Grant Evaluation Tool for Small Businesses
Decide whether a small business grant, NOFO, RFP, or funding opportunity is worth pursuing before you spend hours preparing the application. QualiGrant reviews eligibility, business fit, application complexity, risks, and evidence so you can make a faster go/no-go decision.
Your uploaded documents are processed only to generate your evaluation. They are not used to train QualiGrant's own models.
Small businesses need to avoid poor-fit grants
Small business grants and funding opportunities can look attractive, but many are limited by applicant type, location, business stage, industry, use of funds, documentation requirements, deadlines, or matching rules. Before spending time on a full application, it helps to understand whether the opportunity appears realistic and worth pursuing.
What QualiGrant checks for small businesses
QualiGrant reviews the uploaded funding document against your business profile and extracts the decision factors that matter before writing begins.
- Small business eligibility requirements
- Business type, size, or ownership criteria
- Geographic restrictions
- Industry or sector requirements
- Project or use-of-funds alignment
- Eligible and ineligible expenses
- Award amount and funding restrictions
- Match, cost share, or budget requirements, when mentioned
- Required documents and attachments
- Deadline and submission complexity
- Reporting or administrative burden indicators
- Red flags and unclear criteria
- Evidence from the uploaded document where possible
What small businesses receive
Built for small business funding decisions
QualiGrant is useful when your business has already found a grant or funding opportunity and needs a fast, structured review before committing to the full application process.
How it works
1 free evaluation · no credit card required
Manual small business grant screening vs QualiGrant
Important limitation: QualiGrant supports early grant screening and decision-making. It does not replace legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, compliance review, funder guidance, business judgment, or a final eligibility confirmation. Use the evaluation to identify what looks promising, what looks risky, and what needs verification before committing to a full application.
When small businesses should use QualiGrant
Use QualiGrant when your business has found a potential grant or funding opportunity and needs a structured early review. It is especially useful when the document is long, the deadline is close, eligibility is unclear, documentation requirements are heavy, or several opportunities need to be compared.
From go/no-go decision to application plan
The free evaluation helps you understand whether the opportunity is worth pursuing. Paid evaluations can unlock an Application Plan with a writing roadmap, required document checklist, timeline, funder-specific tips, and AI prompts to support the next stage of work.
See a sample grant evaluation
Review a sample QualiGrant report to see how eligibility, fit, complexity, risks, evidence, and recommendation are presented.
Frequently asked questions
Is QualiGrant built for small businesses?
QualiGrant can help small businesses screen grants and funding opportunities before writing. It reviews the uploaded funding document against the business profile and provides an AI-assisted assessment of eligibility, fit, complexity, risks, and recommended next step.
Can QualiGrant tell us if our business is definitely eligible?
No. Eligibility can depend on funder interpretation, business status, documentation, project details, and requirements not always visible in the uploaded document. QualiGrant helps with early screening, but final eligibility should be verified with the funder or appropriate advisor.
Does QualiGrant find small business grants?
No. QualiGrant is not a grant database or grant discovery platform. It is built for the stage after you have already found a grant or funding opportunity and need to decide whether it is worth pursuing.
Does QualiGrant replace a grant writer or consultant?
No. QualiGrant supports early decision-making. It helps structure the review before writing begins, but it does not replace professional judgment, final review, or specialist advice.
What types of small business funding documents can I upload?
QualiGrant works best with text-based PDF documents such as NOFOs, RFPs, small business grant guidelines, government funding calls, innovation funding opportunities, local business grants, research funding calls, and other funding guidelines.
Can QualiGrant help with SBIR or STTR opportunities?
QualiGrant may help screen text-based SBIR, STTR, or similar research and innovation funding documents by reviewing eligibility, fit, complexity, risks, and requirements. Final eligibility and compliance should still be verified with the funder or appropriate advisor.
Does QualiGrant write the application?
QualiGrant is focused on pre-writing evaluation. Paid evaluations can unlock an Application Plan with a writing roadmap, checklist, timeline, funder-specific tips, and AI prompts, but QualiGrant does not submit applications for you.
Who at a small business should use QualiGrant?
QualiGrant can be useful for founders, owners, operators, finance leads, business development teams, innovation teams, and consultants helping small businesses decide which funding opportunities deserve deeper review.
Evaluate a small business grant before you write
Upload a NOFO, RFP, grant guideline, or funding call and get a structured review of eligibility, business fit, complexity, risks, evidence, and whether the opportunity is worth pursuing.