Agent skill · stephenturner
funding-search
Search for new funding opportunities in data science, AI, computational science, and related fields announced within the last week. Covers federal agencies (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, DOD, USDA, DOEd, ARPA-H, State Department, DHS) and major foundations (Sloan, Schmidt Sciences, Gates, Hewlett, Simons, Moore, Burroughs Wellcome, MacArthur, Mellon, Carnegie, Russell Sage, Templeton, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative). Use this skill whenever the user asks to find new grants, funding opportunities, RFAs, RFPs, NOFOs, FOAs, or solicitations relevant to a School of Data Science, or asks to check what new funding has been announced recently. Also trigger when the user says "funding search," "new grants," "grant scan," "what's new in funding," "check for new RFAs," or similar.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Funding Opportunity Search This skill performs a systematic web search for funding opportunities announced within the last ~7 days that are relevant to data science, artificial intelligence, computational science, statistics, and adjacent fields. The output is a formatted summary suitable for inclusion in a weekly research newsletter. Context The user is the Assistant Dean for Research at UVA's School of Data Science. Faculty research spans computational genomics, applied statistics, AI/ML, NLP, network science, computer vision, data ethics and policy, AI safety, biosecurity, digital twins, public health informatics, and responsible AI. Opportunities of interest include those funding research, training grants, infrastructure, workshops, and centers in these areas. Search Strategy Run web searches in three waves. Use today's date to anchor recency. For each search, include a time qualifier like "2026" or "this week" or "March 2026" (adjusted to the current date) to bias results toward recent announcements. Expect to run 10-20 searches total. Wave 1: Federal Agency Announcements Search for new solicitations from each of these agencies. Use queries like: NSF new funding opportunity 2026 or NSF dear colleague letter [current month] 2026 NIH new RFA [current month] 2026 or NIH notice of funding opportunity data science DOE funding opportunity announcement [current month] 2026 DARPA broad agency announcement 2026 ARPA-H funding opportunity 2026 grants.gov new opportunities data science AI [current month] 2026 USDA NIFA funding opportunity 2026 NSF dear colleague letter 2026 (DCLs often announce new priority areas) Also search grants.gov directly for recent postings: site:grants.gov artificial intelligence [current month] 2026 site:grants.gov data science [current month] 2026 For NSF specifically, also check for new program solicitations: site:nsf.gov new funding opportunity [current month] 2026 site:nsf.gov program solicitation [current month] 2026 Use webfetch on promisi …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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