ClaudSkills / Science & Research / science-misc

Grant Review

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Grant Review skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Grant Review is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc · Last updated: 2026-08-10

type:review

This skill should be used when the user asks to "review a grant", "review my proposal", "score this grant", "evaluate my specific aims", "critique my research strategy", "review as an NIH reviewer", "review as an NSF panelist", "give me reviewer feedback", "check my grant proposal", "review my R01", "review my K99", "review my SBIR", "review my STTR", "review my Phase I application", "review my Phase II application", "review my commercialization plan", "evaluate my CAREER proposal", "run a mock study section", "review my resubmission", "review this PDF", "check my proposal PDF", "analyze my grant layout", or mentions grant review, proposal critique, NIH scoring, NSF panel review, small business grant review, study section feedback, or proposal PDF review.

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From the source SKILL.md

Routes a grant proposal to an independent, fresh-context reviewer that scores it against the official NIH or NSF criteria and returns a structured review. This skill is a thin dispatcher: it decides how to run the reviewer and in which mode. The review procedure, criteria, scoring rubrics, and output templates all live in references/ and are loaded by the reviewer, not duplicated here.

What this skill does

Grant Review is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/grant-review/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Grant Review Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 213,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/grant-review
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/grant-review/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/grant-review/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/grant-review/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/grant-review/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\grant-review\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Grant Review Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/grant-review/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Grant Review skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Grant Review skill?

Use Grant Review when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the science misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Grant Review" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Grant Review skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Grant Review is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/neuromechanist/research-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/grant/skills/grant-review/SKILL.md
License: BSD-3-Clause
Author: neuromechanist
Website: https://neuromechanist.github.io/research-skills/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

neuromechanist. (2026). Grant Review [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/grant-review/

BibTeX

@misc{grant-review-2026,
  author    = {neuromechanist},
  title     = {Grant Review [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/grant-review/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-11-01 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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