MatchMaker
AI grant matchingConnect your ORCID and get personalized funding opportunities matched to your research profile, expertise, and career stage. Every match shows why it fits.
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Connect your research to alternative funding in minutes
AI-driven platform connecting your research to federal, foundation, corporate, and philanthropic funding.
MatchMakerExample
92%match
Exploratory research grantFederal funder · $275,000
cryoEMFlagellar motorNew methods
- Federal funder · Nov 1692%
- Federal funder · Oct 2886%
- Private foundation · Dec 578%
- Private foundation · Jan 3061%
The suite
Complete suite of AI-powered tools
From the first match to a finished application, with you in charge of every word.
Drafter
BetaInterviews you about your project, helps you structure the argument, and suggests text alongside you. Nothing an AI wrote reaches your document until you accept it.
Astrid
Research companionA research assistant that learns your work. Astrid asks about your research, remembers what you tell it, and helps you find matches and write applications. You can see and edit what Astrid remembers.
How it works
Three simple steps
From your ORCID iD to a list of funding that fits your research.
- 01
Connect your ORCID
Sync your research profile in seconds using your existing ORCID iD.
- 02
AI analyzes your work
Our AI understands your research focus, methods, and expertise from your publications.
- 03
See your matches
Your matches are on your dashboard, and new ones arrive in a weekly email.
AI text stays a proposal until you accept it
Every AI suggestion appears as a proposed change beside your page. Nothing an AI wrote enters your document until you accept it, and each acceptance is recorded.
Why researchers choose us
Why researchers choose ResearchConnect
Stop searching grant databases one by one. Start with the grants that fit your research.
Less time searching
Stop searching grant databases one by one. MatchMaker reads the announcements and shows you the ones that fit your research, with the reasons it matched.
A weekly digest
A weekly email brings your new matches. Your dashboard always has the current list, with each grant’s deadline up front.
Your data, your control
Your profile is used to find your matches and, in Drafter, to help with your application. You can disconnect ORCID or delete your data from Settings at any time.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Select "Join beta program" to request access. Beta testers get early access to MatchMaker (AI grant matching) and Drafter (AI-assisted grant writing). Spots are limited.
Our AI reads your ORCID profile and publications to understand your research, then matches you with open funding opportunities from federal, foundation, industry and international funders. It weighs your research focus, methods, career stage and the answers you give in the setup questionnaire, and shows why each grant matched.
Drafter helps you write a grant application. It interviews you about your project, helps you structure the argument, and can suggest text. Every AI suggestion appears as a proposed change beside your page. Nothing an AI wrote enters your document until you accept it, and each acceptance is recorded.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a free, unique identifier for researchers. It connects all your research outputs in one place. We use it to understand your research profile and provide accurate grant matches.
Your profile is yours. We use your research information to find your matches and, if you use Drafter, to help with your application. That analysis is done by AI models from our technology providers. You can disconnect ORCID or delete your data from Settings at any time.
Beta testing now open
Join our beta program today
Get early access to AI grant matching and AI-assisted grant writing. Limited spots available for beta testers.