Grants.gov Search API: Find Federal Grant Opportunities by Keyword

Grants.gov Funding Opportunities searches the official Grants.gov search service and returns open and forecasted US federal grants as clean rows: title, opportunity number, agency and agency code, status, open and close dates, document type, CFDA / Assistance Listing numbers and a direct link. Filter by keyword, agency, status and funding category, run it on a schedule, and export JSON, CSV or Excel. No login or API key is needed.

Input

All fields are optional. This example looks for open or forecasted rural health grants:

{
  "keyword": "rural health",
  "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"],
  "agencies": ["HHS"],
  "fundingCategories": ["HL"],
  "maxResults": 150
}

• keyword: free text such as water infrastructure, rural health, STEM education.
• statuses: any of posted, forecasted, closed, archived (default ["posted", "forecasted"]).
• agencies: agency codes such as EPA, HHS, USDA. Empty means all agencies.
• fundingCategories: Grants.gov category codes such as HL (Health), ED (Education), EN (Energy). Empty means all.
• maxResults: stop after this many grants (default 200).

Output

One row per funding opportunity, newest open date first. Example row:

{
  "title": "Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship Pilot",
  "opportunityNumber": "DE-FOA-0003673",
  "agency": "Office of Science",
  "agencyCode": "PAMS-SC",
  "status": "posted",
  "openDate": "2026-10-08",
  "closeDate": "2027-01-12",
  "documentType": "synopsis",
  "cfda": ["81.049"],
  "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/364033",
  "opportunityId": "364033"
}

Use cases

Search phrases this actor is built for:

• "Search federal grants by keyword": enter a topic in keyword and get every matching opportunity with its deadline.
• "Grants.gov open funding opportunities": keep statuses at posted to list grants that are open now.
• "Federal grants by agency" or "find forecasted federal grants": set agencies and statuses: ["forecasted"] to see funding before it opens.

Typical users are nonprofits, universities, municipalities and grant writers who track funding across agencies. Schedule a weekly run and send new rows to a spreadsheet or inbox, deduplicating on opportunityNumber.

Pricing

Pay per result: each grant row returned is one billable result, listed at $0.005 per row ($5 per 1,000). Set a maximum charge on the run for a hard ceiling.

Limits

• Data is whatever Grants.gov's public search service returns; this actor does not add eligibility or award-likelihood judgments.
• maxResults is capped at 5,000 per run.
• It returns opportunity listings and links, not application documents. Open the url for the full notice.
• Requests are retried a few times if Grants.gov is slow; if it stays down the run fails with a clear message and can be retried.

FAQ

Does it need an API key or login? No. It uses Grants.gov's public search service.

Can I search by agency? Yes. Use agency codes such as EPA, HHS or USDA in agencies.

Does it include closed grants? Only if you add closed or archived to statuses; the default is posted and forecasted.