Prompt library

Prompts that know what a NOFO is

96 tasks a research office actually does, each written as a full prompt with the context, role, audience, format, and task spelled out. Free, no account. Copy one, or open it in the assistant you already use.

The five-part frame is Tricia Callahan's, from our webinar Better Prompting: The Skill That Unlocks Everything AI Can Do for You.

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Pre-award 29

Analyze

Analyze research funding trends

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFunding opportunities, NIH
Draft content

Announce an internal funding competition

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyInternal funding
Analyze

Assess opportunity fit

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFunding opportunities
Plan

Build a proposal development timeline

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Extract information

Build a submission requirements checklist

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Reformat or convert

Create a presentation from proposal aims

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Plan

Define pre-award metrics and dashboards

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionService metrics
Draft content

Describe institutional resources and strengths

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionInstitutional resources
Draft content

Draft a project summary

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionNIH, Proposal preparation
Draft content

Draft a research proposal outline

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionNIH, NSF, Proposal preparation
Draft content

Draft internal funding decision letters

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFoundations, Internal funding
Draft content

Draft proposal narrative sections

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Reformat or convert

Edit a proposal for clarity and reviewer fit

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Extract information

Extract investigator eligibility requirements

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionEligibility
Find information

Find funders and funding opportunities

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyDepartment of Defense, Funding opportunities, NIH, NSF
Draft content

Invite a proposal collaborator

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Summarize

Obtain proposal cost-share commitments

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionCost sharing
Review and check

Organize proposal reviewer comments

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Plan

Plan a proposal team and collaboration roles

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Plan

Plan a research funding strategy

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFunding opportunities
Draft content

Prepare a proposal budget and justification

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionBudget justification, Indirect costs
Review and check

Prepare internal funding selection reviews

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyInternal funding
Plan

Prepare PI proposal-scoping questions

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Draft content

Prepare sponsor inquiry and follow-up correspondence

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFunding opportunities
Draft content

Request proposal documents from a PI

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionNIH, Proposal preparation
Review and check

Review a proposal against sponsor criteria

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionProposal preparation
Analyze

Review proposal budget justifications

Pre-award · Proposal development & submissionBudget justification
Find information

Set up funding and policy alerts

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyFunding opportunities
Summarize

Summarize a funding announcement for faculty

Pre-award · Funding discovery & strategyAccessibility, Funding opportunities

Post-award 34

Analyze

Assess internal funding program outcomes

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesFoundations, Internal funding
Classify

Categorize financial transactions

Post-award · Award finances & effortTransactions
Summarize

Compare supplier contract terms

Post-award · Purchasing & vendorsProcurement
Draft content

Draft a PI award kickoff brief

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesAward monitoring
Draft content

Escalate an award financial issue

Post-award · Award finances & effortAward monitoring
Draft content

Explain award prior-approval procedures

Post-award · Sponsor requirements & award termsPrior approval
Explain

Explain distribution of award notices

Post-award · Award accounts & closeoutAward records
Explain

Explain F&A policy and application

Post-award · Indirect costsIndirect costs
Explain

Explain institutional award closeout steps

Post-award · Award accounts & closeoutCloseout
Extract information

Extract award terms and obligations

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesAward monitoring, Notice of Award
Extract information

Extract invoice details

Post-award · Billing & financial reportingInvoices and payments
Find information

Find and compare research purchasing vendors

Post-award · Purchasing & vendorsProcurement
Analyze

Flag unusual financial transactions

Post-award · Award finances & effortAward monitoring
Draft content

Follow up on unpaid sponsor invoices

Post-award · Billing & financial reportingInvoices and payments
Plan

Guide monitoring of award expenditures

Post-award · Award finances & effortAward monitoring
Plan

Identify subrecipient monitoring activities

Post-award · Subaward monitoringSubawards
Analyze

Interpret award budget versus actual spending

Post-award · Award finances & effortAward monitoring
Find information

Look up award and agreement records

Post-award · Award accounts & closeoutAward records
Summarize

Organize a grant portfolio status table

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesAward monitoring, Foundations, NIH, NSF
Draft content

Prepare a no-cost extension request

Post-award · Sponsor requirements & award termsNSF, No-cost extensions
Extract information

Prepare award data for institutional import

Post-award · Award accounts & closeoutAward records, Cost sharing, Foundations, Indirect costs, Notice of Award, Prior approval
Draft content

Prepare closeout financial reports

Post-award · Billing & financial reportingSponsor reporting
Draft content

Prepare sponsor progress and outcomes reports

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesNIH, Sponsor reporting
Review and check

Prioritize findings in a financial audit report

Post-award · Audit & financial controlsFinancial audit
Explain

Process an outgoing subaward

Post-award · Subaward monitoringSubawards
Analyze

Reconcile award financial records

Post-award · Award finances & effortReconciliation
Plan

Remind a PI about award expiration

Post-award · Award accounts & closeoutAward monitoring
Draft content

Remind a PI about effort certification

Post-award · Award finances & effortEffort certification
Draft content

Request award rebudgeting approval

Post-award · Sponsor requirements & award termsPrior approval
Review and check

Review an expense for allowability

Post-award · Award finances & effortBudget justification, Expense allowability, Indirect costs, NSF, Notice of Award
Review and check

Review purchasing policy against requirements

Post-award · Purchasing & vendorsProcurement
Summarize

Track grant payments and allocations

Post-award · Billing & financial reportingInternal funding, Invoices and payments
Classify

Triage award status updates

Post-award · Award reporting & deliverablesAward monitoring, Indirect costs, NIH, NSF
Explain

Use the institutional FORT finance tool

Post-award · Award finances & effortAward records

Compliance 27

Explain

Build agreement-policy learning questions

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsResearch agreements
Plan

Build research compliance checkpoints

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightResearch oversight
Review and check

Check consent information completeness

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects, Informed consent
Analyze

Compare data-use agreements

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsData privacy
Explain

Compare IRB and IACUC review pathways

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects, IACUC, IRB
Draft content

Document research safety inspections

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightResearch oversight
Draft content

Draft consent summaries from approved study facts

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects, Informed consent
Draft content

Draft neutral research recruitment materials

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects
Explain

Explain export-control responsibilities

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightExport controls
Explain

Explain institutional IRB submission steps

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects, IRB
Explain

Explain patent-administration steps and roles

Compliance · Intellectual property & technology transferTechnology transfer
Explain

Explain research conflict-of-interest processes

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightConflicts of interest
Explain

Explain research data privacy and security

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightData privacy
Summarize

Explain research integrity requirements

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightResearch integrity
Explain

Explain research-award requirements and policy changes

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsSponsor requirements
Summarize

Explain sponsor foreign-component requirements

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsInternational research, NIH, Prior approval
Draft content

Explain technology licensing and commercialization

Compliance · Intellectual property & technology transferTechnology transfer
Summarize

Extract and summarize NDA terms

Compliance · Intellectual property & technology transferResearch agreements
Explain

Organize institutional agreement positions

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsResearch agreements, Spreadsheets
Review and check

Pre-review an IRB submission

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects, IRB
Draft content

Prepare a research compliance audit report

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightResearch oversight
Draft content

Prepare research compliance training

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightResearch oversight
Reformat or convert

Review and simplify consent language

Compliance · Research ethics & oversightHuman subjects
Review and check

Review CTA subject-injury and indemnification terms

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsResearch agreements
Analyze

Review research agreement IP provisions

Compliance · Intellectual property & technology transferResearch agreements
Review and check

Review research agreements against institutional positions

Compliance · Sponsor requirements & award termsResearch agreements
Draft content

Revise confidentiality language

Compliance · Intellectual property & technology transferConfidentiality

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