Your funding shortlist. Verified. In 48 hours.

One wrong grant application costs you weeks you don't have. We hand you only the funding you're actually eligible for — field, stage, and visa checked — in 48 hours.

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AI tools give you a list. We give you the right list.

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Hallucinated deadlines

LLMs cite programmes that closed years ago or invent deadlines with confidence. Every entry we deliver is verified against the source page on the day we send it.

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Citizen-only traps

Dozens of NIH and NSF mechanisms are US-citizen/PR-only. If you are on a J-1 or H-1B, half the lists you find online are useless. We check your visa status first.

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The "Skip These" section

We tell you which grants look relevant but you cannot apply for, and exactly why. No AI does this. It is the most valuable part of the document.

Why this exists.

Grant databases are full of opportunities researchers can't apply for. AI tools make it worse — they generate confident lists without reading the eligibility footnotes, and researchers spend weeks on applications they were never going to win.

Grant Sprint exists to fix that. Every shortlist is built by hand, every eligibility clause is read against your specific profile, and every dead end is documented in the "Skip These" section before it costs you time. That last part is what no automated tool does reliably — and it is the most valuable thing we deliver.

✓ Source-verified deadlines ✓ Visa-aware eligibility ✓ Human-checked, not generated

See exactly what you get.

A real shortlist we built for a US postdoc on a J-1 visa. This is the actual format and depth — including the part no AI will give you.

Grant Shortlist — Computational Neuroscience, Postdoc

Prepared: 2025-06-14 · Tier: Pro · Visa: J-1 (Exchange Visitor)

NIH BRAIN Initiative K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award

Funder: National Institutes of Health (BRAIN Initiative)
Deadline: October 12, 2025
Why you qualify: Open to postdocs within 4 years of doctorate; J-1 holders eligible at US-sponsored institutions. Computational neuroscience is a 2025 BRAIN priority area.
⚠ Watch out: Must secure sponsor institution letter confirming K99→R00 independence plan. Requires ≥75% research time during K99 phase — confirm with PI before committing.

Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience

Funder: Simons Foundation / SCGB
Deadline: Rolling — next review September 1, 2025
Why you qualify: Private foundation — no citizenship restriction. Computational + experimental crossover explicitly encouraged. Strong fit with neural coding and motor cortex keywords.
⚠ Watch out: Letter of intent required 6 weeks before full application. PI must co-sign research independence statement.

SKIP THESE

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) US citizen / permanent resident only — J-1 visa is ineligible. One of the most commonly recommended grants by advisors who miss the citizenship clause.

NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA (F32) Explicitly excluded for J-1 holders in Section III of the funding opportunity announcement. 3–4 weeks of effort for zero return.

The "Skip These" section is the part that proves a human actually read the eligibility rules. No AI produces this reliably.

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What "verified" actually means.

"Verified" is doing real work here. Here is the exact process behind every entry.

We open the source page

Every grant is confirmed on the funder's official site — not a third-party aggregator. If the primary source has moved or gone dark, the entry doesn't make the list.

We confirm it's open today

Deadlines are verified the day we send your shortlist, so nothing is stale. If a deadline moves between intake and delivery, we update it before sending.

We read the eligibility table

Citizenship, visa, career stage, and institution type are each checked against your intake profile. The entries that fail go in "Skip These."

Zero-risk guarantee

If your shortlist doesn't match the spec — wrong eligibility, stale deadlines, or thin results for your field — I fix it or refund you in full. You carry none of the risk of paying upfront.

First shortlists are being delivered now.

Grant Sprint launched recently. The first researchers to order receive extra attention — and we'll publish their feedback here as soon as it arrives. In the meantime, the guarantee removes all the risk: if your shortlist doesn't meet the spec, you get a full refund.

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"Skip these" section with reasons
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Questions researchers ask before buying.

How do you verify each grant?

Every entry goes through the same three steps: we open the funder's official source page (not a third-party aggregator), confirm the deadline is current on the day we send, and read the full eligibility requirements against your intake profile. Anything that fails eligibility goes in "Skip These." See the "What verified actually means" section above for detail.

What if there are no good grants in my niche?

If I can't build a shortlist worth your money — because the field is thin right now, or your specific visa / career-stage combination rules out too many mechanisms — I'll tell you before you pay, or refund you in full if it becomes clear after intake. I'd rather lose a sale than send you something that doesn't help.

Is this just AI output?

No. Every entry is hand-checked against the source. AI tools are used to search, but nothing ships to you without a human reading the actual grant page. The Skip These section alone is something no AI tool reliably produces — it requires cross-referencing your visa status against the eligibility footnotes of each opportunity, something current models consistently get wrong or skip entirely.

How fast, really?

Within 48 hours of your completed intake form. Most are delivered faster. The intake form takes about 5 minutes. You'll receive a PDF document by email — professional format, ready to share with your PI or grants office.

Is my information private?

Your intake details — field, career stage, visa status, and keywords — are used only to build your shortlist and are never sold or shared with third parties.

Who are you?

A researcher who got frustrated with AI-generated grant lists and decided to do it properly. See the "Why this exists" section above for the full story.