EU Horizon Europe Grants Scraper

Scrape EU Horizon Europe funding opportunities directly from the official European Commission API. Find open grants, track deadlines, and filter by keywords - all without browser automation.

Features

• Official Data Source - Uses the European Commission's SEDIA API (Search Engine for Documents and Information Access)
• Fast & Reliable - Pure API calls, no browser needed
• Flexible Filtering - By status (open/forthcoming/closed), keywords, and deadlines
• Smart Sorting - Sort by deadline or relevance
• Structured Output - Clean JSON with all grant details

Use Cases

• Grant Consultants - Monitor new funding opportunities for clients
• Research Institutions - Track relevant calls in your field
• Startups & SMEs - Find innovation funding (SME Instrument, EIC Accelerator)
• Universities - Discover collaboration opportunities (MSCA, ERC grants)
• NGOs - Find grants for social innovation and sustainability projects

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	*	Keywords to search. Use * for all grants. Supports AND, OR operators.
statusFilter	array	["open", "forthcoming"]	Filter by status: open, forthcoming, closed
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum grants to return (1-10,000)
keywordFilter	array	[]	Only include grants containing these keywords
deadlineWithinDays	integer	0	Only grants with deadline within N days (0 = no filter)
sortBy	string	deadline_asc	Sort: deadline_asc, deadline_desc, relevance
outputFormat	string	full	Output detail: full or compact

Output Format

Each grant in the dataset contains:

{
  "identifier": "HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-01-01",
  "call_identifier": "HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-01",
  "title": "MSCA COFUND",
  "status": "Open",
  "deadline": "2025-02-26T17:00:00+0000",
  "description": "Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes...",
  "keywords": ["Marie Curie", "Fellowship", "Research"],
  "framework": "Horizon Europe",
  "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-msca-2025-cofund-01-01"
}

Example Use Cases

Find All Open Grants

{
  "searchQuery": "*",
  "statusFilter": ["open"],
  "maxResults": 500
}

Track AI and Machine Learning Grants

{
  "searchQuery": "artificial intelligence OR machine learning",
  "statusFilter": ["open", "forthcoming"],
  "keywordFilter": ["AI", "ML", "deep learning"],
  "sortBy": "deadline_asc"
}

Monitor Grants Closing Soon

{
  "searchQuery": "*",
  "statusFilter": ["open"],
  "deadlineWithinDays": 30,
  "sortBy": "deadline_asc"
}

Find Health Research Funding

{
  "searchQuery": "health AND research",
  "statusFilter": ["open"],
  "keywordFilter": ["cancer", "clinical", "pharmaceutical"]
}

Integrations

Use this actor with:

• Apify Schedules - Run daily/weekly to monitor new grants
• Webhooks - Get notified when new grants match your criteria
• Google Sheets - Export results directly to spreadsheets
• Zapier/Make - Connect to 1000+ apps for automation

Pricing

• Actor Start: $0.00005 per run
• Results: $0.0001 per grant (~$0.10 per 1,000 grants)

Data Source

This actor uses the official European Commission's Funding & Tenders Portal API:

• Endpoint: api.tech.ec.europa.eu/search-api/prod/rest/search
• Data is updated in real-time from the official source
• No scraping of HTML - direct API access

Support

Having issues? Open an issue or contact the developer.

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