Drafter FAQs

No. One of the key features that differentiates Drafter from other AI grant writing tools is that the AI uses only the information you have provided to draft the applications. See “Does Drafter make content up?” for more on this.

Not yet. This feature is planned for a future update. You’ll be able to upload documents such as project plans, grant guidelines or funder criteria, and Drafter will use them as context, saving you from copying and pasting.

No, it’s entirely up to you. You can use Drafter to generate responses for some questions and type your own answers directly into the application form for others.

Yes. In fact, we strongly encourage it. Drafter gives you a strong starting point—a draft!—but you’ll get the best results when you adapt the draft so it reflects your organisation’s style and voice. A human touch can make a real difference in how your application is assessed. You can edit in Drafter or later in Word after exporting.

We recommend against copying and pasting Drafter’s responses exactly as they are. While the drafts are based on the information you provide, they can sometimes by repetitive, inaccurate, or sound generic. For the strongest application, always review and edit the text so it reflects your organisation’s unique voice and ensure everything is accurate.

Yes. You can guide Drafter to match your organisation’s style or tone in two ways:

• At the start (Step 1): Include instructions in your context about the tone you’d like, and add an example of writing you want Drafter to replicate (e.g. formal, plain English, conversational). You can even include an excerpt of text as an example of the style of writing you’d like Drafter to replicate.
• When improving a response: Use the Review answer option and generate a new response by providing extra context about the tone you prefer.
  

You can regenerate the response, add more context, or simply edit it yourself. Drafter is designed to help you save time, not replace your judgement.

This happens when Drafter doesn’t have enough information to answer properly. Because Drafter doesn’t want to make things up, it will suggest what’s missing. You can go back and add more detail in the context fields.

All language models can sometimes “hallucinate” (make things up). Drafter reduces this risk by:

• Only using the information you provide.
• Encouraging best-practice grant writing built on Our Community’s 25+ years of experience.

The clearer your context, the stronger the draft and less likely that hallucinations will occur. Drafter is designed as a starting point, not a final version. Always review and edit before submission.

Not directly. Drafter creates text responses to questions, but it won’t generate a budget or project timeline for you. It can, however, help explain how your budget or timeline meets funder requirements if you provide the details. For practical support, see our budget template.

Try using our Statistical tools to assist with grant applications help sheet, which links to public datasets you can use in your applications.

This appears when Drafter doesn’t have all the information it needs to fully answer your question. If key details are missing, Drafter will often suggest what extra information you should supply. If Drafter has some (but not all) of the context, it may still generate a response, but the “Based on the provided context” note is a reminder that the answer may not be complete.

All drafts are saved in your Funding Centre dashboard. You can return to them anytime by selecting “Drafts” in the left-hand menu.

In the current version of Drafter, there isn’t a single page that lists all of your projects. Instead:

• You can see which projects your application drafts are linked to on the Drafter landing page under Existing drafts
• Once you’ve created a project, you can also link it to grants saved in your Funding Centre dashboard. (And if you link a project to a saved grant, that project will then appear as an option when you create a new application draft.)
  

You can access all your application drafts on the Drafter landing page by selecting the draft you want to export. On the final page of the workflow, select the Export button to download your draft. The document will be saved to your computer’s default downloads folder. You can export as many times as you need.

Yes, if you have a multi-user Funding Centre subscription. Each user will be able to log in and create or edit their own drafts.

Not yet. While Drafter is valued at more than $200 per subscriber per year, it is included free with your Funding Centre subscription while it’s in beta testing. Later, it will become a paid add-on, but for now it’s yours to try at no extra cost.