5. Rationale: Why now, why this approach, why this team.
6. Aims: 2–4 aims. Each: purpose, approach summary, expected outcome.
7. Impact: What changes if this succeeds?

Red flags to check:

• Are the aims too interdependent? (If Aim 1 fails, does the project collapse?)
• Is the hypothesis actually falsifiable?
• Does the impact statement match the scope of the project?

For /grant-narrative resubmission

Ask the user to share the previous summary statement / critique.

1. Categorize each critique: fatal flaw / substantive concern / misunderstanding / minor
2. Draft a response strategy for each
3. Draft the Introduction to Revised Application (1 page for NIH)
   • Acknowledge reviewers professionally
   • Address each major concern in order
   • Mark changes to application (italics per NIH convention)

Output Format

Produce narrative as flowing prose in the sponsor's preferred style. Include notes in [brackets] where the user needs to insert specific data, citations, or examples. Flag sections that need preliminary data to be convincing.