# Grants.gov Scraper: US Federal Grant Opportunities (`nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities`) Actor Returns open and forecasted US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov, one row per opportunity with agency, dates, award ceiling and floor, total funding, expected awards, categories, eligibility, CFDA (ALN) numbers and link. Filter by keyword, agency, category, eligibility and posted date. - **URL**: https://apify.com/nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities.md - **Developed by:** [Viktor Wiberg](https://apify.com/nightwave-owner) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $8.00 / 1,000 opportunities 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/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 ## Grants.gov Federal Grant Opportunities Scraper Open and forecasted US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov, one row per opportunity. Each row has the opportunity number and title, the agency, status, posted and closing dates, award ceiling and floor, estimated total funding, expected number of awards, cost sharing, funding categories, eligible applicant types, Assistance Listing (CFDA) numbers, a plain text description and a link to the opportunity on Grants.gov. Use it to find grants your organization can apply for, to watch new federal funding in one field every morning, or to feed a grant pipeline, CRM or newsletter with structured data instead of reading the Grants.gov website by hand. ### What is covered Every opportunity that federal grant-making agencies publish on Grants.gov: synopses that are open for applications (`posted`), forecasts of opportunities that will open later (`forecasted`), and on request closed and archived ones. That is about 1 500 posted and forecasted opportunities at any time, and more than 80 000 in total. - Filters: keywords, agency (a top agency includes its sub agencies), funding category, eligible applicant type, funding instrument, Assistance Listing number, status and posted date range. - Newest posted first. - One search request per 250 hits, then one request per opportunity for the full details (award amounts, eligibility, description). ### Example from a real run This is the input and the first row of a run on the Apify platform on 3 October 2026 (run `zUEqPLQIC4PfkpgdM`, 10 rows in total). Only the `description` is shortened here; the actor returns up to 4 000 characters. Input: ```json { "keywords": ["broadband"], "maxResults": 10 } ``` Output (excerpt): ```json [ { "opportunityId": "363993", "opportunityNumber": "DE-FOA-0003665", "title": "FY 2027 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program", "agencyCode": "PAMS-SC", "agency": "Office of Science", "topAgency": "Department of Energy - Office of Science", "status": "posted", "docType": "synopsis", "postedDate": "2026-09-30", "closeDate": "2027-09-30", "closeDateIsEstimate": false, "closeDateNote": null, "archiveDate": "2027-12-30", "estimatedPostDate": null, "estimatedAwardDate": null, "estimatedProjectStartDate": null, "fiscalYear": null, "awardCeiling": 10000000, "awardFloor": 5000, "estimatedTotalFunding": 400000000, "expectedAwards": null, "costSharing": false, "opportunityCategory": "Discretionary", "fundingInstruments": [ "Cooperative Agreement", "Grant", "Other", "Procurement Contract" ], "categories": [ "Science and Technology and other Research and Development" ], "categoryCodes": [ "ST" ], "eligibilities": [ "Unrestricted" ], "eligibilityCodes": [ "99" ], "eligibilityDescription": null, "cfdaNumbers": [ "81.049" ], "programTitles": [ "Office of Science Financial Assistance Program" ], "description": "SC hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving applications for support of work in the following program areas:\n· Advanced Scientific Computing Research\n· Basic Energy Sciences\n· Biological and Environmental Research\n· Fusion Energy Sciences\n· High Energy and Nuclear Physics\n· Isotope R&D...", "additionalInfoUrl": "https://science.osti.gov", "lastUpdatedDate": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363993", "source": "Grants.gov, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services", "license": "U.S. federal government information. This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services." } ] ``` The other 9 rows of the run were Department of Energy, NOAA, Department of Education and NTIA opportunities posted between March and September 2026, among them the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (closes 17 November 2026) and coastal flood protection grants with a 2 million USD ceiling. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `keywords` | array | all | Words or phrases to search for. Any of them matches. A phrase with spaces is searched as a phrase, for example `["broadband", "climate resilience"]`. | | `agencies` | array | all | Agency codes. `HHS`, `DOE`, `NSF`, `USDA` and other top agency codes include all sub agencies; a code with a dash such as `HHS-NIH11` or `DOC-NIST` matches only that one. | | `fundingCategories` | array | all | Category codes or names, for example `HL` (Health), `ST` (Science and Technology), `ED` (Education), `ENV` (Environment), `AG` (Agriculture), `CD` (Community Development). | | `eligibilities` | array | all | Applicant type codes or names, for example `23` (Small businesses), `12` (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3)), `00` (State governments), `06` (Public higher education), `99` (Unrestricted). | | `fundingInstruments` | array | all | `G` Grant, `CA` Cooperative Agreement, `PC` Procurement Contract, `O` Other. | | `cfdaNumbers` | array | all | Assistance Listing numbers (formerly CFDA), for example `93.866`. | | `status` | array | `["posted", "forecasted"]` | Any of `posted`, `forecasted`, `closed`, `archived`. | | `postedFrom` | string | none | Only opportunities posted on or after this date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. | | `postedTo` | string | none | Only opportunities posted on or before this date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. | | `maxResults` | integer | `50` | Maximum number of opportunities per run. 1 to 5 000. | | `onlyNew` | boolean | `false` | Return only opportunities that earlier runs with the same input did not deliver. See "Monitoring and scheduling". | A run with empty input returns the 50 newest posted and forecasted opportunities in about 20 seconds (18 seconds of run time in a test on 3 October 2026). All category codes: ACA Affordable Care Act, AG Agriculture, AR Arts, BC Business and Commerce, CD Community Development, CP Consumer Protection, DPR Disaster Prevention and Relief, ED Education, ELT Employment, Labor and Training, EN Energy, EIC Energy Infrastructure and Critical Minerals, ENV Environment, FN Food and Nutrition, HL Health, HO Housing, HU Humanities, ISS Income Security and Social Services, IS Information and Statistics, IIJ Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, LJL Law, Justice and Legal Services, NR Natural Resources, OZ Opportunity Zone Benefits, O Other, RA Recovery Act, RT Recreation and Tourism, RD Regional Development, ST Science and Technology and other Research and Development, T Transportation. All applicant type codes: 00 State governments, 01 County governments, 02 City or township governments, 04 Special district governments, 05 Independent school districts, 06 Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 07 Federally recognized Native American tribal governments, 08 Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, 11 Other Native American tribal organizations, 12 Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, 13 Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, 20 Private institutions of higher education, 21 Individuals, 22 For profit organizations other than small businesses, 23 Small businesses, 25 Others, 99 Unrestricted. ### Output | Field | Description | |---|---| | `opportunityId` | Grants.gov id, used in the page link | | `opportunityNumber` | Funding opportunity number from the agency, for example `RFA-AI-28-031` or `DE-FOA-0003665` | | `title` | Title of the opportunity | | `agencyCode`, `agency`, `topAgency` | Agency code, the agency or sub agency that posted it, and its department | | `status` | `posted`, `forecasted`, `closed` or `archived` | | `docType` | `synopsis` (a full announcement) or `forecast` | | `postedDate` | Date the synopsis or forecast was posted, `YYYY-MM-DD` | | `closeDate` | Application deadline, `YYYY-MM-DD`. `null` for opportunities without a fixed deadline | | `closeDateIsEstimate` | `true` for forecasts, where the deadline is the agency's estimate | | `closeDateNote` | The agency's note on the deadline, when there is one | | `archiveDate` | Date Grants.gov will archive the opportunity | | `estimatedPostDate`, `estimatedAwardDate`, `estimatedProjectStartDate`, `fiscalYear` | Forecasts only: when the agency expects to open it, award it and start the projects | | `awardCeiling`, `awardFloor` | Largest and smallest single award in USD. `null` when the agency wrote "none" | | `estimatedTotalFunding` | Total program funding in USD | | `expectedAwards` | Expected number of awards | | `costSharing` | Whether cost sharing or matching is required | | `opportunityCategory` | `Discretionary`, `Mandatory`, `Continuation`, `Earmark` or `Other` | | `fundingInstruments` | `Grant`, `Cooperative Agreement`, `Procurement Contract`, `Other` | | `categories`, `categoryCodes` | Funding activity categories | | `eligibilities`, `eligibilityCodes` | Eligible applicant types | | `eligibilityDescription` | The agency's extra text on eligibility, up to 1 500 characters | | `cfdaNumbers`, `programTitles` | Assistance Listing numbers and program names | | `description` | Synopsis or forecast description as plain text, up to 4 000 characters | | `additionalInfoUrl` | Link to the full announcement or program page, when the agency gives one | | `lastUpdatedDate` | Last time the agency changed the opportunity | | `url` | The opportunity on Grants.gov | | `source`, `license` | Attribution for the data | ### Monitoring and scheduling Set `onlyNew` to `true` to use the actor as a daily funding alert. The actor then remembers which opportunities it has delivered for the same input, in a named key-value store in your Apify account (`nightwave-state-grants-gov-opportunities`, one record per input). Each run returns and charges only opportunities that earlier runs did not deliver. A forecast that later opens as a posted opportunity is delivered again, so you see when it opens. The first run returns everything in the selection. A run without news finishes successfully with 0 rows. `onlyNew` and `maxResults` are not part of the remembered input, so you can change them without starting over. Changing any other field starts a fresh state. To start over with the same input, delete the record in the key-value store. Example: every morning at 07:00 Swedish time, new health and science opportunities that small businesses can apply for. In Apify Console, open **Schedules**, create a schedule with the cron expression `0 7 * * *` and add this actor with the input below. ```json { "fundingCategories": ["HL", "ST"], "eligibilities": ["23"], "onlyNew": true, "maxResults": 200 } ``` The same schedule through the Apify API: ```sh curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/schedules?token=" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"name": "daily-grants-gov", "cronExpression": "0 7 * * *", "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm", "isEnabled": true, "isExclusive": true, "actions": [{"type": "RUN_ACTOR", "actorId": "nightwave-owner~grants-gov-opportunities", "runInput": {"contentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8", "body": ""}}]}' ``` Connect a webhook or an integration (Slack, e-mail, Google Sheets, HubSpot) to the actor in Apify Console if you want the new rows sent somewhere when the run finishes. ### Good to know - **No contact persons.** Grants.gov lists a grants officer with name, phone number and e-mail for each opportunity. The actor does not read those fields, and it removes e-mail addresses and links from the description text. Open `url` on Grants.gov to see who to contact. - **Amounts are what the agency entered.** Many opportunities leave the ceiling, floor or total funding empty or write "none"; those fields are then `null`. Forecast dates and amounts are estimates and often change when the opportunity is posted. - **Keyword search is Grants.gov's own.** It searches the title, number, description and agency text. Results follow Grants.gov, sorted by posted date, newest first. - **The posted date filter is applied by the actor.** Grants.gov's search has no date range, so the actor reads hits newest first and stops when it passes `postedFrom`. You are only charged for rows you get. - **Polite use.** At most 4 requests per second, a declared User-Agent (`Nightwave AB kontakt@nightwave.se`), and three attempts with back-off on network errors, rate limits (429) and server errors. A response in an unexpected format stops the run with a clear message instead of storing broken rows. - The data describes funding announced by federal agencies. Always read the full announcement on Grants.gov before you apply; the agency's text decides. ### Use cases - Grant search for nonprofits, universities, cities and small businesses: the new opportunities you are eligible for, every morning. - Grant writing and consulting firms: a pipeline of opportunities per client, by category, agency and deadline. - Research offices: NIH, NSF, DOE and USDA calls with deadline and award size, in a spreadsheet or CRM. - Market and policy analysis: how much federal funding is announced per agency, category and quarter. - Newsletters and funding databases: structured, linkable records that are updated daily. ### FAQ **How fresh is the data?** Live. Each run asks the Grants.gov API directly, so an opportunity posted today is in the next run. **What does 1 000 rows cost?** 8 USD (0.008 USD per opportunity, event `opportunity`), plus Apify platform usage, which is a fraction of a cent per run. **Can I get closed and archived opportunities?** Yes. Add `closed` and `archived` to `status`. Combine them with keywords, agency or a date range, since there are more than 80 000. **Can I use the data commercially?** Yes. Grants.gov's API terms let you search, display, analyze and retrieve the data, as long as you show the attribution notice and do not suggest that HHS endorses your product. Every row carries that notice in `license`. See "Data source and license". ### Data source and license The data comes from the Grants.gov API run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: `POST https://api.grants.gov/v1/api/search2` for the search and `POST https://api.grants.gov/v1/api/fetchOpportunity` for the details of each opportunity. No API key is needed for these endpoints. The Grants.gov API Terms of Service ([grants.gov/api/terms-conditions](https://www.grants.gov/api/terms-conditions)), read on 3 October 2026: - Use: "You may use the Grants.gov API to search, display, analyze, retrieve, view and otherwise "get" information from grants data." - Attribution: "All services, which utilize or access the API, should display the following notice prominently within the application: "This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."" - Modification: "You may not modify or falsely represent content accessed through the API and still claim the source is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Grants for Grants.gov System." The actor converts dates, amounts and HTML to plain formats and removes contact details, but does not change the content. This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The `source` and `license` fields carry this notice in every row so you can keep it when you publish the data. ### Pricing Pay per result: 0.008 USD per opportunity returned (event `opportunity`), which is 8 USD per 1 000 opportunities. Apify bills platform usage on top as usual. It is small: a test run that returned 200 rows used 0.0007 USD of platform usage. `maxResults` caps how many rows a run returns, so you always know the highest possible cost. Rows are delivered only after they have been charged. If you set a maximum cost per run (maxTotalChargeUsd), the run stops there and its status message says how many rows were delivered. ### Contact Built and maintained by Nightwave AB. Questions, bugs and feature requests: kontakt@nightwave.se ### På svenska Actorn hämtar amerikanska federala bidrag och finansieringsmöjligheter från Grants.gov, en rad per utlysning: nummer och titel, myndighet, status, publicerings- och sista ansökningsdag, största och minsta bidrag, total budget, antal väntade bidrag, krav på medfinansiering, kategorier, vilka som får söka, Assistance Listing-nummer (CFDA), beskrivning i ren text och länk till Grants.gov. - Källa: Grants.gov:s API (search2 och fetchOpportunity), som drivs av det amerikanska hälsodepartementet (HHS). Ingen API-nyckel behövs. - Standard är öppna (`posted`) och aviserade (`forecasted`) utlysningar, nyast först. Stängda och arkiverade går att få med `status`. - Filter: sökord, myndighet (en toppmyndighet tar med sina underavdelningar), kategori, sökande (till exempel `23` småföretag), finansieringsform, CFDA-nummer och publiceringsdatum. - Inga kontaktpersoner: namn, telefon och e-post till handläggare läses aldrig, och e-postadresser tas bort ur beskrivningen. - Villkor: Grants.gov:s API-villkor tillåter att datan söks, visas, analyseras och hämtas, med notisen "This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services." Den finns i fältet `license` på varje rad (läst 3 oktober 2026). - Med `onlyNew: true` levereras bara utlysningar som tidigare körningar med samma input inte har levererat, vilket passar för daglig bevakning (se "Monitoring and scheduling"). - Pris: 0,008 USD per utlysning (8 USD per 1 000) plus Apifys plattformsanvändning. - Kontakt: kontakt@nightwave.se # Actor input Schema ## `keywords` (type: `array`): Words or phrases to search for in the opportunity text. Opportunities matching any of them are returned; a phrase with spaces is searched as a phrase. Example: \["broadband", "climate resilience"]. Leave empty for all. ## `agencies` (type: `array`): Agency codes as Grants.gov writes them. A top agency code such as HHS, DOE or NSF includes all its sub agencies; a code with a dash such as HHS-NIH11 (National Institutes of Health) or DOC-NIST matches only that one. Example: \["HHS", "NSF"]. ## `fundingCategories` (type: `array`): Category codes or names: AG Agriculture, AR Arts, BC Business and Commerce, CD Community Development, DPR Disaster Prevention and Relief, ED Education, ELT Employment, Labor and Training, EN Energy, ENV Environment, FN Food and Nutrition, HL Health, HO Housing, HU Humanities, ISS Income Security and Social Services, IS Information and Statistics, LJL Law, Justice and Legal Services, NR Natural Resources, RD Regional Development, ST Science and Technology, T Transportation, O Other (and ACA, CP, EIC, IIJ, OZ, RA, RT). Example: \["HL", "ST"]. ## `eligibilities` (type: `array`): Applicant type codes or names: 00 State governments, 01 County governments, 02 City or township governments, 04 Special district governments, 05 Independent school districts, 06 Public higher education, 07 Federally recognized tribal governments, 08 Public housing authorities, 11 Other tribal organizations, 12 Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), 13 Nonprofits without 501(c)(3), 20 Private higher education, 21 Individuals, 22 For profit organizations other than small businesses, 23 Small businesses, 25 Others, 99 Unrestricted. Example: \["23"] for small businesses. ## `fundingInstruments` (type: `array`): G Grant, CA Cooperative Agreement, PC Procurement Contract, O Other. Example: \["G"]. Leave empty for all. ## `cfdaNumbers` (type: `array`): Assistance Listing numbers, formerly CFDA, for example 93.866 (Aging Research) or 11.029. Example: \["93.866"]. ## `status` (type: `array`): Which opportunities to include. Defaults to posted and forecasted, the ones you can still apply for or prepare for. ## `postedFrom` (type: `string`): Only opportunities posted (or forecast) on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD. Example: 2026-09-01. Leave empty for any date. ## `postedTo` (type: `string`): Only opportunities posted on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD. Example: 2026-09-30. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of opportunities, newest posted first. 1 to 5 000. Example: 50. ## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`): Return only opportunities that earlier runs with the same input did not deliver, for daily monitoring. A forecast that later opens as a posted opportunity is delivered again. Default false. ## Actor input object example ```json { "keywords": [ "broadband", "climate resilience" ], "agencies": [ "HHS", "NSF" ], "fundingCategories": [ "HL", "ST" ], "eligibilities": [ "23", "12" ], "fundingInstruments": [ "G" ], "cfdaNumbers": [ "93.866" ], "status": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "postedFrom": "2026-09-01", "postedTo": "2026-09-30", "maxResults": 20, "onlyNew": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All rows produced by the run, as JSON. Open in Apify Console or download via the dataset API. # 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 = { "keywords": [ "broadband" ], "status": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "maxResults": 20 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities").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 = { "keywords": ["broadband"], "status": [ "posted", "forecasted", ], "maxResults": 20, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities").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 '{ "keywords": [ "broadband" ], "status": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "maxResults": 20 }' | apify call nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nightwave-owner/grants-gov-opportunities" } } } ``` 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/EIbaLEasXUBNNel6W/builds/odaCpkLqXhlNoenE5/openapi.json