Grant Funding Signals — NIH & NSF Awards as B2B Leads

Grant scraper & SBIR lead finder — NIH RePORTER and NSF awards as B2B leads with PI emails, organization phones and small-business funding.

A federal grant is non-dilutive money in the bank — and SBIR/STTR awards go to small companies by law. A startup that just landed an SBIR grant has confirmed budget and a delivery deadline: it will hire, buy equipment, rent lab space and contract services. This Actor reads the official NIH RePORTER and NSF Awards APIs (no keys, no scraping) and emits scored lead records.

What makes these leads different

• pi_email + org_phone 🔥 — NSF publishes the principal investigator's email and the organization's phone in the award record. Direct outreach channel included.
• sbirOnly filter (default ON) — keeps only SBIR/STTR awards: funded companies, not universities.
• grant_score 0–100 — freshness + amount + SBIR + contact availability + named PI.
• hiring_check + composite_intent_score 🔥 — probes 7 ATS job boards: grant money AND hiring = scaling right now.
• alert_text — ready-to-send Slack/Telegram line.
• Watch mode, flat_leads CSV output, market_summary per run.

Who buys this data

• Lab equipment, scientific software, CRO/CDMO services: SBIR biotech companies must spend the grant on exactly what you sell
• Grant-writing & compliance consultants: Phase I winners need Phase II applications; all winners need compliance reporting
• Recruiters: grant-funded companies hire researchers on a deadline
• Banks & startup services: non-dilutive-funded startups are low-risk clients
• BD teams in research services: filter by keywords (diagnostics, AI, battery) to your vertical

Typical setup

sbirOnly: true, daysBack: 14, your keywords, schedule weekly, outputMode: flat_leads → CSV of freshly funded companies with PI emails into Google Sheets.

Honest limitations

• NIH records don't include emails (NSF does) — NIH leads carry PI name + org + official project URL.
• SBIR.gov's own API is gated; NIH+NSF cover the two biggest grant agencies. DOE/DOD SBIR — on the roadmap via USASpending grants (see our Government Contract Signals Actor).

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Part of the opensignals intent suite: ATS Hiring Signals · Startup Funding Signals · Government Contract Signals · Clinical Trial Signals · Press Release Signals.