Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.

“Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.” is a core task performed by Sustainability Specialists. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 1st by importance (#14 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Prepare proposals or grant applications. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals. · importance 4.4
• Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling. · importance 4.2
• Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance. · importance 4.1
• Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies. · importance 4.0
• Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues. · importance 4.0
• Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects. · importance 4.0
• Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. · importance 4.0
• Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision makers. · importance 4.0
• Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability. · importance 3.7
• Identify or investigate violations of natural resources, waste management, recycling, or other environmental policies. · importance 3.7
• Identify or create new sustainability indicators. · importance 3.6
• Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or Web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives. · importance 3.4
• Identify or procure needed resources to implement sustainability programs or projects. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Sustainability Specialists page.

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-15972,
  title  = {Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-15972}
}