🔬 NIH RePORTER Scraper

Whether you're a researcher tracking grant funding, a university monitoring NIH awards, or an analyst studying federal health research investments, this tool makes it easy to collect structured project data from the NIH RePORTER database.

The NIH RePORTER Scraper collects research grant data including project titles, funding amounts, investigators, organizations, activity codes, and spending categories. Filter by keyword, fiscal year, agency, and active status.

What Does It Do

• 📋 Project listings - collect project titles, numbers, activity codes, and funding mechanisms across thousands of NIH-funded studies
• 💰 Funding details - extract total award amounts, direct costs, and indirect costs for each project
• 👨‍🔬 Investigator data - get principal investigator names, contact PIs, and full research teams
• 🏛️ Organization info - retrieve institution names, cities, states, countries, and organization types
• 🔍 Keyword search - find projects matching specific research terms like "cancer", "diabetes", or "machine learning"
• 📅 Date tracking - capture project start/end dates, budget periods, and award notice dates

Input

• Keyword - search for projects containing specific research terms (e.g., "cancer", "genomics", "clinical trial")
• Max Items - how many projects to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)
• Fiscal Year - filter by fiscal year (e.g., 2024, 2023)
• Agency Code - filter by NIH institute (e.g., "NCI", "NIMH", "NIAID", "NHLBI")
• Active Projects Only - only return currently active projects

{
    "keyword": "cancer",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "agencyCode": "NCI",
    "isActive": true
}

Output

Each project record includes 35+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Field	Description
projectDetailUrl	Project detail page on NIH RePORTER
projectTitle	Title of the research project
projectNum	Full project number
awardAmount	Total award amount in dollars
directCostAmt	Direct cost amount
indirectCostAmt	Indirect cost amount
contactPiName	Contact principal investigator
piNames	All principal investigators
orgName	Recipient organization name
orgState	Organization state
activityCode	Activity code (R01, U01, etc.)
agencyCode	Funding NIH institute code
fiscalYear	Fiscal year of the award
projectStartDate	Project start date
projectEndDate	Project end date
abstractText	Project abstract/summary
spendingCategories	Research spending categories
isActive	Whether the project is currently active

{
    "applId": 10856789,
    "projectNum": "5R01CA123456-05",
    "projectTitle": "Novel Biomarkers for Early Cancer Detection",
    "awardAmount": 450000,
    "directCostAmt": 300000,
    "indirectCostAmt": 150000,
    "contactPiName": "SMITH, JOHN A",
    "piNames": "SMITH, JOHN A; DOE, JANE B",
    "orgName": "JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY",
    "orgCity": "BALTIMORE",
    "orgState": "MD",
    "orgCountry": "UNITED STATES",
    "activityCode": "R01",
    "agencyCode": "NCI",
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "projectStartDate": "2020-07-01T00:00:00",
    "projectEndDate": "2025-06-30T00:00:00",
    "isActive": true,
    "projectDetailUrl": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10856789",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Why Choose the NIH RePORTER Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual NIH RePORTER Search
Batch collection	Up to 1M projects	Browse one page at a time
Keyword filtering	Full-text search across terms	Limited search interface
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	Daily/weekly monitoring	Manual visits
Funding analysis	Award amounts ready for analysis	Copy-paste from each page
Investigator data	All PIs in structured format	Scattered across pages

How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set your keyword, fiscal year, agency, and how many projects 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

• 🎓 Universities - track NIH funding awarded to your institution and competitors across all departments
• 🔬 Researchers - find active projects in your field to identify collaborators and avoid duplication
• 📊 Grant analysts - study funding trends by agency, activity code, and spending category over time
• 🏥 Biotech companies - monitor federally funded research that could lead to licensing or partnership opportunities
• 🏛️ Policy analysts - analyze how NIH distributes funds across states, institutions, and research areas
• 💼 Consulting firms - build competitive intelligence on which organizations receive the most NIH funding

FAQ

🔬 What is NIH RePORTER? NIH RePORTER is the official searchable database of NIH-funded research projects. It covers billions of dollars in annual biomedical research grants across all NIH institutes and centers.

🏛️ What agency codes can I use? Common codes include: NCI (Cancer), NIMH (Mental Health), NIAID (Allergy/Infectious Disease), NHLBI (Heart/Lung/Blood), NINDS (Neurological Disorders), NIGMS (General Medical Sciences), NIDDK (Diabetes/Digestive/Kidney).

📋 What activity codes are included? The data includes all NIH activity codes such as R01 (Research Project Grant), U01 (Cooperative Agreement), K08 (Clinical Investigator Award), T32 (Training Grant), and many more.

How long does a run take? About 1-2 seconds per 500 projects. A full run of 10,000 projects typically finishes in under 30 seconds.

📅 How often is NIH data updated? NIH RePORTER data is updated regularly. Set up a scheduled run to monitor for new awards weekly or monthly.

Integrate NIH RePORTER 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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Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to NIH, NIH RePORTER, the National Institutes of Health, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It accesses only publicly available data.