Write grant applications to obtain funding.

“Write grant applications to obtain funding.” is a core task performed by Molecular and Cellular Biologists. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 20th by importance (#3 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

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

• Maintain accurate laboratory records and data. · importance 4.7
• Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results. · importance 4.5
• Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis. · importance 4.3
• Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation. · importance 4.3
• Prepare or review reports, manuscripts, or meeting presentations. · importance 4.2
• Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology. · importance 4.2
• Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities. · importance 4.2
• Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary. · importance 4.1
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research. · importance 4.1
• Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models. · importance 4.0
• Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows. · importance 4.0
• Monitor or operate specialized equipment, such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers. · importance 3.8
• Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste. · importance 3.5
• Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Molecular and Cellular Biologists 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-23904,
  title  = {Write grant applications to obtain funding.},
  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-23904}
}