Write applications for research grants.

“Write applications for research grants.” is a core task performed by Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#10 most important). About 67% 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

• Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination. · importance 4.7
• Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels. · importance 4.6
• Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease. · importance 4.5
• Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure. · importance 4.5
• Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds. · importance 4.3
• Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public. · importance 4.1
• Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians. · importance 4.1
• Study animal and human health and physiological processes. · importance 4.1
• Write and publish articles in scientific journals. · importance 4.0
• Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites. · importance 3.9
• Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, or chromatography systems. · importance 3.8
• Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs. · importance 3.7
• Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 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-23906,
  title  = {Write applications for research grants.},
  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-23906}
}