# Federal Grant Opportunities — Grants.gov Daily Digest (MCP) (`amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor`) Actor

Grants.gov official feed: new federal grant opportunities with award ceiling/floor, eligibility, CFDA programs and agency contacts (emails/phones free). Filter by keyword/agency/eligibility/deadline. Monitor mode = daily digest of new money posted yesterday. No API key. MCP-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Zakaria el bouami](https://apify.com/amygraphics) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, MCP servers
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## Pricing

Pay per event

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🇺🇸 Federal Grant Opportunities — Grants.gov Daily Digest (MCP)

> The full **Grants.gov official feed**: every US federal grant opportunity posted, with award ceiling/floor, eligibility, CFDA programs and — **agency contact people with emails & phones, FREE**. **Monitor mode = your daily "what new money just dropped" digest.** No API key. MCP-ready.

***

### ✨ The 6 things ChatGPT can't do (built in)

| Ingredient | Here |
|---|---|
| 🔒 **Hard-to-get data** | Official v1 API chained: `search2` + `fetchOpportunity` per opportunity — synopsis, award ceiling/floor/estimated funding, eligibility lists, agency contacts, deadline descriptions. 100% real, zero hallucination. |
| 🛠️ **Hardest problems, solved** | Server-side keyword/status/posting-window filters + client-side ceiling window, eligibility ("nonprofit", "tribal", "small business"), agency match and **deadline-within-N-days** certainty. |
| ⚙️ **Automation** | `monitor` + daily schedule = **"every federal grant posted yesterday"** in your inbox — grant writers and nonprofits pay $100–500/month for exactly this service. |
| 🧠 **AI-agent cheap** | $0.001 start + $0.001 per opportunity — grant databases charge subscriptions; we charge cents. |

***

### 🚀 3 recipes that pay

#### #1 — Daily new-money digest (grant writers, nonprofits)

```json
{ "mode": "monitor", "daysBack": 1, "oppStatuses": ["posted"] }
```

→ Schedule 07:00 → every grant opportunity posted yesterday, with contact email + deadline → Slack/email digest. Never miss an RFP again.

#### #2 — Nonprofit eligibility scan

```json
{ "mode": "search", "keywordQuery": "climate", "eligibilityIncludes": "nonprofit", "minCeiling": 100000, "daysBack": 14, "maxResults": 200 }
```

→ Open federal climate funding a nonprofit can actually apply for — with ceiling above $100k and the program officer's email.

#### #3 — Deadline watch (never miss a closing date)

```json
{ "mode": "monitor", "closeWithinDays": 14, "daysBack": 7, "agencyIncludes": "National Science" }
```

→ NSF opportunities closing within 2 weeks — freshly re-surfaced every run.

**MCP**: `https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor` — your agent answers *"any new federal grants for rural broadband this week?"* with the actual official record, amount and deadline.

***

### 📦 What each row contains

`oppId` · `number` · `title` · `agencyName`/`agencyCode` · `oppStatus` (posted/forecasted/closed) · `docType` (grants notice/synopsis) · `openDateISO`/`closeDateISO`/`postingDateISO` · `synopsisDesc` · **awardCeiling / awardFloor / estimatedFunding** · `costSharing` · **eligibilities\[] + eligibilityDesc** (who may apply) · `fundingInstruments[]` (grant/coop agreement/procurement) · `fundingCategoryDesc` · **contactName / contactEmail / contactPhone — free** · `deadlineDesc` · `cfdaNumbers[]` + `cfdaPrograms[]` (assistance listings) · `url` · `isNew`/`firstSeenAt` (monitor).

***

### 🆚 Competition

| Actor | Pricing | Monitor | Contacts free |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentl / GrantStation (SaaS) | **$100–500/month** | partial | partial |
| Other grants scrapers | per-call, no dedupe | ❌ | ❌ |
| **us** | **$0.001/opportunity** | ✅ KV dedupe | ✅ always |

***

### 🧪 Input reference

| Key | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | `search` | `monitor` = only opportunities never returned before (KV `grantsgov-seen`, keyed id+status) |
| `keywordQuery` | — | server-side full-text filter |
| `oppStatuses` | `posted` | posted / forecasted / closed / archived |
| `daysBack` | 7 | posting-date window (weekends usually post nothing) |
| `keywords`, `agencyIncludes`, `eligibilityIncludes` | — | client-side refinement |
| `minCeiling`/`maxCeiling` | — | award-ceiling window ($) |
| `closeWithinDays` | — | deadline watch (today → today+N) |
| `maxResults`/`maxProfiles`/`maxPages` | 60 / =maxResults / 20 | caps (500 rows/search page) |

**Fair use** — Grants.gov is the official US federal grant portal; its v1 API documented in the portal's own frontend is open and anonymous. We pace politely and pass the posting-date window server-side (`dateRange`) to keep traffic minimal.

***

### 💰 Pricing

- **$0.001** actor start · **$0.001** per opportunity — contacts, ceilings, eligibility FREE

| Rows | Cost (us) | vs SaaS |
|---|---|---|
| 60 opportunities (weekly scan) | ~$0.06 | $100+/month |
| Daily all-federal digest (30 days) | ~$1–3/month | $100–500/month |

**Part of the AmyGraphics data empire** — 25 public actors: tenders (EU/US/UK), registers (UK companies, US funding, clinical trials), conferences, trade shows, jobs & real estate. Contact: morocco.uiux@gmail.com · apify.com/amygraphics

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

search = window of open grant opportunities. monitor = only opportunities never returned before (KV dedupe) — schedule daily.

## `keywordQuery` (type: `string`):

Server-side full-text match: 'climate', 'cancer research', 'small business'…

## `oppStatuses` (type: `array`):

posted / forecasted / closed / archived — empty = posted only.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Server-side posting-date window (1 = today only). Weekends usually post nothing.

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Client-side match on title + synopsis + agency + categories (e.g. 'watershed', 'tribal').

## `agencyIncludes` (type: `string`):

Client-side agency substring match: 'National Science', 'NASA', 'HUD-CPD'…

## `eligibilityIncludes` (type: `string`):

Client-side match on eligibility lists: 'nonprofit', 'small business', 'tribal'…

## `minCeiling` (type: `integer`):

Keep only opportunities with an award ceiling at least this big. 0 = no limit.

## `maxCeiling` (type: `integer`):

Keep only opportunities whose award ceiling does not exceed this. 0 = no limit.

## `closeWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Keep only opportunities closing between today and today+N (deadline watch). 0 = off.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many opportunities.

## `maxProfiles` (type: `integer`):

Cap on fetchOpportunity calls (contacts, ceilings, eligibility). 0 = same as maxResults.

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

Hard cap on search API pages.

## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `number`):

Politeness pacing toward the official portal.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

NOT needed — official API.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywordQuery": "",
  "oppStatuses": [
    "posted"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "keywords": "",
  "agencyIncludes": "",
  "eligibilityIncludes": "",
  "minCeiling": 0,
  "maxCeiling": 0,
  "closeWithinDays": 0,
  "maxResults": 60,
  "maxProfiles": 0,
  "maxPages": 20,
  "requestDelaySecs": 0.25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {}
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor").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 '{}' |
apify call amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,amygraphics/grants-gov-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/eYarZJLcve3P0H3Lf/builds/gl98XdejgBmYu1ZeN/openapi.json