Federal Opportunity Radar — Grants.gov Federal Grant Search

Search federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov — the US government's central grant-finding platform. Filter by keywords, agency, and category. Get opportunity titles, funding agencies, open/close dates, and direct links — all as structured JSON for grant writers and BD teams.

What data can you get?

Grant Opportunities — Search the full Grants.gov database of active and recent federal funding opportunities. Each result includes the opportunity title, administering agency, opportunity number, open date, close date, and document type (grant, cooperative agreement, etc.).

Keyword Filtering — Search across opportunity titles, descriptions, and agency names. Track specific funding areas like "artificial intelligence", "cybersecurity", or "climate adaptation" across all federal agencies.

Use cases

• Grant writers — Find relevant federal funding opportunities faster than browsing Grants.gov manually
• Government contractors — Monitor for new opportunities in your NAICS codes and capability areas
• University research offices — Track federal grants by research area for faculty and departments
• Nonprofits — Find federal grants matching your mission and eligibility criteria
• BD teams at GovCon firms — Build opportunity pipelines with automated daily monitoring
• Consultants — Provide grant opportunity research as a service to your clients

How to use

1. Set keywords (e.g., ["artificial intelligence", "cybersecurity"]) to filter opportunities
2. Optionally set since to limit to recently posted opportunities
3. Run the actor and get structured opportunity data

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["machine learning", "artificial intelligence"],
  "since": "2025-06-01",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example output

{
  "source": "grants-gov",
  "itemId": "352871",
  "itemName": "AI-Enabled Decision Support for Emergency Management",
  "itemSummary": "Department of Homeland Security — Grant",
  "severity": "medium",
  "score": 5.0,
  "publishedAt": "2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352871",
  "tags": ["federal", "opportunity", "grant"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-14T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data sources

• Grants.gov — The official US government portal for federal grant opportunities
• Data refreshed in real-time with every run via the Grants.gov API

Pricing

Pay-per-event pricing. You only pay for what you use:

• $1.00 per actor start
• $0.003 per opportunity record

Example: Fetching 100 AI-related grant opportunities costs $1.00 + $0.30 = $1.30 total.

Integrations

Works with all Apify integrations: webhooks, API, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and more. Schedule daily runs to build a grant opportunity monitoring pipeline.

Tips

• Schedule daily runs to catch new opportunities. Federal agencies post new grants throughout the week, and many have short application windows (30-60 days).
• Use broad keywords then filter in post-processing. Searching for ["AI"] captures opportunities that mention AI in titles or descriptions, even if the primary topic is healthcare, defense, or energy.
• Combine with the NIH Grant Intel actor for comprehensive research funding coverage. This actor covers Grants.gov (all agencies) while NIH Grant Intel focuses on active NIH-funded projects.
• Set up Slack or email alerts via Apify webhooks. Get notified when new opportunities matching your keywords appear, so your BD team can start the proposal process immediately.
• Export to a shared Google Sheet for your team to triage opportunities. Add columns for eligibility status, estimated LOE, and win probability to prioritize submissions.