Implementations of a method of forming a draft recommendation letter for an award may include, receiving a selection of a researcher; determining at least one award the researcher may be eligible for using an awards
database; displaying the at least one award; receiving a selection of the at least one award; in response, using a trained model, identifying a set of specifically relevant scholarly works or specifically relevant recognitions; generating an academically formatted
list of the specifically relevant scholarly works or specifically relevant recognitions; generating a set of adaptable passages; generating a set of recommended characteristics; generating recommendation text; outputting the recommendation text, the set of adaptable passages, the set of recommended characteristics, and the academically formatted
list of scholarly works or recognitions as a draft recommendation letter; and providing the draft recommendation letter in a user editable format configured for the user to submit to an awards committee.