# Grant narrative — funder alignment

> Draft grant narratives (need, approach, outcomes, evaluation) aligned to funder guidelines (e.g. EU Horizon, NSF). Validates required sections, word limits, and forbidden/required keywords.



Tags: Grants, Funding, Proposals, Nonprofit, EU Horizon


## Example Prompts

- Draft the need and approach sections for our EU Horizon application
- Validate our grant narrative for required sections and word limits
- Check the narrative for forbidden keywords from the call

URL: https://rakenne.app/skills/grant-narrative-funder-alignment/index.md

Try this skill: https://rakenne.app/a/?skill=grant-narrative-funder-alignment



## Overview

Draft grant narratives (need, approach, outcomes, evaluation) aligned to funder guidelines (e.g. EU Horizon, NSF). Validates required sections, word limits, and forbidden/required keywords.

## Getting Started

Add your draft narrative (or outline) to the workspace and activate the *Grant narrative — funder alignment* skill. Use the funder reference (e.g. EU Horizon) for section names and word limits, then run validation.

## Tools

- **validate_funder_requirements** — Checks required sections (need, approach, outcomes, evaluation), optional word limits per section, and optional required/forbidden keywords. Use after drafting; pass maxWordsPerSection or keywords from the call if available.

## Example conversation

> **You:** Our EU Horizon narrative is in `grant/narrative.md`. Can you validate it for the required sections and flag if the need section is over 1500 words?
>
> **Agent:** I'll run the validator with a 1500-word cap on the need section.
>
> **Agent:** Validation result: need 1420 words — OK; approach 890 words — OK; outcomes 310 words — OK; evaluation 180 words — OK. All required sections present and within limits.
>
> **You:** The call says we must use the phrase "open science". Add it to the narrative and re-check.
>
> **Agent:** I've added a sentence in the approach section mentioning our commitment to open science and re-ran the validator with requiredKeywords: ["open science"]. Result: OK.

## Output excerpt

Example validation output when a section is missing or over limit:

```
============================================================
Grant Narrative — Funder Requirements Validation
File: grant/narrative.md
============================================================

need: 2100 words (max 1500) — trim
approach: 890 words — OK
outcomes: 45 words — OK
evaluation: Missing or too short: evaluation (min 20 words)

Action: Add or adjust sections and keywords as above.
```


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