NIH Grants API - Research Funding & Project Data

API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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Access NIH Reporter data for research grants, projects, and funding. Search by institution, principal investigator, disease area, or funding opportunity. Get project details, publications, and award amounts.

Features

• Search Projects: Full-text search across project titles and abstracts
• Get Project: Detailed project information by grant number
• Search by Institution: Find all grants at a research institution
• Search by PI: Find grants by principal investigator
• Get Publications: Publications linked to NIH grants
• Search by FOA: Find projects funded under specific opportunities
• Funding History: Track funding trends over time
• Clinical Studies: Find NIH-funded clinical research
• Demo Mode: Test with sample data

Quick Start

{
  "query": "example search"
}

Demo Mode (Enabled by Default)

This actor uses a free public API and defaults to demoMode: true.

Since this actor wraps a free, publicly available API, demo mode is enabled by default. This allows you to:

• Test the actor without any configuration
• See real sample data from the actual API
• Verify the output format before integrating

To get customized results, simply provide your own input parameters.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
See input schema

Output Format

{
  "data": [...]
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

• Search Projects: $0.01
• Get Project: $0.01
• Institution Search: $0.01
• PI Search: $0.01
• Publications: $0.01
• FOA Search: $0.01
• Funding History: $0.01
• Clinical Studies: $0.01

Use Cases

• Track research funding trends
• Find collaboration opportunities
• Identify funded research areas
• Monitor competitor research
• Grant writing intelligence
• Academic benchmarking
• Policy research analysis
• Sync to BI/CRM systems

API Reference

See official API documentation for details.

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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