🏛️ Federal Grants & SBIR Funding Radar (Grants.gov Intelligence)

The automated intelligence engine for non-dilutive federal capital. Search, monitor, and qualify active US government grant solicitations and SBIR/STTR funding across all 26 federal grant-making agencies (NSF, NIH, DoD, DOE, NASA, DARPA, USDA, and more).

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💡 Why Federal Grants & SBIR Radar?

Every year, the US government allocates over $500 Billion in federal grants and $4+ Billion in SBIR/STTR non-dilutive equity-free funding for tech startups, scientific researchers, and commercial innovations.

However, the federal search portals (Grants.gov & SAM.gov) are notoriously slow, convoluted, and buried in bureaucratic jargon. Founders and researchers spend dozens of hours reading 50-page PDF solicitations just to find out if they qualify.

Federal Grants & SBIR Funding Radar solves this by converting raw government solicitations into structured, actionable intelligence dossiers in sub-second speed.

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🚀 Key Features

• ⚡ Zero-Auth Government REST API: Direct, high-speed connection to official Grants.gov databases covering all 26 federal agencies.
• 💰 Financial Capital Intelligence: Instantly extracts award ceilings, award floors, and categorizes opportunities into capital tiers (SEED_STAGE, SERIES_A_EQUIVALENT, MEGA_GRANT ($2M+)).
• 🎯 Automated Eligibility Scoring: Identifies whether opportunities are open to:
  • Small Businesses / Startups (SBIR / STTR eligible)
  • Higher Education & Research Universities
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • For-Profit Commercial Entities
• ⏰ Deadline Countdown & Urgency Flagging: Calculates exact days remaining until close date, automatically flagging URGENT (<14 Days) vs. APPROACHING (14-45 Days) opportunities.
• ✉️ Direct Program Contacts: Pulls agency program managers, contracting officer emails, and telephone numbers for direct pre-application inquiries.
• 📋 Executive Summaries: Cleans complex HTML into concise executive summaries highlighting core technical objectives and deliverables.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
search_query	String	"artificial intelligence"	Search keyword (e.g., 'clean energy', 'biotech', 'quantum', 'defense').
agencies	String	""	Optional agency filter acronym (e.g., 'NSF', 'DOD', 'NIH', 'DOE', 'NASA').
small_businesses_only	Boolean	false	When enabled, only returns grants open to small businesses and commercial startups (SBIR/STTR).
min_award_ceiling	Integer	0	Minimum award ceiling in USD (e.g. 250000 for $250k+).
include_forecasted	Boolean	false	Include upcoming forecasted opportunities before their submission window opens.
max_grants	Integer	25	Maximum number of grant dossiers to extract (1 to 250).

Example Input:

{
  "search_query": "artificial intelligence",
  "small_businesses_only": true,
  "min_award_ceiling": 250000,
  "max_grants": 20
}

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📤 Output Data Fields

Every extracted opportunity produces a comprehensive intelligence record:

{
  "opportunity_id": "353936",
  "opportunity_number": "24-569",
  "title": "Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence",
  "agency": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
  "agency_code": "NSF",
  "award_ceiling_usd": 1500000.0,
  "award_floor_usd": 500000.0,
  "funding_tier": "SERIES_A_EQUIVALENT ($500K - $2M)",
  "submission_deadline": "Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT",
  "days_remaining": 28,
  "urgency_status": "APPROACHING (14-45 Days)",
  "is_small_business_eligible": true,
  "is_university_eligible": true,
  "is_nonprofit_eligible": false,
  "is_for_profit_eligible": true,
  "agency_contact_email": "ai-program@nsf.gov",
  "agency_contact_name": "Dr. Sarah Mitchell",
  "executive_summary": "Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are enabling extraordinary scientific breakthroughs...",
  "solicitation_link": "https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24569/nsf24569.htm",
  "opportunity_url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353936",
  "status": "POSTED"
}

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🏢 Use Cases

1. Deep-Tech & AI Startups: Discover non-dilutive equity-free funding to extend runway without giving up cap table equity.
2. Biotech & Life Sciences: Track NIH, CDC, and FDA Parent SBIR solicitations with multimillion-dollar grant ceilings.
3. University Tech Transfer Offices: Benchmark active NSF/DOE research programs to match faculty inventions with federal funding.
4. Grant Writing Agencies & Consultancies: Deliver instant opportunity pipelines and qualification matrices for corporate and institutional clients.

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💰 Pricing & Monetization

• Pricing Model: Pay-Per-Event (PPE)
• Start Fee: $0.005 (initializes session)
• Per Grant Dossier: $0.010 ($10.00 per 1,000 grants)
• Minimal compute overhead, runs in seconds!