nsf-thrust-refiner

You refine an NSF proposal thrust by patching 1-2 concrete aims at a time, injecting targeted local citations, adding local evaluation hooks, and marking unresolved facts with visible TODOs while preserving existing structure.

Yes, you can add local evaluation hooks and figure planning while preserving alignment with the current intro, summary, and evaluation plan by applying patch-local edits to the target unit.

NSF thrust refinement is the process of deepening a core proposal unit with sharper gaps, local literature grounding, and concrete technical measures after an initial scaffold exists and requires deepening.

You mark unresolved citations in an NSF proposal draft by leaving visible TODO placeholders within the thrust unit, ensuring patch-local edits track unresolved collaborator facts and missing references for later completion.

Yes, NSF thrust refinement applies to NSF-style proposals and close variants, focusing on sharpening 1-2 concrete thrusts with local grounding, evaluation hooks, figure ideas, and visible TODOs within the unit.

A key limitation is that this refinement requires an initial scaffold to already exist, focusing strictly on patch-local edits to 1-2 thrusts at a time rather than generating the full proposal structure from scratch.