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Announcing GrantSpace.ai: Fixing the Grant Process for Good
What if You Could Draft Grant Proposals in a Fraction of the Time?

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The Grant System Is Broken. We Built Something to Fix It.
North Light’s new platform, GrantSpace.ai, launches in beta on August 15
Here's what we’ve learned when it comes to grant funding: brilliant university researchers, non-profits, and start-ups spend more time fighting grant paperwork and administration than actually advancing their missions. Universities and organizations big and small lose out on millions in funding because the application process is so convoluted that good ideas never make it through.
At North Light AI, we are building tools that solve real problems for real people. GrantSpace.ai is our answer to the grant application mess that's been holding back innovation for decades.
The goal? More funding flowing to more good ideas…with way less friction.
The Grant Problem We're Solving
Billions of dollars in grant money sit unclaimed every year. Not because great ideas don't exist, but because applying for grants is a nightmare.
Organizations spend 70-80 hours writing each grant application. Success rates for major federal grants hover around 15-20%.
Do the math: that means most people invest two full work weeks into applications that go nowhere.
Meanwhile, over $200 billion in federal research funding becomes available every year. The money is there. The ideas are there. But the system connecting them is so convoluted that researchers and organizations big and small give up before they even start.
We're not just talking about paperwork headaches. We're talking about a process that actively prevents good science and innovation from getting funded.
If you work in research, higher education, or public innovation, you know exactly what we mean:
Hours disappear into confusing grant databases that feel like they're from 1995
You write the same organizational bio and project description for the tenth time this month
Your team coordinates through a chaotic mix of email threads, shared folders, and sticky notes
Nobody knows what anyone else is working on until deadlines start flying by
We experienced this over and over again. So we decided to build something better.

How GrantSpace.ai Actually Works
GrantSpace.ai isn't another grant search engine. It's a complete system that handles everything from finding opportunities to submitting and managing applications, creating personalized starting points based on your unique organizational profile, past successes, and mission. Rather than producing cookie-cutter proposals, it frees researchers from repetitive formatting and boilerplate writing so they can focus their time on articulating what makes their work truly distinctive.
The result is more compelling, targeted proposals that better showcase each researcher's individual expertise.
Here's a breakdown what it does:
Smart Grant Discovery
Our AI learns your focus areas, past successes, and eligibility requirements. Instead of showing you everything, it shows you grants you can actually win.
24/7 Writing Assistant
GrantSpace.ai functions as a writing assistant, similar to tools like Grammarly or reference managers that are already accepted in professional settings. The platform draws from your own organizational materials and previous submissions to create starting points that you then customize and refine. Like using a citation manager or grammar checker, the final work remains entirely your own authorship with full transparency about content sources.
Team Coordination That Actually Works
Track every opportunity, deadline, and team member in one place. Assign tasks, set alerts, and stop losing track of who's doing what.
Clear Oversight for Leaders
Administrators get dashboards showing application trends, success rates, and where teams need support. Finally, you can see the big picture in real time.
GrantSpace.ai was built specifically for how grant-seeking organizations actually operate, whether you're a university research lab, a community non-profit, or a growing startup.
Multiple departments or program areas can collaborate without stepping on each other
Different permission levels for staff, partners, and external collaborators
Connects with your existing systems and workflows
Meets compliance requirements with proper documentation
This isn't a generic business tool trying to fit specialized grant needs. It was designed from the ground up for organizations that depend on grant funding.
Who Should Use GrantSpace.ai
This platform works for any organization juggling multiple grants:
Research universities/
Non-profits and community organizations
Start-ups and growing companies
Government innovation programs
ETF-funded research centers
Foundations managing complex funding streams
Beta Testing Starts August 15
We're launching a limited beta on August 15. We're looking for forward-thinking organizations to test the platform, help us refine it, and get direct support from our development team.
Want to join the beta? Visit grantspace.ai or email us at [email protected].
We're excited to show you what happens when grants stop being the barrier and start being the bridge to better research and innovation.
North Light AI
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