Now live: deepgrants.ai — NIH funding copilot
AI-Native NIH Copilot

Navigate NIH funding with policy-grade precision.

From September 25, 2025 onward, NIH scrutinizes originality, AI usage, and submission counts harder than ever. DeepGrants compresses the opportunity lifecycle—discover, qualify, comply, draft—into one workspace designed for research administrators and principal investigators. [2]

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Why Now

Policy, compliance workload, and competition are converging. NIH administrators face rising complexity while funding volume remains flat near $47.7B in FY2024. [4]

2023-01-25

NIH Data Management & Sharing policy activates

DMS plans become mandatory for new submissions, creating documentation and metadata overhead for every PI.[1]

2025-09-25

NOT-OD-25-132 takes effect

Applications substantially developed by AI are no longer considered original; NIH also caps each PI at six submissions per year.[2]

2025-09-25

Peer review AI ban remains in force

Reviewers and officials must not use generative AI to evaluate applications, reinforcing trust requirements for tooling.[9]

2025-10-01

FY2026 funding cycle begins

Funding opportunities migrate from the NIH Guide to Grants.gov as the single authoritative source, tightening sourcing timelines.[3]

NIH leaders warn that competition is tightening as budgets stay flat—Campuses need tooling that converts regulatory change into cycle-time advantage. [10]

Product pillars

Each module turns regulatory shifts into leverage. Citations and telemetry feed directly into compliance reporting and institutional procurement checklists.

Policy-grade search

  • Blend Grants.gov Applicant API releases with NIH RePORTER history to surface relevant notices fast.
  • Filter by mechanism, institute, eligibility constraints, and budget bands in one query.
References: [5]

Eligibility intelligence

  • Flag role-based limits, multi-PI requirements, and renewal nuances with citation-backed alerts.
  • Track PI submission counts against the six-per-year ceiling to stay compliant.
References: [2]

Authoring copilot

  • Draft summaries with inline authority citations so reviewers can verify every claim.
  • Expose an AI involvement meter and originality prompts before anything leaves the workspace.
References: [2]

Workflow in four beats

Designed for research development offices, compliance teams, and principal investigators.

Discover

Semantic and structured filters identify the right FOA in minutes, with provenance baked in.

[5] [6]

Qualify

Eligibility guardrails parse mechanisms, activity codes, key personnel rules, and limited submissions.

[2]

Comply

DMS templates, human subject checklists, and policy explainers collapse hours of manual review.

[1]

Draft

Guided authoring keeps every paragraph linked to official policy language or prior awards.

[2] [6]

Quality benchmarks

We measure every release against quantitative guardrails—verification, eligibility, freshness, and reviewer integrity—so procurement and compliance teams can audit performance.

Citation verification

≥95%

Policy answers ship with inline sources and audit logs, meeting the verification rate expected by compliance teams.

[2]

Eligibility accuracy

≥92%

Role, mechanism, and limited submission rules are regression-tested against NIH notices to prevent disallowed filings.

[2]

Data freshness SLA

<24h

Nightly sync with Grants.gov Applicant API plus delta checks from NIH RePORTER keep opportunity data current.

[5] [6]

Peer-review guardrail

0 AI assists

Review workspaces disable generative suggestions entirely to respect NIH’s ban on AI in peer evaluation.

[9]

Success-rate pulse

FY2024 Research Project Grant data show how crowded the NIH pipeline has become—only 20.9% of the 76,341 competing applications were funded. [11]

20.9% Overall RPG success rate in FY2024
76,341 Competing RPG applications filed
60,409 Unfunded applications—our addressable rescue volume

Highest success rates

Where runway is longest and renewal messaging matters.

OD ORIP 37.6%
566 apps 213 awards
NIGMS 31.8%
4,613 apps 1,466 awards
NIDCD 29.7%
1,051 apps 312 awards
NIAAA 27.8%
900 apps 250 awards
NEI 27.3%
1,658 apps 452 awards

High-friction programs

Immediate impact zones for win-rate lifts.

OD Common Fund 8.4%
1,250 apps 105 awards
NCI 14.6%
12,541 apps 1,831 awards
NLM 15.2%
349 apps 53 awards
NIBIB 17.6%
1,396 apps 246 awards
NINDS 18.3%
6,302 apps 1,153 awards

Where scale lives

Five ICs generate half of all RPG submissions—our core account list.

NCI 14.6%
12,541 apps 1,831 awards
NIAID 20.1%
9,211 apps 1,851 awards
NHLBI 23.4%
6,961 apps 1,629 awards
NIA 19.8%
6,905 apps 1,366 awards
NINDS 18.3%
6,302 apps 1,153 awards

If DeepGrants helps even 10% of those unfunded submissions retool, that is 6,041 high-intent workspaces per year—assuming FY2024 volume holds steady. [11]

Data resilience

Reliable procurement decisions depend on redundant sourcing and clear usage boundaries. DeepGrants hardens each data lane with feature flags and compliance-aware caching.

Primary feeds

  • Grants.gov Applicant API drives FOA metadata, with retry logic and schema validation at ingestion.
  • NIH RePORTER historical awards enrich relevance and benchmarking while caching snapshots for offline access.

[5] [6]

Fallback plan

  • Simpler API pilots run in gray mode with feature switches until the service exits early access.
  • Manual upload lane supports CSV drops from program officers during outages.

[8]

Compliance boundaries

  • USAspending D&B data respects re-use limits; sensitive SAM attributes stay internal to eligibility scoring.
  • Vector snapshots version policy text with timestamps to prevent stale references.

[7]

Compliance guardrails

Trust is programmable. DeepGrants instruments every AI assist with policy-aware controls.

Inline citations point to official NIH, Grants.gov, or Federal Register sources for every AI-generated fact.

AI involvement meter enforces NOT-OD-25-132 guidance and prompts for human sign-off before export.

Submission tracker counts annual attempts per PI to respect the six-application cap.

DMS workspace packages data management plans with metadata and storage guardrails ready for upload.

Reviewer mode disables AI writing per NIH peer-review policy, protecting scientific integrity.

Need to document downstream reuse? Our compliance whitepaper details USAspending and SAM redistribution limits. [7]

Institutional readiness

We align to campus procurement rhythms with bundled security responses, measurable pilots, and change-management playbooks.

Security + compliance kit

Deliver SOC 2 Type I roadmap, data flow diagrams, and privacy responses alongside procurement questionnaires to speed approvals.

Design partner agreement

An 8–12 week scoped engagement with KPI targets—verification rate, cycle time reduction, renewal readiness—captures case studies for expansion.

Change management

Embedded success team trains research administrators, documents SOP updates, and aligns renewals to budget cycles informed by NIH funding volatility.

[10]

Architecture at speed

A unified stack spanning Astro marketing surfaces, Next.js console, and Workers APIs ensures new policy updates roll out across every touchpoint without refactoring.

Data foundation

Grants.gov Applicant API and NIH RePORTER provide authoritative FOA and award data, backed by cached snapshots for resilience.

[5] [6]

AI engine

Hybrid retrieval + generation stack blends vendor LLMs with tuned open models to balance latency, cost, and provenance.

Compliance services

Policy reasoners, eligibility rules, and submission counters execute on Cloudflare Workers close to reviewers.

[2]

Experience layer

Astro marketing site, Next.js console, and API Worker share a unified component library and type-safe SDK.

Design partner runway

We ship with an embedded success team, aligning procurement milestones, SOC 2 roadmap, and policy verification.

Weeks 1-2

Data onboarding

Load target institutes, historic awards, and policy packets for your programs.

[6]

Weeks 3-6

Coaching loops

Run live proposal reviews, record compliance gaps, and benchmark verification rate against the 95% goal.

[1] [2]

Weeks 7-12

Operational handoff

Integrate with campus SSO, deliver dashboards, and finalize renewal KPIs for procurement.

Now enrolling

Ready to co-build the future of grants intelligence?

Secure a design partner slot, request a compliance briefing, or invite us to your next procurement review. We’ll come prepared with citations, data flow diagrams, and KPIs tuned to your campus. Production launch is staged for deepgrants.ai, with early previews rolling out here first.