# Deep Research

## What is Deep Research?

Deep Research is an intelligent grant discovery feature that creates a personalized list of funding opportunities based on your research profile and eligibility criteria. Unlike simple semantic matching, Deep Research analyzes your complete research profile, including publications, research interests, and institutional background, and compares it against our comprehensive grant database to identify opportunities with the highest potential for success.

The system evaluates both alignment with your research interests and your actual eligibility for each grant, then ranks the results to present you with the most promising opportunities first. 

## How to use Deep Research

To use Deep Research, you'll need a complete [profile](/getting-started/setting-up-your-profile.md) in the system. Just click 'Start Deep Research' and the AI will go off and analyse our grant database for the best fits. If you are an [Admin](/for-grant-administrators/admin-dashboard.md) you can run this against any researchers in your group.

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The initial analysis typically takes 1-2 minutes as it processes the entire database, but subsequent searches are much faster. You will see a loading screen like this. Don't worry if its taking a long time!

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Once complete, you'll see a scored list of grants that not only match your research topics but also consider your likelihood of success. Each result includes detailed explanations of why you're eligible and why it's recommended as a good fit, and you can use our [AI chat feature](/ai-powered-tools/chat-with-proposal.md) to ask additional questions about specific opportunities before deciding whether to pursue them.

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

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GET https://docs.atomgrants.com/ai-powered-tools/deep-research.md?ask=<question>
```

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Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.