Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.

“Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.” is a core task performed by Environmental Economists. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#15 most important). About 100% 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

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• 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: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts. · importance 4.5
• Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection. · importance 4.4
• Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives. · importance 4.2
• Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks. · importance 3.9
• Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences. · importance 3.9
• Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways. · importance 3.9
• Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes. · importance 3.9
• Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations. · importance 3.8
• Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption. · importance 3.7
• Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems. · importance 3.7
• Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs. · importance 3.5
• Teach courses in environmental economics. · importance 3.5
• Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development. · importance 3.4
• Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Environmental Economists 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.

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  title  = {Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.},
  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-16904}
}