Grants.gov Search: US Federal Grant Opportunities

Every US federal grant opportunity from the official Grants.gov API, open and forecasted, with what matters to decide quickly: award ceiling and floor, total funding, number of awards, eligible applicants, deadline, agency contact.

Filter by keyword, funding category, eligible applicant type, agency, posting date, deadline or minimum award, and schedule it to get only the new opportunities every week.

What can you do with it?

• 💰 Find funding: nonprofits, universities, cities, tribes, small businesses: "open grants for 501(c)(3) nonprofits closing in the next 30 days".
• 🔔 Weekly alerts for grant writers and consultants: "new health and education opportunities posted this week".
• 🔭 Prepare early with forecasted opportunities, announced before they open.
• 📊 Market research: who funds what, how much, how many awards.

Why this Actor?

	This Actor	Typical Grants.gov tools
Award ceiling and floor, total funding, number of awards	✅ (details fetched for every opportunity)	⚠️ search list only: title, number, dates
Eligibility	✅ applicant types + eligibility text	❌
Several keywords in one run	✅ results merged, no duplicates	❌ one search
Deadline window and minimum award filters	✅ "closing within 30 days", "at least $1M"	❌
Agencies by code or name	✅ "HHS" covers NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, HRSA…	⚠️
Weekly monitoring	✅ only opportunities you have not received	❌
Clean data	✅ ISO dates, amounts as numbers, plain-text descriptions	⚠️

Input

Field	Description	Example
keywords	One search per keyword, results merged	["climate", "water"]
statuses	posted (open), forecasted, closed, archived	["posted"]
fundingCategories	Health, Education, Environment, Science & R&D…	["HL", "ED"]
eligibilities	Nonprofits, universities, small businesses, governments, tribes, individuals…	["12"] (501(c)(3) nonprofits)
agencies	Codes or names	["HHS", "NSF"]
postedWithinDays	New opportunities	7
closingWithinDays	Deadline within N days	30
minAwardCeiling	Largest award at least this amount (USD)	1000000
includeDetails	Amounts, eligibility, contact… (default true)	true
onlyNewSinceLastRun	Monitoring mode	true
maxResults	Maximum opportunities (newest first)	200

Output

Real example (shortened):

{
    "opportunityId": "334326",
    "opportunityNumber": "21-595",
    "title": "Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)",
    "agencyCode": "NSF",
    "agency": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
    "status": "posted",
    "postedDate": "2021-06-24",
    "closeDate": "2026-10-14",
    "awardCeiling": 3500000,
    "awardFloor": 100000,
    "estimatedTotalFunding": 10799836,
    "expectedAwards": 55,
    "fundingInstruments": ["Grant"],
    "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334326"
}

Other fields: documentType, assistanceListings (CFDA numbers), description, costSharing, fundingCategories, eligibleApplicants, eligibilityDetails, closeDateDescription, agencyContactName, agencyContactEmail, agencyContactPhone, additionalInfoUrl, lastUpdated, documents.

Notes

• Dates are converted to YYYY-MM-DD, amounts to numbers and descriptions from HTML to plain text; the content itself is not modified.
• Without details (includeDetails: false) a run takes seconds; with details, about 3 opportunities per second.

Pricing

You only pay for the results returned. No subscription.

Results	Price
1 grant opportunity	$0.004
100 grant opportunities	$0.40
1,000 grant opportunities	$4.00

A start fee of a fraction of a cent applies per run. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops exactly at your budget.

Use it in your tools

• No code: run it from the Apify Console, download the results as Excel, CSV or JSON, and schedule it (daily, weekly…).
• Integrations: send the results to Google Sheets, Slack, email, webhooks, Make, Zapier or n8n with Apify's integrations.
• API: start runs and read the results with the Apify API or the official Python and JavaScript clients.
• AI agents: assistants and agents that support MCP can call this Actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server (mcp.apify.com).

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• Public Tenders Monitor: TED (EU) + BOAMP (France): EU (TED) and French (BOAMP) public tenders, with alerts

Source

This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.