Grant Opportunity Finder
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$2.00 / 1,000 grant returneds
Find open and upcoming US federal grants on Grants.gov by keyword, agency or who can apply. Returns award size, total funding, deadline, eligibility and contact, soonest deadline first, and flags new grants and forecasts that just opened.
You can access the Grant Opportunity Finder programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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