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About me

I help nonprofit organizations use AI meaningfully in their grant funding work.

Not as a gimmick on the side, but as practical support for research, project development, grant writing, and internal processes.

I'm Mira Pape, a certified grant funding consultant and trainer for the use of AI in grant acquisition. On this platform you'll find courses, live seminars, and materials that help you integrate AI into your work step by step. Professionally grounded, practical for everyday use, and tailored to the needs of nonprofit organizations.

Mira Pape
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Different levels of experience, different questions

Over the past few years, I've worked with many nonprofit organizations in seminars, consulting, and my intensive program. One thing stood out: the questions around AI are becoming more and more diverse.

Some people are just getting started and need a clear, calm introduction. Others have been using AI regularly for a long time and want to build their own assistants, workflows, and context materials.

That's exactly what this platform is for: a place where you'll find the right entry points, in-depth formats, and practical materials — depending on where you are right now.

Grant funding work first. AI as a tool alongside it.

My starting point isn't the technology — it's grant funding work.

I'm a certified grant funding consultant with a degree in environmental and sustainability sciences. For many years, I've been supporting nonprofit organizations, municipalities, universities, and public institutions in developing projects and grant proposals.

Since 2023, I've been focusing intensively on how AI can meaningfully support this work. Not through generic AI-generated text, but through better research, clearer concepts, structured application processes, and well-prepared context information.

4,500+

participants in AI seminars

100+

organizations supported

since 2023

specialized in AI for grant acquisition

Focus: nonprofit organizations, public institutions, universities, and municipalities

AI should support your work, not replace your expertise.

I don't believe good grant proposals happen at the push of a button.

AI can do a lot. But it needs good context, clear tasks, professional review, and people who know what really matters in grant proposals.

My background in sustainability sciences shapes how I look at AI: in systems and interconnections, with a focus on responsibility and long-term impact rather than quick wins.

That's why my courses aren't about getting to know as many tools as possible. They're about using AI in a way that fits your tasks, your language, and your work processes.

Your expertise remains the starting point

AI doesn't replace your experience. It makes your work faster and less draining. What you've built up remains valuable.

Honest about what works

I show you which tools really work and where they reach their limits. No miracle promises.

Practice over theory

What you learn with me, you can apply on Monday. No tutorial marathons — just things that work right away.

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What you'll find here

  • Beginner courses, if you first want to build a solid understanding of ChatGPT and other AI tools
  • Live seminars on specific questions from grant funding work
  • Materials, prompts, and templates you can use directly in your work
  • in-depth formats, if you want to integrate AI strategically into your grant funding work
  • practical examples of how AI helps with research, project development, grant writing, feedback, and documentation

Who I work for

My offers are aimed primarily at people who raise grant funding for nonprofit organizations, foundations, gGmbHs, municipalities, universities, or public institutions.

In other words: everyone who develops projects, researches funding opportunities, writes proposals, aligns texts, or makes sure internally that AI is used in a meaningful and responsible way.

The platform is less suited to purely profit-oriented companies looking mainly for general AI automation or sales and marketing automation.

My network

I deliberately choose not to work as a lone wolf.

Today, my focus is mainly on training, concept development, and the practical use of AI in grant funding work. At the same time, I keep receiving requests for classic funding research, proposal writing, or highly technical implementations.

I can't — and don't want to — cover all of that on my own.

Precisely because I'm increasingly reaching the limits of my capacity, it's important to me to work with people whose work I hold in high professional regard and can wholeheartedly recommend.

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Funding research & grant writing

Förderlotsen-Netzwerk

For classic funding research and grant writing, I'm part of the Förderlotsen network. When I don't have capacity myself, or a topic is a better fit for a colleague, I can draw on this network.

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Research & science funding

Sabine Dzuck

For questions around research and science funding, I work with Sabine Dzuck. This field has its own logic, programs, and requirements. That's why it's important to me to cooperate with someone who specializes in exactly that.

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Technical implementation

N3XTCODER

For technical questions, I work with N3XTCODER when needed. In one client project, for example, I brought in N3XTCODER to have a solution I had developed reviewed technically and to get feedback on the implementation. I can design AI workflows and test them in practice, but I didn't study computer science.

For me, that's a mark of quality: I don't have to answer every question on my own. I'd rather be transparent about where my focus lies and bring in complementary expertise where it makes a project better.

Organizations that have trusted me

Foundations & education

MINTvernetztVector StiftungJoachim Herz StiftungHaus des StiftensDigital Social Summit

Associations & social sector

Diakonie HessenParitätischer BayernCaritasverband TrierCGM SOZIAL

Sports & networks

Deutscher HandballbundDeutscher Fußball-BundPop-Büro Region StuttgartFörderlotse Akademie

Also

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Förderlotsen Akademie — Guest lecturer
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Civic Coding — Advisor on the team (BMAS, BMFSJ, BMUV)
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Global Grant Writer Collective — Member
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Grantable — Beta tester

Why I'm building this platform

I love live seminars. Especially the moments when an abstract AI idea suddenly turns into a concrete use case.

At the same time, many questions come up again and again. And it helps when fundamentals, materials, and examples remain accessible after a seminar.

That's why I'm expanding this platform step by step: as a place where knowledge doesn't disappear after a live session, but continues to be used, deepened, and translated into your own work.

Where would you like to start?

If you're new to the topic, the beginner courses are a good place to start. If you want to integrate AI more deeply into your grant funding work, you'll find an in-depth format for that. And if you'd first like to get a feel for how I work, there are regular live seminars and smaller materials.

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