Drafter FAQs
Getting started
Drafter is a grant writing tool integrated with the Funding Centre to help community groups, councils, businesses and grant consultants create stronger grant applications, faster.
Yes. Assigning each draft to a project saves you time. You only need to enter your organisation and project details once to use across multiple grants. If you don’t have a project in mind yet, create one by typing a new name and hitting Enter. You can update it later.
Yes. You can link as many application drafts as you like to one project.
Because you’ve assigned the draft to an existing project. Drafter automatically reuses the information you entered before. If you want to start fresh, create a new project and assign the draft to it.
No, Drafter itself doesn’t store or remember your information. However, your organisation and project details are securely stored in our Australian-hosted database. This means you can reuse them across different applications without retyping, and we simply pass that information to Drafter when needed.
Using Drafter
No. One of the key features that differentiates Drafter from other AI-grant writing tools is that the AI uses only the information you have provided to draft the applications. See “Does Drafter make content up?” for more on this.
Not yet. This feature is planned for a future update. You’ll be able to upload documents such as project plans, grant guidelines or funder criteria, and Drafter will use them as context, saving you from copying and pasting.
No, it’s entirely up to you. You can use Drafter to generate responses for some questions and type your own answers directly into the application form for others.
Yes. In fact, we strongly encourage it. Drafter gives you a strong starting point, but you’ll get the best results when you adapt the draft so it reflects your organisation’s style and voice. A human touch can make a real difference in how your application is assessed. You can edit in Drafter or later in Word after exporting.
We recommend against copying and pasting Drafter’s responses exactly as they are. While the drafts are based on the information you provide, they can sometimes by repetitive, inaccurate, or sound generic. For the strongest application, always review and edit the text so it reflects your organisation’s unique voice and ensures everything is accurate.
Yes. You can guide Drafter to match your organisation’s style or tone in two ways:
- At the start (Step 1): Include instructions in your context about the tone you’d like, and add an example of writing you want Drafter to replicate (e.g. formal, plain English, conversational). You can even include an excerpt of text as an example of the style of writing you’d like Drafter to replicate.
- When improving a response: Use the Review answer option and generate a new response by providing extra content about the tone you prefer.
You can regenerate the response, add more context, or simply edit it yourself. Drafter is designed to help you save time, not replace your judgement.
This happens when Drafter doesn’t have enough information to answer properly. Because Drafter doesn’t make things up, it will suggest what’s missing. You can go back and add more detail in the context fields.
All language models can sometimes “hallucinate” (make things up). Drafter reduces this risk by:
- Only using the information you provide. It never pulls in outside data.
- Encouraging best-practice grant writing built on Our Community’s 25+ years of experience.
The clearer your context, the stronger the draft and less likely that halluciations will occur. Drafter is designed as a starting point, not a final version. Always review and edit before submission.
Not directly. Drafter creates text responses to questions, but it won’t generate a budget or project timeline for you. It can, however, help explain how your budget or timeline meets funder requirements if you provide the details. For practical support, see our budget template.
Try using our Statistical tools to assist with grant applications help sheet, which links to open datasets you can use in your applications.
This appears when Drafter doesn’t have all the information it needs to fully answer your question. If key details are missing, Drafter will often suggest what extra information you should supply. If Drafter has some (but not all) of the context, it may still generate a response, but the “Based on the provided context” note is a reminder that the answer may not be complete.