Find grants or funding schemes your business might qualify for
- Who it's for
- Small businesses looking for grants, loans or support schemes
- Outcome
- A list of possible schemes with eligibility, deadlines and official links.
- Why Handoff 1
- Research only. Applying is a separate job you do yourself.
Steps
- Describe your business: location, sector, size, age, what the money is for.
- Ask for schemes from official or well-known sources only, with links.
- Ask for deadlines and whether each scheme is open now.
- Check each one on the funder's own site.
- Apply yourself (or with an adviser).
Copy-paste prompt
Works with any agent. Replace the [square brackets] with your details.
Find grants, loans or support schemes that a business like mine might qualify for.
About my business: [location], [sector], [number of staff], [years trading], money needed for [purpose].
For each scheme give: name, who runs it, what it offers, key eligibility rules, deadline, whether it appears open now, and the official URL. Prefer government, council and recognised funder sources. Mark anything you could not confirm. Do not start any application or create any account.Notes for each agent
Only features we found in each provider's official documentation on 14 Oct 2026 are stated as product facts, with the source linked. Product features change; check before relying on them.
Claude Suggested
Claude (Cowork) can run this as a multi-step task. It can only read files in folders you have connected, so connect just the folders this job needs and ask for links to every source.
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ChatGPT Suggested
In ChatGPT Work, the cloud browser asks before visiting a new website by default. Keep that setting on 'Always ask' while you learn how it researches.
From official docs Official source
Gemini Suggested
Gemini Deep Research shows a research plan you can edit before it starts and uses Google Search by default. Reports usually take 5-10 minutes.
From official docs Official source
Microsoft Copilot Suggested
With a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan, the Researcher agent writes a source-cited report and may ask clarifying questions first. At work it can also draw on your files and email, so say 'web only' if that is what you want.
From official docs Official source
Open agents & automations Suggested
A self-hosted agent (for example OpenClaw or Hermes Agent) or an n8n workflow can do this, but you choose its tools. For a read-only job, give it web search only: no email-sending, file-writing or payment tools.
General guidance, not a verified product claim
Common failure, and how to catch it
- What goes wrong
- Schemes that have closed, or eligibility rules summarised wrongly.
- How to catch it
- Ask for 'open now?' with a source, and read the funder's own eligibility page.
Time and cost
- Time to set up
- 15 minutes
- Cost
- Works in a standard chat on most plans; no extra tools needed.
Sources
- https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork
- https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001280-using-cloud-browser-in-chatgpt
- https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15719111
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/get-started-with-researcher-in-microsoft-365-copilot
Reviewed 14 Oct 2026 against the sources above. This playbook has not been tested on every agent listed; it is written to be agent-agnostic.