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Free readiness scorecard

How ready is your Submit & Apply document?

This scorecard checks whether a submission is ready to face the standard it will be judged by. It is a short self-assessment, not a review: it tells you which parts of the submission are still thin and which lens will show you the gap.

01 Do you know the exact venue, funder, or program you are submitting to?

Name the target and the specific criteria or instructions it publishes. A generic target makes every later decision harder.

02 Can you state the contribution or significance in one sentence a reviewer would repeat?

If the claim needs a paragraph of setup before it makes sense, the reviewer may never reach it.

03 Does the draft show evidence for its central claim, not just assert it?

Point to the result, baseline, source, or analysis that supports the claim. A claim without a locatable basis is the most common weakness.

04 Have you followed the current instructions, format, and length limits exactly?

Requirements change. A compliant proposal that misses a required element loses points before the substance is read.

05 Would a reviewer be able to verify or reproduce the core result from what you wrote?

Check the method, data, and analysis description against what an independent reader would need.

06 Has an independent reader checked the draft against the stated criteria?

A reader who knows the target standard sees gaps the author has stopped noticing.

What this scorecard is and is not

This is a short self-assessment against the questions reviewers tend to ask. It is not a review of your document, and it does not make, approve, certify, award, predict, or guarantee an external decision. A high score means the basics are in place; it does not mean the document will succeed.

The next step is a structured review against the lens shown for your weakest answers. The document owner keeps every decision that follows.