Write grant proposals.

Write grant proposals. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 48 occupations and seen in 49 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Prepare proposals or grant applications. in Documenting/Recording Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 47 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 47 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.012% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Write grant applications to obtain funding. · Molecular and Cellular Biologists · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research. · Biochemists and Biophysicists · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Write applications for research grants. · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Write proposals to win new projects. · Survey Researchers · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Prepare grant proposals, budgets, and program policies and goals or assist in their preparation. · Instructional Coordinators · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research. · Biologists · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding and review others' grant proposals. · Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Write research proposals or grant applications for submission to external bodies. · Biostatisticians · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Write and review grant proposals, journal articles, institutional reports, and publicity materials. · Curators · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Write grants to obtain funding for restoration projects. · Environmental Restoration Planners · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Physics Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. · Health Education Specialists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research. · Anthropologists and Archeologists · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Education Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · History Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. · Genetic Counselors · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Communications Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 2.9 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Molecular and Cellular Biologists
• Biochemists and Biophysicists
• Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
• Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
• Survey Researchers
• Instructional Coordinators
• Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Biostatisticians
• Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
• Curators
• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
• Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
• Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
• Health Education Specialists
• Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
• Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
• Anthropologists and Archeologists
• Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
• Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
• Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
• Education Teachers, Postsecondary
• History Teachers, Postsecondary
• Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
• Genetic Counselors
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
• Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
• Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
• Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
• Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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