research-grants
No security findings. Scanned 1 time, most recently 2026-10-21.
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
Independent static run, no language model, over the same files as the Cisco scan above. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
Supports research proposal preparation and review for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC, including opportunity-specific requirements, aims, review criteria, budgets, broader impacts, forms, and resubmissions. Use for investigator-authored grant development, compliance matrices, and proposal critiques.
- Package
- 16 files, 145 KB
- SKILL.md
- 2093 words, 12+ sections
- Code
- None. Instructions only.
- Allowed tools
ReadWriteEditBash- License
- MIT license
- Compatibility
- Requires network access to verify current opportunities and agency instructions, or supplied dated official documents for a bounded review. Optional figures via scientific-schematics require OPENROUTER_API_KEY and outbound API access.
SKILL.md covers: Research Grant Writing · Overview · When to Use This Skill · Establish the governing opportunity first · Visual Enhancement (Optional) · Agency-Specific Overview · NSF (National Science Foundation) · NIH (National Institutes of Health) · DOE (Department of Energy) · DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) · NSTC (National Science and Technology Council - Taiwan) · Core Components of Research Proposals
Findings
No findings. SAFE
What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 17 KB |
assets/budget_justification_template.md | doc | 7.2 KB |
assets/nih_specific_aims_template.md | doc | 3.0 KB |
assets/nsf_project_summary_template.md | doc | 2.5 KB |
references/README.md | doc | 2.4 KB |
references/broader_impacts.md | doc | 24 KB |
references/core_components.md | doc | 16 KB |
references/darpa_guidelines.md | doc | 7.0 KB |
references/doe_guidelines.md | doc | 7.5 KB |
references/nih_guidelines.md | doc | 13 KB |
references/nsf_guidelines.md | doc | 7.8 KB |
references/nstc_guidelines.md | doc | 7.5 KB |
references/proposal_types_and_resubmission.md | doc | 3.2 KB |
references/review_criteria.md | doc | 2.8 KB |
references/specific_aims_guide.md | doc | 21 KB |
references/writing_principles.md | doc | 3.5 KB |
External hosts referenced
grants.nih.gov www.nsf.gov www.grants.nih.gov www.nstc.gov.tw science.osti.gov www.darpa.mil arxiv.org www.energy.gov arpa-e-foa.energy.gov arpa-e.energy.gov doi.org eere-exchange.energy.gov export.arxiv.org law.nstc.gov.tw openrouter.ai pamspublic.science.energy.gov sam.gov www.grants.gov
Hostnames that appear in the skill's files. Referencing a host is not a finding; compare against the findings above and the skill's stated purpose.
Environment variables referenced
OPENROUTER_API_KEY
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit 593377bb0487. The scan above ran against the version current at scan time; the two can differ if the skill has since been updated.
What we checked
- Static analyzer. Pattern rules over SKILL.md and bundled files: known-bad commands, exfiltration URLs, secrets, obfuscation.
- Bytecode analyzer.
- Pipeline analyzer.
- Correlation analyzer.
- Behavioral analyzer. Checks what the skill asks the agent to do against what its description claims it does.
- Trigger analyzer. Looks for instructions that fire on conditions the user did not ask for.
What we did not check
- Runtime behaviour. The skill was not executed; findings come from reading its files.
- Anything fetched at install or run time, including remote scripts, package dependencies, and URLs the skill tells the agent to open.
- Content the analyzers cannot read: images, binaries, and some non-English text.
- Known scanner bypass classes. See the methodology and limitations page.
Sources
- Repository: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Raw scan result: skills-research-grants-scan.json
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