# List federal research grants awarded to a university

**Use case:** 

Enter a university or nonprofit name and get the federal grants it received from USAspending.gov: awarding agency and sub-agency, award amount, outlays, dates, description and a link to each award. The example lists grants to Johns Hopkins University with activity in the last 90 days. Useful for research offices, grant consultants and funding analysis.

## Input

```json
{
  "awardTypes": [
    "grants"
  ],
  "awardingAgencies": [
    "Department of Veterans Affairs"
  ],
  "recipients": [
    "JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY"
  ],
  "naicsCodes": [
    "541512"
  ],
  "dateFilter": "activity",
  "lookbackDays": 90,
  "sortBy": "amount",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyChanges": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "changeType": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardTypeGroup": {
    "label": "Group",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardId": {
    "label": "Award ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recipientName": {
    "label": "Recipient",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recipientUei": {
    "label": "UEI",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardingAgency": {
    "label": "Awarding agency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardingSubAgency": {
    "label": "Sub-agency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardAmount": {
    "label": "Obligated (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "totalOutlays": {
    "label": "Outlays (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "loanFaceValue": {
    "label": "Loan value (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "startDate": {
    "label": "Start",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "endDate": {
    "label": "End",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastModifiedDate": {
    "label": "Last modified",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "naicsCode": {
    "label": "NAICS",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "pscCode": {
    "label": "PSC",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardUrl": {
    "label": "Award page",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The USAspending Federal Awards & Recipient Monitor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "List federal research grants awarded to a university". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/Zo6ML5tYrIzSlkv0K) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "List federal research grants awarded to a university" task

The USAspending Federal Awards & Recipient Monitor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like award types, awarding agencies, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "List federal research grants awarded to a university" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as change, group, award id, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "List federal research grants awarded to a university" task via API](https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/usaspending-federal-awards-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [USAspending Federal Awards & Recipient Monitor](https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/usaspending-federal-awards-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/usaspending-federal-awards-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/usaspending-federal-awards-monitor.md

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