Free funding plan

Should your team pursue that federal notice? Get a clear written answer in one business day.

Send your company website and the notice, if you have one. Get a free funding plan: one page showing whether the notice fits (pursue, partner or pass), the project we would propose in the agency’s terms, what it would take, and the next step.

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Our recommendation: pursue, partner or pass

PURSUE: enough fit and a plausible participation route to justify deeper work.

PARTNER: a route may exist, but a specific partner capability or role must be resolved.

PASS: a material gap, deadline or resource burden makes this a poor use of effort now.

Unresolved facts are labeled. The plan is not an eligibility certification or a prediction of selection or award.

Our promise: If the evidence does not support a credible route, we say so in writing and recommend against paying us to write that response. If a missing fact prevents a decision, we name it. Material new information can change the recommendation.

What you receive

One page showing whether the notice fits (pursue, partner or pass), the project we would propose in the agency’s terms, what it would take, and the next step.

A decision with the fact and source that support it, plus the verified deadline.
Basic participation requirements and apparent technical fit.
How your available evidence addresses the published criteria, with the most consequential gaps identified.
A useful next step, whether you use your own team or ask us to help.

You receive a one-page funding plan within one business day of a complete request. If an essential detail is missing, we ask within one business day.

No notice yet?

Send your company website. We'll check for a live match worth screening and tell you either way. If we find one, we prepare your free funding plan for it.

The specific notice determines which routes deserve consideration, including for companies outside the U.S.

What the free review covers

The free funding plan covers one company and one opportunity. Detailed evidence mapping, partner outreach, proposal drafting and continuing monitoring are separately scoped.

If paid support would help, your plan includes the recommended scope, fixed fee, delivery date and a simple email approval step. You can also use the findings with your own team. See the work we can take on.

A real plan

Partner, subject to confirming an application

Verdict: Partner. An application owner must be confirmed before commissioning a proposal.
Project: Investigate a limited process study using the published product capability. Published documentation supports investigation; it does not establish approval for a different use.
What it would take: A non-confidential process worth testing and an organization that would use the result. The application and participation route remain to be confirmed.
Evidence gaps: An application owner, comparative evidence and genuine development work remain unverified.
Sources: The original plan used dated public product documentation and source references. Identifying references are omitted from this public adaptation.
Next step: Identify the process and the organization that would use the result before commissioning a proposal.

Adapted from a real plan. Names and figures removed. Not a client testimonial or an award result.

Examples of our work

Anonymized free funding plans

These summaries are adapted from free funding plans we sent to companies. They use our public-source research. Names, figures and identifying project details have been removed.

Research fit

Pursue a limited research-fit check

What we found: The published capability provides a starting point, but an unresolved research problem and a relevant program need have not been established.
What remains open: A commercial capability alone does not establish research fit. Eligibility and funding remain unconfirmed.
Recommended action: Identify a limitation worth investigating, then confirm the program fit and applicant route before preparing a proposal.

Partner-led process study

Partner, subject to confirming an application

What we found: Published product documentation supports investigating a limited process study. It does not establish approval for a different use.
What remains open: An application owner, comparative evidence and genuine development work remain unverified.
Recommended action: Identify a non-confidential process worth testing and the organization that would use the result before commissioning a proposal.

These are condensed examples of the analysis, not client testimonials or award results. The original plans contain the dated source references; identifying references are omitted here.

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No notice yet? Send your website. We check for one live match and tell you either way. If we find one, we prepare your free funding plan for it.

The free funding plan covers one company and one opportunity. One page showing whether the notice fits (pursue, partner or pass), the project we would propose in the agency’s terms, what it would take, and the next step.