Advanced AI Techniques for Grant Seeking

As grant professionals, we are constantly searching for ways to streamline processes while enhancing the quality of our work. This session will focus on how grantseekers can use AI to critically evaluate grant search results for alignment, feasibility, and potential impact.

Who Should Attend

This training is ideal for more seasoned grant writers who are new to using AI for data processing and analysis.

What Attendees Will Learn

• Finding Grant Opportunities with AI
  Learn to generate a list of high-quality, targeted grant opportunities using strategic AI prompts—whether or not they have access to paid databases. The training will cover how to guide ChatGPT in identifying aligned funders, summarizing eligibility criteria, and surfacing relevant information from funder websites, IRS Form 990s, and public directories. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to prompt, refine, and iterate searches for the most accurate and useful results.
• Assessing Grant Results with AI
  Discover how to use AI-driven tools to evaluate grant opportunities beyond surface-level criteria. This includes analyzing the requirements, funding trends, and historical giving patterns of grantmakers to determine their likelihood of funding your proposal. We'll explore how advance reasoning models of AI can summarize grant guidelines, highlight critical details, and flag potential red flags like eligibility issues or misaligned goals based on the real giving data.

AI for Comparative Analysis
Learn how AI can be used to compare multiple grant opportunities side by side, ranking them based on custom criteria such as funding amount, application timeline, and organizational capacity. This approach helps grant seekers prioritize opportunities with the highest ROI potential.

• Practical Tools and Demonstrations
  See practical demonstrations of how to process grant search results from databases like GrantStation and Instrumentl with AI. We'll explore specific prompts and workflows for improving search results and ensuring that the opportunities chosen are a good fit for the organization's mission.

Session Takeaways

• Actionable strategies for integrating AI into your grantseeking process.
• Practical techniques for searching for grants and then assessing search results.
• Guidance on how to choose tools and approaches that fit the organization's needs, ensuring the audience maximizes the impact of their grantseeking efforts.

Session Features

• Live Instruction with Dr. Krista Kurlinkus, Ph.D., CEO
• Recording with Captions (if delivered virtually)
• AI Prompt Cheatsheet for Easy Reference

AI is not here to replace grantseekers but to amplify their expertise, providing insights and efficiencies that free up time for the essential work of building relationships and crafting compelling proposals.

Join this session to learn how to become a more effective and strategic grantseeker with the power of AI.