GrantMind AI - Research Proposal Assistant

A generative AI-powered research proposal assistant designed for academics and research institutions responding to competitive federal funding calls, bridging the gap between existing research and grant requirements.

Project Scope

GrantMind AI is a generative AI-powered research proposal assistant built specifically for academics and research institutions responding to competitive federal funding calls. The system is designed to bridge the gap between a researcher’s existing body of work and the specific requirements of grant opportunities such as NIH NOFOs (Notice of Funding Opportunity). 

The platform ingests a researcher’s past publications, interprets the intent of a target funding document, and produces aligned research directions and draft proposal content, reducing a process that typically takes weeks down to a matter of hours.

Problem Statement

Researchers with decades of interdisciplinary work across AI, neuroscience, and social network analysis, often sit on a wealth of relevant expertise that is difficult to connect to new, highly specific funding opportunities. When the National Institute of Mental Health released a NOFO seeking digital health solutions for mental health equity, researchers faced a challenge that is common across the research community: his existing work was not directly aligned on the surface, yet the underlying expertise was highly relevant.

The manual effort required to sift through dense archives, extract transferable insights, match them to nuanced funding criteria, and write compelling, compliant proposal sections is labor-intensive, inconsistent, and prone to missed opportunities. Competitive grants simply do not wait.

Key Features

  1. AI Image Generation: Create high-quality images from text prompts using state-of-the-art models.
  2. Face Cloning: Generate realistic face-swapped or cloned images with precision and consistency.
  3. Video Generation: Produce AI-generated videos directly within the platform.
  4. Google-Inspired Interface: A minimal, search-style UI that keeps the experience clean and easy to navigate for all team members.
  5. Unified Platform: All creative tools in one place, no switching between external services.

Project Manager

Frontend Engineer

Mobile Developer

Backend Engineer

QA

Team

UI/UX Designer

Tecnology Stack

Frontend

React

Nextjs

Typescript

Redux

Backend

Python

Tools & Integrations

Figma

Docker

AWS S3