Platform · Meet GrantHero
The grant expert who's already read everything
GrantHero is the guide inside the product, not a chatbot you have to prompt. He reads every competition, remembers everything you've told him, and turns up at each step with one job: get you to a straight answer faster. Including "don't apply".
Let him take a lookWhat makes GrantHero different from other grant tools
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Says what happens next
Every screen opens with where you are and the one thing to do.
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Honest about odds
He’ll say a grant isn’t for you, and why. No fee rides on your yes.
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Shows his working
Every score, pre-fill and set-aside carries its reason and its source.
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Works with a human, not instead of one
He prepares the expert. The expert makes the judgement calls.
The bigger picture
Technology where it's fast. People where it counts.
Most of a grant application is reading, remembering, checking and formatting. GrantHero does that. The parts that decide whether you win, the call, the judgement, the rewrite, stay with a person who's done it before. That split is what makes the price work, and the price is what gives you more shots.
- Reads every live competition and the full brief
- Builds and remembers your profile
- Scores matches and shows the reasons
- Checks eligibility, one question at a time
- Pre-fills the bid pack with sources; runs the final check
- The free scoping call, and the go / no-go
- Deciding which of his flags matter
- Drafting or rewriting the answers that score
- Shaping the project and the consortium
- Reading the assessor review before you do
What he does
Seven jobs, start to submission
He shows up at each step with the one thing you need next. Here's where, and what you get.
1 · PROFILE
Builds your profile from what already exists
Paste your website or drop in a deck. He drafts the company profile, what you do, the problem, the solution, sectors, technologies, and you correct it instead of typing it. When you come back, he only asks for what's new.
You get: a two-minute profile, not a form.
Paste your website. I'll draft the profile.
About 20 seconds, you check it over.
2 · DISCOVERY · MATCHING
Finds your matches, and shows his working
Every live competition across Innovate UK, NIHR, DASA, EIC and Eurostars, scored against your company and where your R&D is heading. Click any score and he tells you why it fits, where it's thin, and what's worth knowing before you open it. He's honest about the odds, too.
You get: a ranked list with reasons, not a feed.
£1.58M potentially claimable across 7 matches.
Success rates are low, check eligibility before you commit a week.
Biomedical Catalyst 2026
92% · Strong matchWHY IT FITS
Industry-led health R&D at TRL 4 to 6, your stage exactly. Watch-out: needs a clinical partner named at application.
3 · DISCOVERY · SCREENER
Cuts the list to the ones worth your time
Five yes/no questions about your company, would you take a loan, can you bring a partner, do you have an investor lined up, can you fund 30% yourself. Each answer sets aside what it rules out and tells you why. Nothing is deleted; bring anything back with one click.
You get: a shortlist in a minute instead of qualifying seven in turn.
SCREENER
Question 1 of 5
Would you take on a loan to fund R&D?
Two of your matches are loans, not grants: repayable, with interest.
4 · QUALIFY
Checks eligibility, and answers anything about the brief
Two jobs in one place. The Eligibility checker asks only what he can't infer from your profile, one question at a time with the reason, and remembers every answer across every competition. Ask GrantHero has read the full competition brief, subcontracting rules, match funding, partner requirements, and answers in seconds instead of you reading 40 pages.
You get: a yes or no before you spend a week, and your questions answered on the spot.
ELIGIBILITY CHECKER
Check 2 of 3
Can you fund roughly 30% of the project yourself?
This grant pays 70%. I'll remember your answer, you won't be asked again.
Questions about this one? Ask me.Can I use an overseas subcontractor?
Yes, up to 30% of eligible costs, with a justification in Q6. Section 4.2 of the brief. I've linked it.
5 · CREATE PROJECT
Drafts the project you'd put forward
Once you're eligible, he writes a first pass of the project for that competition, what you'd build, why it's new, the impact, a budget line, from your profile, your R&D direction and the competition's scope. Or drop in something you've already written and he fills the template from it. It's a starting point; your expert shapes it with you.
You get: a project in minutes, not a blank page.
Let GrantHero draft it
From your profile, direction and this competition's scope.
Draft it for me →Upload your own
A one-pager, a deck, a past bid: he fills the template.
Upload a document →6 · APPLICATION · INFORMATION GATHERING
Briefs your expert and pre-fills the bid pack
Before your free scoping call, your bid-writer has already read everything GrantHero holds. After it, he pulls the substance of the call, your profile and your documents into the bid pack, each fact with its source, and asks only for the gaps nobody has covered. Anything you're unsure of, flag it for your expert in one click.
You get: an expert who's up to speed, and no copy-paste.
3.2 · ROUTE TO MARKET
Inbound via Innovate UK's referral list and two accelerator partnerships. 83 live companies from zero paid acquisition; two paying pilots at £1,500.
Pre-filled from Series A deck, p.7 to 8, check and edit
7 · APPLICATION · ASSESSOR-STYLE REVIEW
Reads the draft the way the funder will
When the draft comes back, GrantHero scores every answer the way an assessor would, against the funder's own criteria and real funded examples, and says what to fix and why. Your expert sees that first and decides what reaches you, so what you get is a handful of pointed notes, not a wall of AI. Before export, he runs a final check: word counts, declarations, appendices, every "needs you" resolved.
You get: an assessor's read before the assessor, and nothing goes out half-done.
Reading Q3 · Team as an assessor would
5 / 10
What to fix: two unnamed hires carry 40% of delivery. Why it matters: assessors score Team on people they can see. Name the advisory board and the recruitment route.
FINAL CHECK BEFORE EXPORT
- All answers within word limits
- Every "needs you" resolved
- Appendices, advisory board CVs still outstanding