# SBIR/STTR Awards Database — Federal R\&D Grant Records (`jungle_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper`) Actor Every federal SBIR and STTR award since the program's public record began — company, principal investigator, agency and branch, phase, award amount, and HUBZone/women-owned/disadvantaged flags. Filter by agency, program, phase, or keyword, or pull the full dataset. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.80 / 1,000 record scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## 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. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## SBIR/STTR Awards Database — Federal R\&D Grant Records Pulls every federal SBIR and STTR award on record — company, principal investigator, business contact, agency, phase, award amount, and socioeconomic flags. Filter by agency, program, phase, or keyword, or just let it run and get the full cumulative dataset. *** ### SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator Features - Returns the full award record, not just a title and a dollar figure — company address, PI, business contact, contract number, UEI, and dates - Filters by agency or military branch (DOD, HHS, NSF, NASA, DOE, NAVY, USAF, and 38 others), program (SBIR/STTR), phase, or free-text keyword - Carries the HUBZone, woman-owned, and socially/economically disadvantaged flags that most SBIR scrapers skip - Covers the full cumulative award history, not a single fiscal year or solicitation round - Resumable — a run that stops partway through picks up exactly where it left off, at no extra charge for records already delivered *** ### Who Uses SBIR/STTR Award Data? - **Venture investors** — source dual-use and deep-tech deal flow by tracking which startups just landed Phase II defense or biotech funding - **Sales and business development teams** — build prospect lists of grant-funded small businesses before their competitors call - **Market researchers and journalists** — track federal R\&D spending by agency, technology area, or region - **Competitive intelligence teams** — monitor a competitor's SBIR/STTR pipeline across agencies and phases *** ### How SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator Works 1. Give it a keyword, an agency, a program, a phase — or leave every filter blank to crawl the full corpus 2. It works through the award listing and opens each award's detail page 3. Each award comes back as one structured record — company, people, money, status, dates 4. Results land in your dataset as the run goes, so you can start using earlier records before a large run finishes *** ### Input ```json { "maxItems": 100, "keywords": "", "agencies": ["NSF"], "program": "", "phase": "" } ``` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |------------|---------|----------|-------------| | `maxItems` | Integer | 10 | Maximum number of award records to return | | `keywords` | String | *(none)* | Free-text search against award title, abstract, and company name | | `agencies` | Array | *(none)* | One or more agency/branch codes to filter by (e.g. `NSF`, `NASA`, `NAVY`, `DOD`). Leave empty for all agencies | | `program` | String | *(none)* | `SBIR` or `STTR`. Leave blank for both | | `phase` | String | *(none)* | `1` for Phase I, `2` for Phase II. Leave blank for both | #### Agency filter example ```json { "maxItems": 50, "agencies": ["NASA", "DOE"], "program": "SBIR" } ``` *** ### SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator Output Fields ```json { "award_id": "217896", "award_title": "GEMS-PEARL OSVW Retrieval Demonstration", "company_name": "ORBITAL MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. DBA Weather Stream", "company_address": "6350 Nautilus Dr Ste B", "company_city": "Boulder", "company_state": "CO", "company_zip": "80301-5389", "principal_investigator": "Sean McKee", "business_contact": "Michael Hurowitz", "agency": "DOW", "branch": "NAVY", "program": "SBIR", "phase": "Phase I", "solicitation_year": 2025, "award_amount": 139616, "contract_number": "N68335-26-C-0040", "duns_uei": "JAU8M8UYCLB4", "hubzone_owned": false, "socially_economically_disadvantaged": false, "women_owned": false, "abstract": "Passive microwave polarimetric imaging radiometers are critical to global defense operations...", "award_year": 2026, "award_start_date": "November 3, 2025", "award_end_date": "May 4, 2026", "award_url": "https://www.sbir.gov/awards/217896" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |---------------------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `award_id` | String | Numeric award identifier | | `award_title` | String | Title of the funded research project | | `company_name` | String | Name of the awarded small business | | `company_address` | String | Company street address | | `company_city` | String | Company city | | `company_state` | String | Company state | | `company_zip` | String | Company ZIP code | | `principal_investigator` | String | Name of the project's principal investigator | | `business_contact` | String | Name of the company's business point of contact | | `agency` | String | Awarding federal agency code | | `branch` | String | Military branch or sub-agency component, when applicable | | `program` | String | `SBIR` or `STTR` | | `phase` | String | `Phase I` or `Phase II` | | `solicitation_year` | Integer | Year the solicitation was issued | | `award_amount` | Number | Total award amount in USD | | `contract_number` | String | Federal contract number | | `duns_uei` | String | Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) registered for the awardee | | `hubzone_owned` | Boolean | Whether the company is HUBZone-owned | | `socially_economically_disadvantaged` | Boolean | Whether the company is a socially and economically disadvantaged business | | `women_owned` | Boolean | Whether the company is woman-owned | | `abstract` | String | Full public abstract of the funded research | | `award_year` | Integer | Year the award was made | | `award_start_date` | String | Award period start date | | `award_end_date` | String | Award period end date | | `award_url` | String | Canonical URL of the award detail page | *** ### Resuming a large crawl Every run emits a `resumeCursor` in its Output. If a large crawl stops before it finishes — because it hit `maxItems`, your spend cap (`maxTotalChargeUsd`), or was aborted — start a new run with **the same input** plus that `resumeCursor` to continue from where it left off. The crawl resumes from the queued work the previous run didn't reach. - You are **not re-charged** for records the earlier run already delivered. - Resume within your account's run-retention window — on the free tier, roughly your 10 most recent runs. Once the source run is pruned, its `resumeCursor` is no longer valid. - `resumeCursor` is opaque — supply it unmodified. *** ### FAQ #### How do I scrape SBIR and STTR award data? SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator needs no account, no API key, and no scraping know-how. Set `maxItems`, optionally narrow by agency, program, phase, or keyword, and run it. #### What data can I get from SBIR.gov? Every public field tied to an award — company details, principal investigator, business contact, agency and branch, award amount, contract number, UEI, and the HUBZone/women-owned/disadvantaged socioeconomic flags, plus the full research abstract. #### Can I filter by agency or branch? Yes. Pass one or more codes in `agencies` — top-level agencies like `NSF`, `NASA`, `DOE`, `HHS`, and `DOD`, or military branches and components like `NAVY`, `USAF`, `ARMY`, and `DARPA`. #### How much does SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator cost to run? Pricing is pay-per-event — you're charged per record returned, not a flat per-run fee. Set `maxItems` and a spend cap to control the bill on a large pull. #### Does this cover older awards, or just the current fiscal year? SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator covers the full cumulative award history, not a single solicitation round — leave every filter blank for the complete corpus. *** ### Need More Features? Need custom fields, filters, or a different target site? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use SBIR/STTR Awards Aggregator? - **Complete field set** — socioeconomic ownership flags (HUBZone, woman-owned, disadvantaged) that most competing SBIR scrapers don't carry - **Real filter pivots** — narrow by agency, branch, program, and phase, so you get only the awards you asked for and never pay for ones you'd throw away afterward - **Full history** — the cumulative award record, not a snapshot of this year's solicitations # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): We'll personally help with your use case. No spam. ## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`): Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of award records to scrape. ## `keywords` (type: `string`): Free-text search against award title, abstract, and company name. Leave blank to crawl the full cumulative corpus. ## `agencies` (type: `array`): One or more awarding agency or military-branch codes to filter by (union). Leave empty for all agencies. ## `program` (type: `string`): Restrict to SBIR or STTR awards. Leave blank for both. ## `phase` (type: `string`): Restrict to Phase I or Phase II awards. Leave blank for both (the site does not expose a separate Phase III filter). ## 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...", "maxItems": 10, "agencies": [] } ``` # 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...", "maxItems": 10, "keywords": "", "agencies": [], "program": "", "phase": "" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper").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...", "maxItems": 10, "keywords": "", "agencies": [], "program": "", "phase": "", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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...", "maxItems": 10, "keywords": "", "agencies": [], "program": "", "phase": "" }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jungle_synthesizer/sbir-sttr-awards-aggregator-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/d8cF0LqWxwaWAjd6I/builds/AFbsHfx8RqaHrhvAF/openapi.json