# Horizon Europe Scraper - EU Grants, Calls & CORDIS Projects (`jungle_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler`) Actor Scrape EU research funding: open calls from Funding and Tenders portal and awarded projects from CORDIS. Filter by programme, status, topic code, country, and year. Extract budgets, deadlines, eligibility, coordinators, and consortium data for grant writers, universities, SMEs, and R\&D managers. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Other, Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 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 # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `mode` (type: `string`): Open funding calls (Funding & Tenders portal) or awarded projects (CORDIS database). ## `programme` (type: `string`): Which EU funding programme to filter by. ## `query` (type: `string`): Keyword to search in call/project title and description. ## `callStatus` (type: `string`): Filter open calls by status (open_calls mode only). ## `topicCode` (type: `string`): Filter by specific topic code (e.g. HORIZON-CL1-2026-STAYHLTH-01). ## `country` (type: `string`): For awarded projects: filter by coordinator country (ISO-2 code, e.g. DE, FR, IT). ## `yearFrom` (type: `integer`): Earliest call publication year or project start year (0 = no filter). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): No description ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "open_calls", "programme": "Horizon Europe", "yearFrom": 0, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "BUYPROXIES94952" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "DE" } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "open_calls", "programme": "Horizon Europe", "query": "", "callStatus": "", "topicCode": "", "country": "", "yearFrom": 0, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "BUYPROXIES94952" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "DE" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "open_calls", "programme": "Horizon Europe", "query": "", "callStatus": "", "topicCode": "", "country": "", "yearFrom": 0, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["BUYPROXIES94952"], "apifyProxyCountry": "DE", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "open_calls", "programme": "Horizon Europe", "query": "", "callStatus": "", "topicCode": "", "country": "", "yearFrom": 0, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "BUYPROXIES94952" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "DE" } }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/horizon-europe-grants-crawler", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Horizon Europe Scraper - EU Grants, Calls & CORDIS Projects", "description": "Scrape EU research funding: open calls from Funding and Tenders portal and awarded projects from CORDIS. Filter by programme, status, topic code, country, and year. Extract budgets, deadlines, eligibility, coordinators, and consortium data for grant writers, universities, SMEs, and R&D managers.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "F5DaTFgxpqHTbYy1a" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~horizon-europe-grants-crawler/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-horizon-europe-grants-crawler", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~horizon-europe-grants-crawler/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-horizon-europe-grants-crawler", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~horizon-europe-grants-crawler/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-horizon-europe-grants-crawler", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "sp_intended_usage", "sp_improvement_suggestions" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "open_calls", "awarded_projects" ], "type": "string", "description": "Open funding calls (Funding & Tenders portal) or awarded projects (CORDIS database)." }, "programme": { "title": "Programme", "enum": [ "", "Horizon Europe", "Horizon 2020", "Digital Europe", "Erasmus+", "EU4Health", "CEF Connecting Europe", "Innovation Fund" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which EU funding programme to filter by." }, "query": { "title": "Keyword Search", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to search in call/project title and description." }, "callStatus": { "title": "Call Status", "enum": [ "", "forthcoming", "open", "closed" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter open calls by status (open_calls mode only)." }, "topicCode": { "title": "Topic Code", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by specific topic code (e.g. HORIZON-CL1-2026-STAYHLTH-01)." }, "country": { "title": "Coordinator Country", "type": "string", "description": "For awarded projects: filter by coordinator country (ISO-2 code, e.g. DE, FR, IT)." }, "yearFrom": { "title": "Year From", "type": "integer", "description": "Earliest call publication year or project start year (0 = no filter).", "default": 0 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited.", "default": 10 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```