# UKRI Research Grants — Funded Projects, Funder and Category (`alaudinburki/ukri-grant-projects`) Actor

UK Research and Innovation funded projects as flat rows — grant reference, title, funder, category, status, abstract and the project's own identifiers. Free public UKRI Gateway to Research API, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/ukri-grant-projects.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 83.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## UKRI Research Grants — Funded Projects, Funder and Category

Source: UK Research and Innovation. Free, no key. Built 2026-10-18 for Phase 26, from the open doors in `plan/ACTOR-BUILD-PROGRAM.md` and the unbuilt rows of `plan/MASTER-TRACKER.md`.

### What you get

`grantReference`, `title`, `status`, `category`, `abstract`, `impactStatement`, `awardGbp`, `funder`, `leadFunder`, `resourceUrl`, `identifiers`, `id`.

### Sample output

```json
{ "id": "ukri:034E8798-03A8-4AFF-9AB2-009D19A2EDBE", "grantReference": "MC_PC_14099",
  "status": "Active", "category": "Research Grant", "awardGbp": 812345.0,
  "funder": "Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council" }
```

### Limitations — read before buying

- **This is UKRI's portfolio, not all UK research funding.** Wellcome, the Royal Society and the charities each run their own — this covers the seven UKRI councils.
- **`awardGbp` is the award as recorded, in POUNDS**, and includes the full economic cost where the funder did. It is not the amount a department receives.
- **`status` ACTIVE is not the same as ongoing work** — a grant stays active while its final reports are processed.
- **`abstract` and `impactStatement` are the applicant's own text**, written to win funding, and are long.
- **`identifiers` is a joined list** of grant references, DOIs and registry ids — the field to join against elsewhere.
- **The API's `query` parameter matches loosely**, so a phrase search returns related projects rather than exact matches.

### Pricing

Pay per result — charged for rows returned, not for the run.

### Fields

| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| `grantReference` | string | The grant's reference, e.g. EP/X000000/1. Unique within the funder. |
| `title` | string | Title as the source writes it. |
| `status` | string | Outcome recorded for this row. |
| `category` | string | Category this record belongs to, as classified upstream. |
| `abstract` | string | Summary text, HTML-stripped and truncated. Not the full document. |
| `impactStatement` | string | The applicant's own impact narrative. Written to win funding, so it is a claim rather than a result. |
| `awardGbp` | number | The award as the funder recorded it, in POUNDS. Not converted, and it includes full economic cost where the funder counted it. |
| `funder` | string | The funding body that made the award. |
| `leadFunder` | string | The funder leading the award, where several contribute. |
| `resourceUrl` | string | Canonical link to the project's page at the funder. |
| `identifiers` | string | The project's own identifier list, joined — grant references, DOIs and registry ids, which are what you join against other systems. |

### 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.

- UKRI Research Grants — Funded Projects, Funder and Category declares all 11 of its output fields in its dataset schema, each with a type, a written description and an example value.
- The output fields of UKRI Research Grants include grantReference, title, status, category, abstract and impactStatement.
- UKRI Research Grants needs no API key, login or account of any kind before its first run.
- Every one of UKRI Research Grants's 3 inputs is optional, so it runs with no configuration at all.
- UKRI Research Grants documents `grantReference` as: The grant's reference, e.g. EP/X000000/1. Unique within the funder.
- Every number published about UKRI Research Grants is read from the Apify API rather than estimated, and any figure the register cannot source is not shown at all.
- UKRI Research Grants 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 UKRI Research Grants return?**

It returns 11 documented output fields — `grantReference`, `title`, `status`, `category`, `abstract`, `impactStatement`, `awardGbp` and `funder` — each with a declared type and a written description. The full schema is below.

**What does UKRI Research Grants require to run?**

Nothing. All 3 inputs are optional and ship with working defaults.

**Does UKRI Research Grants need an API key?**

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

**How is UKRI Research Grants 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

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional words to match in the title.

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

Stop after this many rows.

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

Stop after this many pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "maxPages": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per item, with the 11 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": 1000,
    "maxPages": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/ukri-grant-projects").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": 1000,
    "maxPages": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/ukri-grant-projects").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": 1000,
  "maxPages": 10
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/ukri-grant-projects --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/ChykUh7THz4aRsOwR/builds/1fNaxOThc4UvjDg7I/openapi.json