VenThatGrant - AI-Powered Grant Management Platform

Overview

VenThatGrant is a comprehensive grant management platform that leverages artificial intelligence to help researchers, nonprofit organizations, and grant seekers find, apply for, and manage funding opportunities. Built on top of the Venice AI API, this application streamlines the entire grant lifecycle from discovery to reporting. Powered by Venice AI and EduChain.

Key Features

Grant Discovery

• AI-Powered Grant Matching: Utilizes the Venice AI API to match user profiles with relevant grant opportunities from thousands of funding sources.

• Advanced Filtering: Search and filter grants by category, amount, deadline, and more.

• Grant Saving: Save interesting grants for later review and application.

Proposal Creation & Optimization

• AI-Generated Proposals: Generate compelling research proposals tailored to specific grant requirements.

• Proposal Management: Create, edit, and track all your grant proposals in one place.

• AI Critique & Optimization: Get expert AI critique of your proposals with analysis of strengths, weaknesses, and suggestions for improvement.

• Status Tracking: Monitor proposal status (draft, optimized, submitted) throughout the application process.

Reporting & Compliance

• Automated Reports: Generate comprehensive grant reports to meet funder requirements.

• Progress Tracking: Track project milestones and outcomes against proposal objectives.

• AI-Enhanced Reporting: Leverage AI to create professional, data-driven reports.

AI-Powered Social Promotion

• Grant Tweeting Agent: Create an AI agent that automatically tweets about new grant opportunities.

• Customizable Promotion: Configure your Twitter agent to match your organization's voice and target specific grant types.

StakeYourGrant

Now ideating towards a staking feature with EduChain where users can stake their grants and potential earn yields of up to 15%

🧠 EduChain Staking: Turning Grants into Growth

The upcoming staking feature on EduChain allows users—especially students, researchers, or educational creators—to stake their awarded grants instead of withdrawing them immediately. By staking, users can potentially earn yields of up to 15% APY, transforming static funding into an active income stream.

🔒 How It Would Work:

• Staking Pool: Once a user receives a grant (in a supported token, e.g., USDC or a native EduChain token), they have the option to lock it into a smart contract.

• Flexible or Fixed Duration: Users can choose how long to stake—perhaps a 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month term, each with corresponding APY tiers.

• Yield Source: Yields could be generated via:

  • Lending protocols (e.g., Aave, Compound)

  • EduChain ecosystem incentives (such as governance token rewards)

  • Real-world asset pools (e.g., tokenized T-bills or education-specific DeFi products)

• Non-Custodial: Smart contracts ensure users retain control of their funds, and everything remains on-chain and transparent.

• Bonus Mechanism: Long-term stakers might earn bonus NFTs or credentials validating their commitment to educational growth.

🎓 Why This Matters:

• Empowers financial literacy: Users learn how DeFi works in a safe, education-focused context.

• Amplifies impact: Grants don’t just sit idle—they grow and can be reinvested into further learning or teaching.

• Aligns incentives: Encourages users to stay within the EduChain ecosystem and contribute more value over time.

We will aim to test it out with current and prospective grantholders at our universities - University of Oxford and Imperial College following the whole process from them searching for a grant using VenThatGrant to successfully obtaining the grant to staking the grant powered by EduChain.

Technology Stack

This project is built with:

• React and TypeScript for a robust frontend

• Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui for responsive design

• Venice AI API for grant matching, proposal generation, and optimization

• ElizaOS for automated social media integration

Links

Demo video: loom.com/share/9aa033f8c7d74c5f8ed443342c9cff54?sid=45e527c6-838d-4b47-ac65-ababddaccaf5

Repo: github.com/aswin-giridhar/hackathon-venthatgrant

Demo: venthatgrant.replit.app

Team LinkedIns

linkedin.com/in/jenniferagwunobi

linkedin.com/in/aswin-giridhar-subramanian

uk.linkedin.com/in/irene-akladious-5b29a39b

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository

2. Install dependencies with npm install

3. Add your Venice AI API key through the application interface

4. Start the development server with npm run dev

Venice AI API Integration

VenThatGrant is powered by the Venice AI API, which provides:

• Access to an extensive database of global funding opportunities

• Natural language processing for grant matching and proposal generation

• AI-driven proposal critique and optimization

• Intelligent reporting capabilities

To use this application, you'll need to obtain an API key from Venice AI and enter it in the application settings.