You know Starlab belongs in your school, science center, or museum. You’ve seen what happens when students step inside that inflatable planetarium and the lights go down—the gasps, the wide eyes, the questions that keep coming long after the session ends. The hard part isn’t knowing that Starlab would transform your program. The hard part is funding it.
Grant writing is often the first obstacle that stops educators in their tracks. Not because they lack passion or vision, but because the process feels overwhelming. Where do you even start? What do funders want to hear? How do you translate something as experiential as Starlab into bullet points and budget lines?
That’s exactly why we built the Grant Writing Toolkit.
Bite-Sized Questions, AI-Drafted Responses
The toolkit works by breaking the grant writing process into short, focused questions, the kind you can actually answer without staring at a blank screen for 20 minutes. Instead of being asked to “describe your program’s impact,” you might be asked “What subjects will students explore?” or “How does this experience connect to your curriculum goals?”
Once you answer, AI drafts a full response based on what you shared. This isn’t generic, fill-in-the-blank text, it’s a starting point built from your actual answers. Think of it as a writing partner that does the heavy lifting so you can focus on making the final product authentically yours.
Upload Your Grant Details for a Customized Experience
Every grant is different. Some funders want a two-page narrative; others have a specific set of questions they expect you to address. The toolkit lets you upload your grant’s requirements or RFP, and it automatically customizes the questions and prompts to match what that specific funder is looking for. No more trying to map a generic template onto a very specific ask.
Built for Your Organization Type
Whether you’re an educator at a K–12 school, a program director at a science center, or a curator at a museum, the toolkit adjusts its questions and framing to fit your context. The language, the outcome metrics, the way your audience is described, all of it is tailored to reflect how your organization operates and who it serves. You won’t have to mentally translate a template designed for someone else.
Know Your Numbers Before You Apply
One of the most stressful parts of grant writing is the budget section, especially when you’re not sure what Starlab actually costs. The toolkit includes built-in pricing packages so you have a real baseline to work from right away. And if your situation calls for something more customized, you can request a custom quote directly through the toolkit, so you’ll have an accurate number to plug into your proposal rather than a rough guess.
Export to Google Docs and Keep Going
Once you’ve worked through the toolkit, your answers and AI-generated draft export directly into a Google Doc, formatted and ready for you to review, revise, and polish. It’s your document to own and edit however you like, outside the toolkit, on your own timeline.
Ready to Get Started?
The goal of the Grant Writing Toolkit isn’t to write your grant for you, it’s to get you past that first, hardest hurdle with something real and personalized to work from. In about 10–15 minutes, you’ll have a solid foundation for a grant application that reflects your program, your students, and your vision for what Starlab can bring to your community.
