How AI Can Support Grant-Application Assessment in Microsoft 365

Three colleagues discuss AI research beside a laptop, monitor, and whiteboard reading “Review Criteria” and “Copilot Analysis.”

Executive Summary: Artificial intelligence can transform grant-application assessment for UK grant-makers, non-profits, and charitable trusts by reducing administrative overhead while enhancing evaluation rigour. Rather than replacing human evaluators, AI functions as a structured decision-support engine within Microsoft 365. By processing unstructured narrative responses against a validated eligibility gate and multi-criterion scoring rubric, Copilot and Power … Read more