🏛️ Grants.gov Federal Grant Opportunities Scraper

Whether you're a nonprofit seeking funding, a university tracking research grants, or a government contractor monitoring new opportunities, this tool makes it easy to collect structured grant data from the federal government's official grant portal.

The Grants.gov Scraper collects federal grant opportunities with titles, agencies, funding amounts, deadlines, eligibility, descriptions, and document attachments. Filter by keyword, agency, status, category, and more.

✨ What Does It Do

• 📋 Grant listings - collect opportunity titles, numbers, agencies, and statuses from hundreds of federal programs
• 💰 Funding details - extract estimated funding totals, award ceilings, and award floors for each opportunity
• 📅 Key dates - track posting dates, application deadlines, and archive dates
• 🏛️ Agency data - get agency names, codes, and parent department information
• 🔍 Powerful filters - search by keyword, agency, status, funding category, eligibility type, and date range
• 📄 Full descriptions - optionally fetch complete descriptions, eligibility details, contact info, and document attachments

🔧 Input

• Keywords - search for grants containing specific terms (e.g., 'health', 'climate', 'education')
• Max Items - how many grants to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)
• Opportunity Status - filter by Posted (open), Forecasted, Closed, or Archived
• Agency - filter by federal agency code (e.g., 'HHS', 'NSF', 'DOE', 'EPA', 'USDA')
• Funding Category - filter by category (e.g., 'HL' for Health, 'ED' for Education)
• Include Full Details - fetch complete descriptions, eligibility info, contacts, and attachments for each grant

{
    "keywords": "climate",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "oppStatuses": "posted",
    "agencies": "EPA",
    "includeDetails": true
}

📊 Output

Each grant record includes up to 25+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

📌 Field	📄 Description
🔗 url	Grant opportunity page on Grants.gov
📋 title	Opportunity title
🏛️ agency	Issuing federal agency
🏢 topAgency	Parent department
📊 status	Current status (Posted, Forecasted, Closed)
💰 estimatedFunding	Total estimated program funding
💵 awardCeiling	Maximum award amount
💵 awardFloor	Minimum award amount
📅 closeDate	Application deadline
📅 postDate	Date posted
📝 description	Full grant description (with details enabled)
👥 applicantTypes	Eligible applicant types
📞 contactEmail	Agency contact email
📎 attachments	Attached documents and solicitation files

{
    "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357994",
    "opportunityId": 357994,
    "opportunityNumber": "P25AS00474",
    "title": "FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants",
    "agencyCode": "DOI-NPS",
    "agency": "National Park Service",
    "topAgency": "Department of the Interior",
    "status": "POSTED",
    "category": "Discretionary",
    "estimatedFunding": "3407000",
    "awardCeiling": "25000",
    "awardFloor": "1000",
    "costSharing": false,
    "postDate": "2025-01-03",
    "closeDate": "2026-05-08",
    "contactEmail": "nagpra_grants@nps.gov",
    "applicantTypes": ["Special district governments", "Native American tribal governments"],
    "fundingInstruments": ["Grant"],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose the Grants.gov Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual Grants.gov Search
Batch collection	✅ Up to 1M grants	❌ Browse one at a time
Multiple filters	✅ Keyword, agency, status, category	⚠️ Limited search
Full descriptions	✅ Complete text + attachments	⚠️ Click each one
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	✅ Daily/weekly monitoring	❌ Manual visits
Agency contact info	✅ Email, phone, name	⚠️ Buried in details

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set your search keywords, filters, and how many grants you want
3. Run It - click "Start" and get structured grant data in seconds

No coding, no setup, no manual browsing required.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 🏥 Nonprofits - monitor new funding opportunities daily to catch grant deadlines before they pass
• 🎓 Universities - track research grants from NSF, NIH, DOE, and other agencies across all departments
• 🏗️ Government contractors - build a pipeline of upcoming opportunities with deadlines and funding amounts
• 📊 Grant writers - collect data on federal funding trends, award amounts, and agency priorities
• 🔍 Researchers - analyze federal funding patterns across agencies, categories, and time periods
• 🏛️ State/local governments - find federal grants available for infrastructure, education, and public services

❓ FAQ

🏛️ What is Grants.gov? Grants.gov is the official U.S. government portal where federal agencies post grant funding opportunities. It covers over $700 billion in annual federal grants across all departments.

🔍 What agency codes can I use? Common codes include: HHS (Health), NSF (Science), DOE (Energy), EPA (Environment), USDA (Agriculture), DOD (Defense), NASA, DOC (Commerce), DOL (Labor), ED (Education).

📋 What's the difference between basic and detailed mode? Basic mode returns title, agency, dates, and status. With "Include Full Details" enabled, you also get the complete description, eligibility requirements, contact information, CFDA numbers, and document attachments.

⏱️ How long does a run take? Basic mode: 100 grants in about 2 seconds. With details enabled, each grant takes an additional 0.2-0.5 seconds for the detail API call.

📅 How often are new grants posted? Federal agencies post new grants continuously. Set up a scheduled run to monitor for new opportunities daily or weekly.

🔗 Integrate Grants.gov Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate grant monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when new grants match your criteria
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Google Drive - Export grant data to spreadsheets
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when runs complete

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Grants.gov, the U.S. government, or any federal agency. It accesses only publicly available data through the official Grants.gov public API.