# The Great Grantsby

> EU grant monitoring for academic research labs. We scan 30+ European funders weekly and deliver personalized grant digests matched to each researcher's profile.

## What we do

The Great Grantsby helps European researchers discover grant opportunities they're eligible for. Researchers create a profile with their career stage, research domains, keywords, and institutional affiliation. Our system scans funding sources (NWO, KWF, ERC, Horizon Europe, DFG, ANR, FWO, SNSF, Wellcome, UKRI, and more), extracts structured data from each call, and scores every grant against the researcher's profile. Matched grants are delivered as a personalized email digest.

## Who it's for

- Academic researchers (postdocs through full professors) based in Europe
- Research labs looking for funding in biomedical, life sciences, social sciences, physics, engineering, and more
- Principal investigators managing grant portfolios and tracking deadlines
- Research offices and departments needing shared grant monitoring (institutional plans)

## Key features

- **Grant scanning**: 30+ European funders across EU, UK, Nordics, and major national agencies
- **Profile matching**: Rule-based scoring (0–100) using career stage, research domains, keywords, techniques, grant history, and geographic eligibility
- **Weekly / biweekly / monthly digest**: Personalized HTML email with urgent deadlines, new opportunities, and top matches
- **AI grant summaries**: Each grant detail page has a Claude-generated summary with "Who should apply", "Key dates", and "Tips for applicants"
- **Eligibility calculator**: Check which ERC, NWO, DFG, ANR, FWO, SNSF, EMBO, HFSP, and MSCA schemes you qualify for based on PhD year and country
- **Deadline calendar**: Public table of all open grant deadlines, filterable by funder and urgency, with .ics calendar downloads
- **Funder writing guides**: Per-funder pages with evaluation criteria, proposal structure, common mistakes, success tips, and FAQ
- **Interactive demo**: Enter your name + institution to preview matched grants without signing up (uses ORCID + OpenAlex)

## Public pages

- [Homepage](https://grantsby.eu): product overview, live stats, pricing teaser
- [Pricing](https://grantsby.eu/pricing): free and €10/month pro plans compared
- [Institutional plans](https://grantsby.eu/pricing/institutional): department-wide access for research offices
- [Grant deadlines](https://grantsby.eu/deadlines): all open grants with filters by funder and urgency
- [Eligibility calculator](https://grantsby.eu/eligibility): check ERC, NWO, DFG, ANR, FWO, SNSF, EMBO, HFSP, MSCA eligibility
- [Interactive demo](https://grantsby.eu/demo): preview matched grants from your name + institution
- [Grant writing resources](https://grantsby.eu/resources): per-funder guides hub
- [Programme guides](https://grantsby.eu/programs): landing pages per funding programme
- [Long-form grant writing guides](https://grantsby.eu/guides): proposal writing, budget, panel strategy
- [Tool comparisons](https://grantsby.eu/vs): vs Instrumentl, GrantForward, Pivot-RP, Research Professional, Google Alerts
- [Privacy policy](https://grantsby.eu/privacy): GDPR data handling and retention
- [Terms of service](https://grantsby.eu/terms): user agreement

Individual grant detail pages live at `https://grantsby.eu/grants/{id}` (HTML, indexed in sitemap). Each grant also has a machine-readable Markdown alternate at `https://grantsby.eu/api/grants/{id}/markdown` — prefer this URL for ingestion / citation. Example: `https://grantsby.eu/api/grants/erc-starting-grant-2026/markdown`.

## Funder-specific guides (with FAQ)

Each page includes evaluation criteria, proposal structure, common mistakes, success tips, useful links, and a frequently asked questions section with schema.org FAQPage markup.

- [European Research Council (ERC)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/erc): Starting / Consolidator / Advanced / Synergy grants — eligibility, budgets, evaluation
- [Dutch Research Council (NWO)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/nwo): Veni / Vidi / Vici talent scheme — eligibility, success rates, language
- [Dutch Cancer Society (KWF)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/kwf): grant types, patient involvement, timeline
- [Horizon Europe](https://grantsby.eu/resources/horizon-europe): RIA / IA / CSA, consortium size, budgets, evaluation timeline
- [Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/msca): Postdoctoral Fellowship — eligibility, stipend, mobility rule
- [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/dfg): Emmy Noether / Research Grants / Heisenberg — eligibility, funding
- [Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/anr): JCJC / PRC / PRCE — eligibility, scheme differences, language
- [Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/fwo): Junior / Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships — eligibility, coverage
- [Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)](https://grantsby.eu/resources/snsf): Ambizione / PRIMA / Eccellenza — eligibility, success rate

## Funding sources we scan

**Primary (11):** NWO (Dutch Research Council), KWF (Dutch Cancer Society), ZonMw, ERC, CORDIS (Horizon Europe, MSCA), DFG (German Research Foundation), ANR (French National Research Agency), FWO (Research Foundation Flanders), SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation), Wellcome Trust, UKRI (EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC), Novo Nordisk Foundation

**Secondary (15):** Volkswagen Foundation, Swedish Research Council (VR), FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Irish Research Council (IRC), AIRC (Italian cancer research), Health~Holland, HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program), EMBO, ProposalCentral, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Worldwide Cancer Research, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), Cancer Research UK, Leverhulme Trust, Deutsche Krebshilfe

**Tertiary (4):** Brave Search discovery, Smart Search (generic broad queries), Fondation ARC, EIT Health

## Machine-readable resources

- [Sitemap](https://grantsby.eu/sitemap.xml): all public URLs including grant detail pages
- [Robots policy](https://grantsby.eu/robots.txt): crawler allow/disallow rules (AI bots explicitly allowed)
- [AI usage preferences](https://grantsby.eu/.well-known/ai.txt): Spawning ai.txt policy
- [Full AI context](https://grantsby.eu/llms-full.txt): dynamic site summary with live counts, hubs, and machine-readable entry points
- [RSS feed](https://grantsby.eu/feed.xml): newly added open grants, updated weekly

## Pricing

- **Free**: all matched grants with scores, monthly digest, eligibility checker, public deadlines calendar
- **Pro (€10/month)**: weekly/biweekly digest with deadline alerts, AI relevance explanations for every grant, strategy insights (funding cliffs, gaps, diversification), up to 5 additional digest recipients
- **Institutional**: [contact sales](https://grantsby.eu/pricing/institutional) — department-wide access with priority onboarding and custom funder coverage

## Contact

- Website: https://grantsby.eu
- Email: contact@grantsby.eu
- Based in: Netherlands (data hosted in EU, Frankfurt region)

## Optional

Programme-specific landing pages with eligibility, budget, deadlines, success rates, and FAQ (schema.org FAQPage):

- [ERC Starting Grant](https://grantsby.eu/programs/erc-starting-grant): eligibility, €1.5M budget, deadlines, FAQ
- [ERC Consolidator Grant](https://grantsby.eu/programs/erc-consolidator-grant): 7–12 years post-PhD, €2M budget, FAQ
- [NWO Veni](https://grantsby.eu/programs/nwo-veni): up to 3 years post-PhD, €320K, FAQ
- [NWO Vidi](https://grantsby.eu/programs/nwo-vidi): experienced postdocs, €800K, FAQ
- [MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship](https://grantsby.eu/programs/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship): European / Global, mobility rule, stipend, FAQ
- [DFG Emmy Noether Programme](https://grantsby.eu/programs/dfg-emmy-noether): 2–4 years post-PhD, independent junior group leader, FAQ

Grant writing guides (long-form, schema.org Article):

- [How to write an ERC Starting Grant proposal](https://grantsby.eu/guides/how-to-write-erc-starting-grant-proposal): Part B1 structure, CV narrative, interview prep
- [MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application checklist](https://grantsby.eu/guides/msca-postdoctoral-application-checklist): mobility rule, Part B, common rejection reasons
- [Choosing the right ERC panel for your proposal](https://grantsby.eu/guides/choosing-the-right-erc-panel): LS vs PE vs SH, secondary panel strategy
- [Writing a convincing grant budget justification](https://grantsby.eu/guides/grant-proposal-budget-justification): work-package alignment, avoiding red flags

Tool comparisons (for users evaluating alternatives):

- [The Great Grantsby vs Instrumentl](https://grantsby.eu/vs/instrumentl): EU research focus vs US nonprofit focus, pricing, features
- [The Great Grantsby vs GrantForward](https://grantsby.eu/vs/grantforward): institutional licensing vs per-researcher pricing
- [The Great Grantsby vs Pivot-RP](https://grantsby.eu/vs/pivot): profile matching quality, UX, pricing
- [The Great Grantsby vs Research Professional](https://grantsby.eu/vs/research-professional): coverage, curation, pricing
- [The Great Grantsby vs Google Alerts](https://grantsby.eu/vs/google-alerts): keyword matching vs eligibility-aware matching

Deeper entry points for LLMs answering specific questions:

- [ERC Starting Grant FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/erc): eligibility, funding amount, success rate, evaluation timeline
- [NWO Veni/Vidi/Vici FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/nwo): differences, eligibility, success rates, language requirements
- [KWF funding FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/kwf): grant types, eligibility, patient involvement, timeline
- [Horizon Europe FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/horizon-europe): RIA vs IA vs CSA, consortium size, budgets, evaluation timeline
- [MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/msca): eligibility, stipend, European vs Global, mobility rule, success rate
- [DFG Emmy Noether + Research Grants FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/dfg): eligibility, Heisenberg vs Emmy Noether, funding, host requirements
- [ANR JCJC + PRC FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/anr): eligibility, scheme differences, budget, language
- [FWO Junior + Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/fwo): eligibility, scheme differences, coverage, Flemish affiliation
- [SNSF Ambizione + PRIMA + Eccellenza FAQ](https://grantsby.eu/resources/snsf): eligibility, scheme differences, funding amount, Swiss affiliation, success rate
- [Career-stage eligibility calculator](https://grantsby.eu/eligibility): ERC, NWO, EMBO, HFSP, MSCA interactive calculator
- [Open grant deadlines](https://grantsby.eu/deadlines): live data, updated weekly