Grants.gov Federal Grants: Search & New-Grant Alerts

Find U.S. federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov and get them as structured data. Each opportunity includes the award ceiling and floor, estimated total funding, number of awards, eligible applicants, full description and agency contact.

Turn on alert mode and schedule the Actor daily, and each run returns only grants you haven't seen yet. That's a free alternative to paid grant-alert services.

• Filter what matters. Keyword, agency (NSF, NIH, DOD, DOE, USDA...), eligible applicant type (small business, nonprofit, university, tribal, local government...), category and funding instrument.
• Award size up front. Ceiling, floor, estimated total funding and expected number of awards, as numbers.
• Forecasts included. See grants before they open, with estimated posting, due and award dates.
• Alert mode. Get only new opportunities on every scheduled run, tracked separately for each filter set.
• No API key. Works out of the box.

Who uses it

• Nonprofits and grant writers tracking new funding in their focus area.
• Small businesses looking for SBIR/STTR and other federal funding open to for-profits.
• Universities and research offices monitoring NSF, NIH, DOE and DOD announcements.
• Cities, counties and tribes watching for infrastructure, housing and community grants.
• Grant-consulting firms and AI agents that match opportunities to clients.

Input

Field	What it does
keywords	Free-text search.
statuses	Forecasted, posted, closed, archived. Defaults to forecasted and posted.
agencies	Grants.gov agency codes such as NSF, DOD, HHS (includes NIH, ACF and other HHS offices) or a specific office such as HHS-NIH11.
eligibilities	Applicant types, e.g. small businesses, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, universities, local governments.
fundingCategories	Health, Education, Science and Technology, Environment, Housing, and more.
fundingInstruments	Grant, cooperative agreement, procurement contract, other.
postedWithinWeeks	Only opportunities posted in the last 1 to 8 weeks.
includeDetails	Award size, eligibility, description and contacts (on by default).
onlyNewSinceLastRun	Alert mode: return only opportunities that earlier runs with the same filters have not returned.
maxItems	How many opportunities to return.

Example: open AI-related grants from NIH and NSF that small businesses can apply for:

{
  "keywords": "artificial intelligence",
  "agencies": ["HHS", "NSF"],
  "eligibilities": ["23"],
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Output

{
  "opportunityId": "362952",
  "opportunityNumber": "RFA-AI-28-014",
  "title": "Systems Biology of Infection and Inflammation in Chronic Diseases (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)",
  "agency": "National Institutes of Health",
  "agencyCode": "HHS-NIH11",
  "status": "posted",
  "postedDate": "11/04/2026",
  "closeDate": "02/18/2027",
  "awardCeiling": 2500000,
  "estimatedTotalFunding": 26000000,
  "expectedNumberOfAwards": 10,
  "costSharingRequired": false,
  "eligibleApplicants": ["Small businesses", "Private institutions of higher education", "..."],
  "fundingInstruments": ["Cooperative Agreement"],
  "description": "The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support ...",
  "contactEmail": "...",
  "moreInformationUrl": "https://grants.nih.gov/...",
  "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362952"
}

Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send them to Google Sheets, Slack, email, Zapier or Make with Apify integrations.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? From Grants.gov's public search service, the official source for federal grant opportunities.

Do I need an API key? No.

What about attachments? Attachment file names are listed; download them from the opportunity page linked in url.

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