Your dashboard scores every opportunity against your business profile. This guide explains what each score range means, what the different sections on an opportunity tell you, and what action to take.
Every opportunity in your dashboard is scored from 0 to 100. That number is generated by our AI, which compares the opportunity's requirements and funder priorities against your company profile. This guide explains what the score means, what each section of an opportunity page is telling you, and what to do with that information.
Your profile closely aligns with what this funder is looking for. The funder's priorities, eligibility criteria and sector focus all point toward businesses like yours. These are the opportunities worth the most attention.
What to do: Open the full opportunity, read the funder priorities and required documents, and decide whether the funding value justifies the time. If it does, generate a draft application and review the suggested next steps.
There is real potential here but also gaps between your profile and what the funder wants. You likely meet the core eligibility but may not tick every priority box.
What to do: Read the funder priorities carefully and honestly assess whether you can address the gaps. Check the risk flags and required documents before committing time. If the gaps are addressable, it is still worth applying.
You meet some criteria but there are significant gaps between your business and what this funder is looking for. Success is possible but would require you to make a strong case for areas where your profile does not naturally fit.
What to do: Only pursue these if the funding value is high and you have a specific angle that addresses the main gaps listed on the opportunity page. Do not apply speculatively to low-scoring opportunities - it wastes time and can affect your reputation with repeat funders.
The opportunity is not well suited to your business based on your current profile. This does not mean you are ineligible, but the likelihood of success is low relative to better-matched opportunities.
What to do: Skip these unless you have specific knowledge that your profile does not capture. Focus your energy on opportunities scoring above 50%.
A plain-English description of the opportunity written by our AI from the original funder documentation. This gives you the core facts quickly without reading the full official listing.
The raw description sourced directly from the funder. More detailed than the summary and useful for confirming eligibility and understanding the exact scope of what is being funded.
This is the AI's explanation for your specific score. It describes which parts of your profile align with the funder's priorities and which do not. Read this carefully - it tells you both your strongest arguments for applying and the areas you would need to address in your application.
Aspects of your business profile that directly support an application to this opportunity. These are the points you should lead with in any application or expression of interest.
Areas where your profile does not naturally match the funder's priorities. These are not necessarily disqualifying, but you will need to explain them clearly or demonstrate how your business compensates for them.
A quick summary verdict based on your score, the competition level and the deadline:
The funder's stated priorities, extracted from the official documentation. These are the themes and criteria the assessors will be scoring your application against. Your application should explicitly address as many of these as are genuinely relevant to your business.
Aspects of this opportunity that commonly cause applications to fail or that add difficulty or uncertainty to the process. Common examples include very high competition levels, strict eligibility conditions, or requirements for matched funding. These are not reasons to avoid applying but things to go in with open eyes about.
A list of supporting documents typically required for this type of opportunity. Start gathering these early - leaving document collection to the last minute is one of the most common reasons for missed deadlines or rushed applications.
A practical list of actions to move from interest to application. These are specific to the opportunity and include things like attending a funder briefing, downloading the application form, contacting the procurement team, or identifying a suitable delivery partner.
Scores are generated by comparing your company profile against the opportunity's requirements. The AI looks at your industry, sector, size, trading history, services, R&D activity, certifications, and funding goals alongside the funder's stated priorities, eligible sectors, and competition level.
The more complete your profile, the more accurate your scores will be. If your scores feel off, check your profile and make sure your description, services and funding goals reflect what your business actually does. Incomplete profiles produce generic scores.
You may see a "Calculating" indicator on some cards when you first load your dashboard. Scores are calculated as opportunities come into view - this keeps the page fast and means scores are always fresh. If a score has not appeared after a few seconds, try scrolling the card fully into view.
Scores are also recalculated periodically as new information about an opportunity becomes available. If you notice a score change, it reflects updated funder information or an improvement to the matching model.
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