Grant & Funding Finder: Grants You May Qualify For, Deadlines Tracked
Find the funding programs that fit, with every deadline kept in view.
The Grant & Funding Finder is the small business grant finder in the Ai1 platform by MyZone AI: it searches grants, loans and programs that may fit you, screens each one against its published criteria with the official source, tracks deadlines and drafts application answers for your team to finish.
We'll walk through what the Grant & Funding Finder will do for your team. Your Ai1 team will tell you when Grant & Funding Finder is ready for your account.
Grants, loans and support programs that match your business are found and explained in plain words.
Deadlines kept in view
Every program you are pursuing has its dates tracked, with reminders well before they close.
Applications started, not stalled
Draft answers and an evidence list give your team a head start on each application.
Time spent on the right programs
A first-pass screen shows which programs fit and which are a long shot.
Meet your agent
Get to know Dagny
Dagny knits a new scarf every winter and gives most of them away. She searches for grants, loans and programs your business may qualify for, tracks the deadlines and drafts application answers for you to finish.
AI agent. Fictional persona; not a real person.
Dagny, the persona of the Grant & Funding Finder
Name
Dagny H.
Role
Grant and Funding Finder
Experience
34 years
Work history
Funding officer at a regional cultural foundation Programme coordinator at a community development charity
Personality
Clear about what is a decision for the program, patient with long forms
Based in
Trondheim, Norway
Why Dagny has a personality
AI does better work as a specific expert, so the Grant & Funding Finder works as Dagny (Grant and Funding Finder, Trondheim, Norway). You can rename Dagny or change the personality, experience and profile settings at any time.
Where you operate, what you do, your size and what you want to fund
What it searches
Government grants, loans, tax incentives and support programs
The screen
Each program's published criteria checked against your business, with the fit explained
Sources
Every program, rule and date links to its official source
Applications
An evidence list and draft answers your team edits and finishes
What it never does
Promise funding: eligibility and awards are always the program's decision
Capabilities
What the Grant & Funding Finder does for you
Searches funding programs
It looks across government grants, loans, tax incentives and support programs at the levels that apply to you.
Screens for fit
It checks each program's published criteria against what you have told it about your business and explains the fit.
Cites the source
Every program, rule and deadline comes with a link to the official source.
Lists the evidence needed
For each program you pursue, a list of the documents and facts the application asks for.
Drafts application answers
First drafts of the written answers, from your own information, for your team to edit and finish.
Tracks deadlines
Dates for every program you are pursuing, with reminders as they get close.
How the Grant & Funding Finder differs from searching program websites yourself
Searching program websites yourself takes hours and still leaves you unsure what fits or when it closes. The Grant & Funding Finder screens grants, loans and programs against your business, explains the fit with the official source and marks anything unclear. For each program you pursue, it lists the evidence needed, drafts the written answers and tracks the dates. It never promises funding, and your team submits.
How this differs from the SR&ED Tax Credit Expert: To claim the Canadian SR&ED tax credit for your research work, use the SR&ED Tax Credit Expert; the Grant & Funding Finder searches across grants, loans and programs of every kind.
How it works
From your request to a finished result
It runs inside your Ai1 system and works in the tools you already use. You ask, it works, it reports, and it stops for your OK where it matters.
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Step 1: Tell it about your business
Where you operate, what you do, your size and what you want to fund.
Step 2: Get a shortlist
It returns programs that may fit, each with the reason and the official source.
You approve
Step 3: Choose what to pursue
You decide which programs are worth applying for.
Step 4: Prepare the application
It lists the evidence needed and drafts the written answers for your team.
Step 5: Finish and submit
Your team completes, checks and submits the application before the deadline.
When to use it
Hand these situations to the Grant & Funding Finder
Illustrative photo. Look for programs the charity could apply to and remind me when the deadlines come up.
If this is you…
…here's what it does
You are planning to hire or train staff
It looks for programs that support hiring and training where you operate.
You are investing in new equipment or technology
It finds grants, loans and incentives that may help fund it.
A program deadline is next month
The evidence list and draft answers help your team finish on time.
You are not sure a program fits
The screen shows which criteria you meet and which are unclear.
You want to keep an eye on new programs
It checks for new and reopened programs that fit your business.
What you get
A shortlist of programs that may fit, with reasons and sources
✕Give tax or legal adviceHandled by: Your accountant or the Lawyer
Example funding match report
Example: funding match report and application plan
Example with a fictional company. Names, people and figures are invented to show the agent's output. Any resemblance to a real company or person is unintended.
What it was asked: We want to add a canning line and start selling in two neighbouring provinces next year. What funding could we qualify for, when are the deadlines, and can you start the applications?
Example report
Funding matches: five programs worth your time, two ruled outEligibility check: Program A, processing equipment cost-shareDeadline tracker and application plan to FebruaryDraft answers for Program A, ready for you to finish
What it found: 3 findings, with the numbers
Of 23 programs screened, five are worth applying to: three strong fits and two possible fits, with $108,100 in grants and a $120,000 loan requested in the drafts.
The canning line looks eligible for Program A on five of seven criteria, with two likely; the intent form is due Fri 23 Oct and the full application Fri 6 Nov.
Draft answers are ready for the owner to finish, with one key warning: hold the equipment order until the program approves, or the costs may not count.
This is an illustrative example of the funding match report Grant & Funding Finder is being built to produce: program matches, an eligibility check, a deadline tracker and draft application answers. It was written by hand from the agent's design for an invented cidery, with invented programs labelled A to H, deadlines and figures. No real programs, systems or people were involved, and nothing was submitted or sent. Run date: .
Want a funding match report like this for your own plans? Book a Grant Finder walkthrough.
Research can dig deeper into a program's background when needed.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions about the Grant & Funding Finder
How do I know if my business is eligible for a grant?
Read the program's own criteria line by line and match each one to evidence you hold. The Grant & Funding Finder does that first pass and lists what is missing, but only the program decides who qualifies.
How can a small business keep track of grant and funding deadlines?
Keep every program you are pursuing in one tracker with its official dates, and set reminders well before each one closes. The Grant & Funding Finder tracks those dates, links each one to its source and reminds you as they get close, so your team has time to complete, check and submit.
How does a small business grant finder help?
It looks at the programs offered where you operate and matches their criteria to your plans. The Grant & Funding Finder searches grants, loans and programs for you, explains why you may qualify and links each one to its official source.
Can it promise we will get funding?
No. It finds programs and helps you prepare, but whether you qualify and receive funding is always the program's decision.
Does it write the whole application?
It drafts the written answers and lists the evidence needed. Your team edits, completes and submits.
How is it different from the SR&ED Tax Credit Expert?
The SR&ED Tax Credit Expert focuses on one Canadian tax credit for research work. The Grant & Funding Finder looks across grants, loans and programs of every kind.
Is the Grant & Funding Finder available now?
Not yet. Your Ai1 team will tell you when the Grant & Funding Finder is ready for your account. You can talk to us today about what you would like to fund next.
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Do I get just the Grant & Funding Finder, or the whole platform?
The whole platform. The Grant & Funding Finder is not sold on its own: every Ai1 agent, including this one, is included on Developer Pro and every Fully Managed option, with no per-agent charge. Developer Core includes the development agents. Compare plans →
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