Scholarship/grant application alerts

Purpose

1.1. Automate the process of delivering real-time scholarship and grant application alerts to architecture students and faculty.
1.2. Automatedly consolidate relevant funding opportunities from various sources and distribute them across multiple channels.
1.3. Automate reminders, pre-deadline notifications, and follow-ups to maximize student awareness and participation.
1.4. Enable automated tracking and reporting for engagement with alerts, supporting school administration in measuring communication effectiveness.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automatedly scrape or pull new scholarship/grant announcements from curated databases, websites, or APIs.
2.2. Automate the detection of application deadline approaches for scheduled reminders.
2.3. Automator triggers on specific filtering (e.g., discipline, eligibility, deadline proximity).
2.4. Manual or automated upload of opportunities into a monitored system for alerting.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use the Messages API; automate sending SMS alert on opportunity-match trigger (`/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json`).

3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Marketing Campaigns; automate personalized email alerts using the Mail Send API (`v3/mail/send`).

3.3. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; automated posting alert messages to Teams channels.

3.4. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks or chat.postMessage API; automate posting grant alerts to a #funding channel.

3.5. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: Automated draft/send using Gmail API (`users.messages.send`) for direct student outreach.

3.6. Outlook 365
• Feature/Setting: Automated email using Microsoft Graph API (`/me/sendMail`) for faculty or student lists.

3.7. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automated template messages for quick grant notifications.

3.8. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API; automate alerts via `sendMessage` method to student groups.

3.9. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook/API message automation for architecture student servers.

3.10. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Automated journey/triggered email using Mailchimp API; campaign triggers for new opportunities.

3.11. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflows and email triggers in HubSpot CRM for lead segments.

3.12. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Flow Automation with Process Builder to trigger alerts from opportunity records.

3.13. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automated Zaps to connect RSS feeds or Google Sheets to messaging or email actions.

3.14. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Automated triggers/scripts (Apps Script) for emails/SMS on new row detection.

3.15. RSS Feed Readers (Feedly API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate pull of new grants; webhook/notification integration into emails/messaging apps.

3.16. Facebook Messenger
• Feature/Setting: Automated Bot integration for message push campaigns.

3.17. LinkedIn
• Feature/Setting: Automated Company/Group post via LinkedIn API for scholarship highlights.

3.18. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate item creation/notification on grant postings using automation recipes.

3.19. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automated task assignment to relevant personnel on new funding matches.

3.20. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Automated event creation for application deadlines with reminders via Calendar API.

Benefits

4.1. Automated alerts increase application rates, improving student funding access.
4.2. Reduces manual labor in communication, automating engagement workflows.
4.3. Automator tracks responses, enabling automated reporting for institutional KPIs.
4.4. Automated multi-channel alerts ensure information reaches all student segments.
4.5. Automation minimises the risk of missed opportunities due to late or overlooked dissemination.