Use case

Review scholarship and fellowship applications you can defend

Eligibility is screened the same way for every applicant. Every quoted essay passage is checked word-for-word against the original. The fit judgment goes to a reader holding that quoted text.

A $50,000 award should rest on what an applicant actually wrote, not on a confident misreading of it.

Eligibility clears before anyone reads an essay

Citizenship, Grade Point Average (GPA) cutoffs, enrollment status, deadline, and required transcripts run as deterministic checks. The same rules apply to every file in the same order. Readers spend their time on the applicants who qualify, not on sorting the ones who never did.

Every essay quote is checked against the original

When a finding quotes an applicant's essay, that passage is matched word-for-word against the source they submitted. A paraphrase that drifts from what someone wrote never reaches a reader as if it were their words.

The fit judgment goes to a reader, with the essay quoted

Cemented AI never scores fit, hardship, or potential on its own. Every subjective call is routed to a committee member. The criterion and the quoted essay text are attached. The reader decides. The agent prepares the evidence and gets out of the way.

A gap is flagged, not filled in

If an essay doesn't address a criterion the rubric asks about, that gap is marked for a reader. The agent won't infer a leadership story or a financial need that the applicant didn't write down.

Defensible to a declined applicant

Every finding traces back to the passage it came from. When a strong applicant asks why they weren't selected, the reasoning is on record and tied to their own words, not to a score no one can explain.

How a review runs

Step 1
Upload the rubric and the applications
Bring your foundation's eligibility rules, scoring criteria, and the cycle's applications. The rubric drives every check that follows.
Step 2
Eligibility and completeness run the same for everyone
Deterministic checks confirm cutoffs, deadlines, and required transcripts identically for each file, in the same order, every time.
Step 3
Judgment calls route to readers with the essay quoted
Fit, hardship, and potential go to a committee member holding the criterion and the exact essay passage. The reader decides.
Step 4
Every decision traces to a passage
Each finding points back to the quoted text it came from. A declined applicant gets reasoning you can stand behind.

Common questions

Does this replace your reading committee?: No. Cemented AI clears the deterministic field of eligibility, completeness, and required documents. Then it hands every judgment call to your readers with the essay quoted. People still decide who gets the award.
How is essay scoring kept consistent across reviewers?: The deterministic checks run identically for every applicant, so no one is screened out by a rule applied unevenly. Subjective scoring stays with your readers. Each reader works from the same criterion and the same quoted passage, on record for later review.
What stops a misquoted essay from swaying a decision?: Every quoted passage is checked word-for-word against the file the applicant submitted. If a quote doesn't match the source, it doesn't stand as evidence. A reader never weighs words an applicant didn't write.
Can it connect to your application platform?: Connectors to systems like Submittable, Fluxx, or Foundant are an Enterprise conversation, not a self-serve feature today. Ask about connectors at [email protected].
Is applicant data kept private?: Uploaded applications are scoped to your account, and Cemented AI doesn't train frontier models on them. See the privacy page for the full picture, including the Enterprise carve-out.
How do you get started?: Sign in, upload a past cycle of applications and your rubric, and run an eligibility pass. For volume across a committee, write to [email protected].