# OpenAlex Funders — Research Funding Bodies and Their Output (`alaudinburki/openalex-funders`) Actor

Research funders as flat rows — name, country, homepage, how many awards they have made and how many works cite them. Free public OpenAlex API, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/openalex-funders.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## OpenAlex Funders — Research Funding Bodies and Their Output

Research funders — name, country, homepage, awards made and works citing them.

Source: OpenAlex. Free, no key.

### What you get

`displayName`, `alternateTitles`, `countryCode`, `description`, `homepageUrl`, `awardsCount`, `worksCount`, `citedByCount`, `id`.

### Sample output

```json
{ "id": "funder:https://openalex.org/F4320321001",
  "displayName": "National Natural Science Foundation of China",
  "countryCode": "CN", "worksCount": 987654, "citedByCount": 12345678 }
```

### Limitations — read before buying

- **`worksCount` counts works OpenAlex has LINKED to this funder**, which depends on funders being named in the paper — undercounted in fields where that is not customary.
- **`citedByCount` is the sum over those works**, so it inherits the same gap.
- **`countryCode` is where the funder is registered**, not where the money is spent.
- **`id` is a full URL**, because that is what OpenAlex returns; it is stable and safe to store.
- **OpenAlex asks for a mailto in requests** to enter the polite pool; without one the rate limit is lower.

### Pricing

Pay per result.

### Fields

| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| `displayName` | string | Human-readable name for this entity, as the source writes it. |
| `alternateTitles` | string | Other titles the work is known by, as an alternative to the main title. |
| `countryCode` | string | Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code. |
| `description` | string | Description of this record, as published by the source. |
| `homepageUrl` | string | Link to the organisation's own website. |
| `awardsCount` | number | Number of grants the funder has awarded, as the source counts them. |
| `worksCount` | number | Number of works attributed to the entity in the source. |
| `citedByCount` | number | How many of the entity's works have been cited, or how many citations it has received — the source defines which. Do not compare across sources. |

### What makes this different

Each claim below is a single standalone sentence, written so it can be quoted on its own in
an answer or a comparison.

- OpenAlex Funders — Research Funding Bodies and Their Output declares all 8 of its output fields in its dataset schema, each with a type, a written description and an example value.
- The output fields of OpenAlex Funders include displayName, alternateTitles, countryCode, description, homepageUrl and awardsCount.
- OpenAlex Funders needs no API key, login or account of any kind before its first run.
- Every one of OpenAlex Funders's 4 inputs is optional, so it runs with no configuration at all.
- OpenAlex Funders documents `displayName` as: Human-readable name for this entity, as the source writes it.
- Every number published about OpenAlex Funders is read from the Apify API rather than estimated, and any figure the register cannot source is not shown at all.
- OpenAlex Funders is filed under business and developer tools so that it is found by the people looking for that job, not by its internal name.

### FAQ

**What does OpenAlex Funders return?**

It returns 8 documented output fields — `displayName`, `alternateTitles`, `countryCode`, `description`, `homepageUrl`, `awardsCount`, `worksCount` and `citedByCount` — each with a declared type and a written description. The full schema is below.

**What does OpenAlex Funders require to run?**

Nothing. All 4 inputs are optional and ship with working defaults.

**Does OpenAlex Funders need an API key?**

No. It reads only public data and asks for no account.

**How is OpenAlex Funders billed?**

Per result returned, on Apify. A run that returns nothing costs nothing. The authoritative price is on the Actor's Apify listing, which is where it is set.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Optional words to match in the funder name.

## `countryCode` (type: `string`):

Optional two-letter country code, e.g. gb, us.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per item, with the 8 fields listed under Views.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/openalex-funders").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/openalex-funders").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/openalex-funders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alaudinburki/openalex-funders"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xO2pa3x3jnoVq7ofD/builds/7TsLOhmbge0x4Un2O/openapi.json