Some people use LaTeX on multi-institution research proposals. The usual competing tool for this is Word. But coordination of multiple contributions in Word d

Some people use LaTeX on multi-institution research proposals. The usual competing tool for this is Word. But coordination of multiple contributions in Word docs can be a hassle, even with the tracking features of Word. But you can use LaTeX and a good VCS to track and merge changes. Kind of slick. Works best with academic or quasi-academic collaborators, of course. Most of the automation-type applications mentioned in the thread probably could also use HTML+CSS, which is what I prefer for this stuff now. I don't know anyone who has used HTML+CSS in a research proposal.