# Grants.gov Opportunities: US Federal Grants Feed (`offerastudio/grants-gov-opportunities`) Actor

Search US federal grant opportunities from the official Grants.gov API by keyword, eligibility, funding category, agency and dates. Gets award ceiling and floor, expected awards, eligibility, ALN numbers and a summary. Optional new-since-last-run monitor mode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/offerastudio/grants-gov-opportunities.md
- **Developed by:** [Offera Studio](https://apify.com/offerastudio) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 opportunity returneds

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

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# README

### What does Grants.gov Opportunities do?

**Grants.gov Opportunities** searches **US federal grant opportunities** through the **official Grants.gov API** and returns one clean row per opportunity. It also has a **"new since last run" monitor mode** that remembers what it has seen and returns only **new and changed** opportunities. No key, no scraping.

Each row has:

- **opportunity number, title and agency** (with the top-level agency)
- **status** (posted or forecasted), **posted date and close date**
- **award ceiling and floor**, **expected number of awards** and **estimated total funding**
- the **list of eligible applicants** (nonprofits, small businesses, state and local governments, individuals ...)
- **ALN / CFDA numbers** and program titles, funding instruments and funding categories
- a **description summary** (the first 600 characters, plain text)
- the **Grants.gov link**

### Who is it for?

- **Nonprofits and grant writers**: a weekly list of new opportunities open to 501(c)(3) organizations in your field.
- **Universities and research offices**: new NSF, NIH, DOE and other announcements, with ceilings and close dates.
- **Small businesses**: opportunities open to small businesses, with the award size up front.
- **Consultants and lead-generation teams**: which agencies fund what, and what is forecast before it opens.

### How to use it

1. Click **Start** with the default input: the 25 newest posted and forecasted opportunities.
2. Add filters: keywords, who can apply, funding category, agency (`HHS`, `NSF`, `HHS-NIH11` or part of a name), ALN number, date windows, minimum award ceiling.
3. For alerts, choose **Mode: New since last run** and **schedule** the Actor daily. The first run saves a baseline; later runs return only what is new or changed. Connect the dataset to Slack, e-mail or a webhook.

### Input example

```json
{
    "keywords": ["clean energy", "solar"],
    "eligibility": ["nonprofits", "small-business"],
    "fundingCategories": ["EN", "ENV"],
    "agencies": ["DOE", "EPA"],
    "statuses": ["posted"],
    "closingFrom": "+14 days",
    "minAwardCeiling": 100000,
    "maxResults": 100,
    "mode": "new-since-last-run",
    "monitorName": "clean-energy"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `keywords` | Search phrases; an opportunity matches if it contains any of them. |
| `eligibility` | `nonprofits`, `small-business`, `for-profit`, `state-local-government`, `school-districts`, `higher-education`, `tribal`, `public-housing`, `individuals`, `unrestricted`, `others`. |
| `fundingCategories` | Grants.gov category codes such as `HL` (health), `EN` (energy), `ED` (education), `ST` (science and technology). |
| `agencies` | Agency codes or names: `HHS` matches every HHS agency, `HHS-NIH11` one agency, or part of a name. |
| `alnNumbers` | Assistance Listing numbers such as `93.847`. |
| `statuses` | `posted`, `forecasted` (default both). |
| `postedFrom`, `postedTo`, `closingFrom`, `closingTo` | `2026-10-01` or relative (`7 days` = 7 days ago, `+30 days` = in 30 days). |
| `minAwardCeiling` | Only opportunities whose award ceiling is at least this many dollars. |
| `maxResults` | Up to 2,000 (default 50). |
| `mode` | `all` (default) or `new-since-last-run`. |
| `includeUnchanged` | Monitor mode: also return opportunities that did not change. |
| `monitorName` | Names the snapshot store, so you can edit the filters without losing it. |

### Output example

Real output of a local run on 7 October 2026 (posted opportunities, newest first), first four rows:

| Number | Title | Agency | Status | Posted | Closes | Ceiling | Floor | Awards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| O-OVC-2026-172790 | OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services | Office for Victims of Crime | posted | 2026-10-06 | 2026-12-01 | 3,000,000 | 0 | 2 |
| RFA-DA-28-012 | HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and ... | National Institutes of Health | posted | 2026-10-06 | 2027-01-26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RFA-DA-28-011 | HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and ... | National Institutes of Health | posted | 2026-10-06 | 2027-01-26 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20270113-PJ | National Digital Newspaper Program | National Endowment for the Humanities | posted | 2026-10-06 | 2027-01-13 | 325,000 | 1 | 11 |

The first row in full (shortened):

```json
{
    "opportunityId": "364029",
    "opportunityNumber": "O-OVC-2026-172790",
    "title": "OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services",
    "agency": "Office for Victims of Crime",
    "agencyCode": "USDOJ-OJP-OVC",
    "topAgency": "Department of Justice",
    "status": "posted",
    "postedDate": "2026-10-06",
    "closeDate": "2026-12-01",
    "awardCeiling": 3000000,
    "awardFloor": 0,
    "expectedNumberOfAwards": 2,
    "estimatedTotalFunding": 5000000,
    "costSharing": false,
    "eligibility": [
        { "code": "25", "description": "Others (see text field entitled \"Additional Information on Eligibility\" for clarification)" },
        { "code": "12", "description": "Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education" }
    ],
    "alnNumbers": ["16.320"],
    "programTitles": ["Services for Trafficking Victims"],
    "fundingInstruments": ["Cooperative Agreement"],
    "fundingCategories": ["Income Security and Social Services"],
    "descriptionSummary": "This opportunity will assist OVC-funded multidisciplinary anti-trafficking task forces and teams (MDTs) and legal service providers by offering specialized trai…",
    "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/364029",
    "changeStatus": "listed",
    "changes": []
}
```

#### Monitor mode

`changeStatus` is `listed` in the normal mode. In **new-since-last-run** mode it is `baseline` (first run, or after you change the filters), `new` (not seen before), `changed` (status, closing date or award ceiling changed; the `changes` list shows from and to) or `unchanged` (only with `includeUnchanged`). The monitor was checked live on 7 October 2026: a first run saved a baseline of 5 opportunities, a second run returned no rows, and after the saved snapshot was edited locally (one opportunity removed, another given a different status and closing date) the next run returned one `new` and one `changed` row.

### How much does it cost?

This Actor uses **pay per event**:

| Event | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Opportunity returned (one row each) | **$0.002** |
| Info rows, error rows and "no results" rows | **free** |

- 1,000 opportunities cost **$2**. The default run (25 rows) costs **$0.05**.
- In monitor mode you pay for the rows you get: the baseline once, then only new and changed opportunities.
- The Grants.gov API is free. Apify also charges a tiny standard start fee per run.
- Set **Maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops when it is reached.

### Limitations

- **Only what Grants.gov publishes.** Federal grants only; state, local and private grants are not covered.
- **Award ceiling and floor are sometimes 0 or empty** because the agency did not fill them in; the Actor shows what is published.
- **Forecasts have no close date** (an estimated date is not shown as a close date).
- **Agency and date filters are applied after the search**, because the service only takes exact agency codes; very broad searches read up to 1,000 results per request.
- **One keyword phrase per search**: with several keywords the Actor searches each one and merges the results.
- A minimum award ceiling needs one extra request per opportunity checked, so it is slower on wide searches.
- Monitor mode compares status, closing date and award ceiling with your last run; edits to descriptions do not create a change row.

### FAQ

#### Is this official data?

Yes. It comes from the Grants.gov API (`search2` and `fetchOpportunity`) run by the US Department of Health and Human Services for all federal agencies.

#### Do I need an API key?

No.

#### How does "new since last run" know what is new?

It saves a small snapshot in a named key-value store in your account (`grants-gov-monitor-...`). Change the filters and it saves a new baseline.

#### Why are some eligibility lists very long?

Many announcements are open to nearly every applicant type; the list is exactly what the agency selected.

#### Does it include contact people?

No. Only opportunity facts, agencies and links; contact names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses are not returned.

### More tools from the same developer

All pay-per-result, no proxy or login needed, built and maintained by the same developer:

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- [Cookie & Tracker Audit: GDPR Consent Checker](https://apify.com/offerastudio/cookie-tracker-audit): cookies and tracking tags that load before consent.
- [AI Crawler Access Checker: robots.txt & llms.txt](https://apify.com/offerastudio/ai-crawler-access-audit): which AI crawlers a site allows, plus llms.txt.
- [Structured Data Validator: Schema & Rich Results](https://apify.com/offerastudio/structured-data-validator): JSON-LD and Microdata checked against Google's rich result rules.
- [Website Change Monitor: Diffs, Prices & Alerts](https://apify.com/offerastudio/website-change-monitor): get a row only when a page changes, with a clean diff.
- [Policy Change Monitor: Privacy & Terms Tracker](https://apify.com/offerastudio/policy-change-monitor): privacy policy and terms changes, classified clause by clause.
- [SaaS Pricing Monitor: Track Competitor Plans](https://apify.com/offerastudio/saas-pricing-monitor): competitor pricing plans as structured data, with price-change diffs.
- [Sitemap Change Monitor: New & Removed URLs](https://apify.com/offerastudio/sitemap-change-monitor): new, removed and changed URLs from a site's sitemaps.
- [Site SEO Crawler: Broken Links & On-Page Audit](https://apify.com/offerastudio/site-seo-crawler-audit): site-wide crawl for broken links, redirects and on-page SEO issues.
- [Website Tech Stack Detector: Bulk Lead Filters](https://apify.com/offerastudio/website-tech-stack-detector): technologies used by websites, with filters for lead lists.
- [Domain Availability & Expiry Checker (RDAP)](https://apify.com/offerastudio/domain-whois-availability): domain availability, registrar and expiry dates from RDAP.
- [Status Page SLA Monitor: Uptime & Incidents](https://apify.com/offerastudio/status-page-sla-monitor): SaaS vendor uptime, incidents and a monthly SLA table from public status pages.

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- [UK New Companies Feed: Companies House Daily](https://apify.com/offerastudio/uk-new-companies-feed): newly incorporated UK companies with sector filters.
- [EU VAT Number Validator: Bulk VIES Checker](https://apify.com/offerastudio/eu-vat-number-validator): bulk VAT checks with name, address and consultation number.
- [LEI Corporate Tree: GLEIF Parents & Subsidiaries](https://apify.com/offerastudio/gleif-lei-corporate-tree): LEI lookup with parents, subsidiaries and a KYC summary.
- [UK Company Distress Watch: Insolvency Alerts](https://apify.com/offerastudio/uk-company-distress-watch): administrations, liquidations and winding-up petitions from The Gazette.
- [IBAN Validator: Bulk Check & Bank Lookup](https://apify.com/offerastudio/iban-bank-validator): IBAN format and checksum, plus bank name and BIC where open data exists.
- [Sanctions Screening: OFAC, EU, UN & UK Lists](https://apify.com/offerastudio/sanctions-screening): names screened against official sanctions lists, with match scores.
- [OSHA & EPA Violation Monitor: Fines by Company](https://apify.com/offerastudio/osha-epa-violation-monitor): US OSHA and EPA enforcement cases and penalties by company.
- [Email List Precheck: Syntax, MX & Disposable Check](https://apify.com/offerastudio/email-list-precheck): cheap email list hygiene before a real verification.
- [UK Company Officer Changes: Director & PSC Alerts](https://apify.com/offerastudio/uk-company-officer-changes): director, owner, address and status changes for a watchlist of UK companies.
- [FDA Warning Letters Monitor: By Company & Subject](https://apify.com/offerastudio/fda-warning-letters-monitor): FDA warning letters by company and subject, with cited regulations.
- [Supplier Risk Report: Sanctions, VAT & Insolvency](https://apify.com/offerastudio/supplier-risk-report): one risk row per supplier from eight official registers, with changes since last run.
- [Brand Impersonation Domain Monitor: Look-alikes](https://apify.com/offerastudio/brand-impersonation-domain-monitor): look-alike domains and certificates that imitate your brand, with a risk score.

**Media and AI**

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- [Podcast Mention Alerts: Brand Mentions by Second](https://apify.com/offerastudio/podcast-mention-alerts): where your brand is said in new podcast episodes, with the exact second.
- [News Brand Mentions Monitor: New Articles Only](https://apify.com/offerastudio/news-brand-mentions-monitor): new news articles about your brand, people or topics.
- [YouTube Channel Monitor: New Videos & Growth](https://apify.com/offerastudio/youtube-channel-monitor): new videos and view growth of the channels you watch.

**Market signals**

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- [EU Tenders Feed: TED Public Procurement Alerts](https://apify.com/offerastudio/eu-tender-feed): EU public tenders from TED with CPV, country and value filters.
- [Liquor License Openings: New Bars & Stores (US)](https://apify.com/offerastudio/liquor-license-openings): new US liquor licences from official state open data.
- [Clinical Trials Change Monitor: Status & Updates](https://apify.com/offerastudio/clinicaltrials-change-monitor): status, enrollment and results changes on ClinicalTrials.gov studies.
- [Career Site Jobs Monitor: ATS Jobs & New Roles](https://apify.com/offerastudio/career-site-jobs-monitor): open roles from company career sites, with new and closed roles since the last run.
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- [US Federal Contracts Feed: SAM.gov & USAspending](https://apify.com/offerastudio/us-federal-contracts-feed): SAM.gov contract opportunities with the buyer's award history.
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- [B2B Sales Trigger Feed: Hiring + Tech Leads](https://apify.com/offerastudio/b2b-sales-trigger-feed): companies hiring for a role and using (or not using) a technology, with contacts.
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### Feedback

Missing a field you want to track? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/offerastudio/grants-gov-opportunities/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Search phrases. Each phrase is searched on its own and the results are merged, so an opportunity matches if it contains any phrase. Leave empty for all opportunities.

## `eligibility` (type: `array`):

Only opportunities open to at least one of these applicant types.

## `fundingCategories` (type: `array`):

Grants.gov funding activity categories.

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Agency codes or names: HHS (all of HHS), HHS-NIH11, DOE, NSF, or part of a name such as "Forest Service". An opportunity matches if its agency matches any entry.

## `alnNumbers` (type: `array`):

For example 93.847. An opportunity matches if it has any of them.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Posted = open for applications. Forecasted = announced in advance.

## `postedFrom` (type: `string`):

First posting date, for example 2026-10-01, or relative: "7 days" means 7 days ago.

## `postedTo` (type: `string`):

Last posting date, inclusive.

## `closingFrom` (type: `string`):

Earliest closing date, for example 2026-11-01, or relative: "+30 days" means in 30 days. Opportunities without a closing date (forecasts) are left out when a closing window is set.

## `closingTo` (type: `string`):

Latest closing date, inclusive.

## `minAwardCeiling` (type: `integer`):

Only opportunities whose award ceiling is at least this much. Needs one extra request per opportunity checked.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows. You pay $0.002 for each.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

All = every matching opportunity each time. New since last run = remembers what it has seen (in a named key-value store) and returns only new and changed opportunities; the first run saves a baseline.

## `includeUnchanged` (type: `boolean`):

Monitor mode: also return opportunities that did not change (you pay for them).

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Names the snapshot store, so you can edit the filters without losing it. Leave empty to name it after the filters.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "statuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "mode": "all",
  "includeUnchanged": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `opportunities` (type: `string`):

No description

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "statuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted"
    ],
    "maxResults": 25,
    "mode": "all"
};

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

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "statuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted",
    ],
    "maxResults": 25,
    "mode": "all",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("offerastudio/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 '{
  "statuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "mode": "all"
}' |
apify call offerastudio/grants-gov-opportunities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,offerastudio/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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/jcpdqGr0zzVjq66YQ/builds/E9DrTlfQf7NIlb5b1/openapi.json