Is this the scheme,
and is it worth writing?
Melbourne · Founder-led · Formerly KM Advisory
Science, structured.
Stronger grant applications for Australian life sciences — rigorous, traceable, and built to hold up under review.
The problem
Strong science doesn't guarantee a strong application.
Grant applications fail for structural reasons, not scientific ones. Fragmented contributors. Claims without evidence behind them. Criterion gaps discovered the week before the deadline.
We exist to fix the structure — so the science can do its job.
Who we work with
Four kinds of team. One kind of pressure: a deadline.
- BiotechPre-clinical to Phase II. MRFF, CUREator, state rounds — non-dilutive funding to extend runway.
- MedtechDevice, diagnostic and SaMD teams. Commercialisation grants, MTPConnect, R&DTI submissions.
- ResearchUniversity and institute labs pursuing translational funding when the research office is stretched.
- Scale-upsHealth-innovation organisations with repeat grant needs, building a controlled application capability.
If you have a defined funding opportunity and a credible project, we can help you decide whether to pursue it — and if you do, build an application that holds together. You'll work with the founder, not a writing farm.
The ladder
Four ways in. One standard of care.
Fixed-scope services, front-ended by a free three-minute assessment. Each step qualifies the next.
- 01Continue →
Readiness Calculator
Free, ~3 minutes
Identify your priority gaps before you commit time to a full application.
- 02Continue →
Readiness & Strategy Review
Entry engagement
Fit, evidence and requirements — assessed before extensive drafting begins. You receive a criterion map, narrative direction, evidence requests and a delivery plan.
- 03Continue →
Application Development & Review
Core engagement
Structured drafting support and contributor coordination — connecting scientific, commercial and impact claims to credible evidence, in one narrative.
- 04Continue →
Application Quality Review
Standalone
Independent review of your substantially complete draft. Unsupported claims, criterion gaps, inconsistencies, readability — while there’s still time to fix them.
How we work
Advisory judgement, assisted by disciplined AI.
Structured workflows organise criteria, evidence, drafts and inconsistencies efficiently. Every material output is then reviewed by an expert and approved by you.
This is a practice, not a productised writing engine. AI handles the organisation. Humans make the calls.
Start here
Three minutes now saves three weeks later.
A structured self-assessment. No confidential information. Results are yours whether or not we ever work together.