Horizon Europe Scraper — EU Grants, Calls & CORDIS Projects

Structured EU research funding data in two modes: open calls from the Funding & Tenders portal, and awarded projects from CORDIS. Pick a programme, run the scraper, get the data. No account required.

What It Does

Open calls mode queries the EU SEDIA search API — the same backend the Funding & Tenders portal uses. Returns topic-level records covering call identifiers, deadlines, budgets, status (forthcoming / open / closed), funding type, and a direct portal URL.

Awarded projects mode queries the CORDIS project database. Returns granted project records with the coordinator institution, consortium country breakdown, EU contribution, start/end dates, and objectives.

Both modes support filtering by programme, keyword, country, and publication year. Set maxItems to cap the output size; leave it at 0 for a full-history pull (hundreds of thousands of records, use with care).

Programmes Covered

• Horizon Europe (2021–2027, EUR 95B)
• Horizon 2020 (2014–2020)
• Digital Europe
• Erasmus+
• EU4Health
• CEF Connecting Europe
• Innovation Fund

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	Select	open_calls (Funding & Tenders) or awarded_projects (CORDIS)
programme	Select	EU funding programme to filter by. Default: Horizon Europe
query	String	Keyword search on title/description
callStatus	Select	forthcoming, open, or closed — open calls mode only
topicCode	String	Filter by exact topic code (e.g. HORIZON-CL1-2026-STAYHLTH-01)
country	String	Coordinator country ISO-2 code (e.g. DE, FR) — awarded projects mode only
yearFrom	Integer	Earliest publication year or project start year (0 = no filter)
maxItems	Integer	Max records to return. Default 10; set 0 for unlimited

Output Schema

Fields vary by mode. Open calls records populate call-side fields; awarded project records populate project-side fields. Both share common structural columns so the dataset is schema-consistent.

Open Calls Fields

Field	Description
call_id	Call identifier (e.g. HORIZON-CL1-2026-STAYHLTH-01)
call_title	Call title
call_type	Action type (RIA, IA, CSA, EIC Accelerator, MSCA, etc.)
programme	EU programme abbreviation
topic_code	Topic identifier code
budget_total_eur	Total call budget in EUR
budget_per_project_eur	Per-project budget in EUR
num_projects_expected	Expected number of funded projects
deadline_date	Submission deadline (YYYY-MM-DD)
opening_date	Call opening date (YYYY-MM-DD)
status	Open / Closed / Forthcoming
keywords	Keywords, pipe-separated
description	Call summary and objectives
call_url	Direct Funding & Tenders portal URL

Awarded Projects Fields

Field	Description
project_id	Grant agreement number
project_acronym	Project acronym
project_title	Full project title
project_objective	Objective text (first 2000 characters)
project_start_date	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
project_end_date	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
project_total_cost_eur	Total project cost in EUR
project_ec_contribution_eur	EU contribution in EUR
project_funding_scheme	Funding scheme / status
coordinator_name	Coordinating institution legal name
coordinator_country	Coordinator country (ISO-2 code)
participant_names	Consortium participant names, pipe-separated
participant_countries	Participant countries, pipe-separated
num_participants	Number of consortium participants
topics	Related topic codes, pipe-separated
cordis_url	CORDIS project page URL

Use Cases

Grant prospecting. Filter open calls by programme and status to build a live pipeline of fundable opportunities. Export to Excel, filter by deadline, attach to your CRM.

Beneficiary mapping. Pull awarded projects by coordinator country to see which institutions are winning EU funding in your sector. Useful for consortium scouting and competitive intelligence.

Portfolio analysis. Download full CORDIS history for a programme (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe) and analyze funding patterns by country, institution type, or topic area.

Market research. EU grant consultancies charge significant fees for this data. The scraper pulls the same source they use, structured and ready for analysis.

Data Sources

• Funding & Tenders portal: api.tech.ec.europa.eu/search-api — SEDIA full-text search API, public, no auth required
• CORDIS: cordis.europa.eu/search — EC research project database, public JSON API

Both sources are official EU Commission infrastructure. No scraping involved — pure API calls.

Notes

• No API key or authentication required
• Datacenter proxy is optional; both APIs serve international traffic without geo-restriction
• Rate limited to approximately 1 request/second by default courtesy delay
• Full-history CORDIS pulls can take significant time for large datasets — use maxItems to sample first