# UK Find a Grant: New & Changed Grant Watch (`nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch`) Actor

Turn the UK government's 'Find a government grant' service into a seed-zero, deterministic delta feed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 grant changes

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Find a Grant — New & Changed Government Grant Watch

Turn the UK government's **'Find a government grant'** service into a **seed-zero,
deterministic delta feed**. First run seeds a private baseline and emits **zero**
alerts; later runs emit one delta per **newly listed** grant, per **changed**
grant, and per **removed** grant (removals only after a complete enumeration).
Keyed on the source-native grant `label`. No historical dump, no inferred amount
or eligibility.

### Who buys this

- **Grant-seekers & bid consultants** — catch new non-dilutive funding the day it
  is listed and see when an existing scheme's amount, deadline, or eligibility changes.
- **Public-sector / charity funding teams** — monitor the whole board for a sector.

### What you get

- **`uk_grant_delta`** (watch mode) — `delta_type` (`NEW_GRANT` / `GRANT_UPDATED`
  / `GRANT_REMOVED`), `label` (= `composite_key`), `grant_name`, `grant_funder`,
  min/max/total award (amount + official display), open/close dates, applicant
  types, locations, short description, `changed_fields`, `detail_url`.
- **`uk_grant`** (snapshot mode, `watchMode=false`) — same record shape without diffing.
- **`source_receipt`** — per-page terminal, `enumeration_complete` flag, request
  counters, canary status. Always pushed, never billed.

### Input

```json
{ "searchTerm": "", "watchMode": true, "maxPages": 20 }
```

### Sample output (delta)

```json
{
  "record_type": "uk_grant_delta",
  "delta_type": "GRANT_UPDATED",
  "label": "trees-woodlands-and-forestry---woodland-creation-planning-grant-1",
  "grant_name": "Woodland Creation Planning Grant",
  "grant_funder": "Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs",
  "grant_maximum_award": 30500, "grant_maximum_award_display": "£30,500",
  "grant_application_close_date": "2030-04-01T00:00",
  "changed_fields": ["grant_maximum_award"],
  "source_url": "https://www.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants?page=1"
}
```

### Use with

`UK Find a Grant Watch` → your funding CRM / alerting → an LLM eligibility summarizer.
Complements procurement watchers such as **UK Find a Tender: Tender-to-Award Watch**
(this is grants / non-dilutive funding, a different surface).

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

- `grant_change` — per grant delta (or snapshot record).
- `source_check` — per completed grants page.
- `apify-actor-start` — reserved platform start event.
  Receipts are never billed. Seed rows, retries, unchanged grants, and blocked pages
  are never billed. Removals only emit after a complete enumeration.

### Limits & compliance

- Source: **public, logged-out** GOV.UK 'Find a government grant' service. No key,
  no login, no CAPTCHA; politely self-throttled.
- Amounts and eligibility are preserved exactly as published (integer + official
  display string); a missing value stays null, never guessed. A blocked or partial
  enumeration never emits a removal.

### Pricing

| Event | FREE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor Start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Grant change (`grant_change`) | $0.05 | $0.045 | $0.04 | $0.0335 |
| Grants page check (`source_check`) | $0.10 | $0.09 | $0.08 | $0.067 |

Prices are the filed pay-per-event amounts per plan tier (PLATINUM/DIAMOND match GOLD). Blocked and refused runs do not intentionally charge value events.

# Actor input Schema

## `watchMode` (type: `boolean`):

When true, seed a private baseline and emit only post-baseline grant deltas (first run emits zero). When false, emit snapshot uk\_grant rows.

## `baselineKey` (type: `string`):

Named watch baseline (1-120 chars, \[A-Za-z0-9.\_:-]). Null derives a SHA-256 of the normalized filters.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Optional free-text filter passed to the public 'Find a grant' search. Empty watches all listed grants.

## `emitDeltaTypes` (type: `array`):

Which watch-mode delta types to emit. GRANT\_REMOVED only fires after a complete enumeration.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum result pages (10 grants/page) to enumerate this run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "watchMode": true,
  "emitDeltaTypes": [
    "NEW_GRANT",
    "GRANT_UPDATED",
    "GRANT_REMOVED"
  ],
  "maxPages": 20
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch").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 '{}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgenwatch/uk-grants-watch",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/oWx8zW48tvyVaaZn2/builds/kNdRx4ZZpSEhlnSFV/openapi.json