🔬 NIH RePORTER Scraper

🚀 Collect NIH research grant awards with 40+ fields per project. Get funding amounts, principal investigators, institutions, abstracts, spending categories, and geo coordinates. Filter by keyword, fiscal year, agency, and active status.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

NIH funds billions of dollars in biomedical research every year. Tracking grants, identifying funded researchers, and analyzing funding patterns across institutions requires structured data that is not easily exported from the NIH RePORTER web interface.

The NIH RePORTER Scraper automates this process, pulling structured grant data with flexible filtering by keyword, fiscal year, agency code, and active status. Whether you are a university tracking competitor funding, a biotech company monitoring relevant research, or a policy analyst studying NIH investments, this tool delivers clean data in seconds.

Target Audience	Universities, grant analysts, biotech companies, policy researchers
Primary Use Cases	Grant monitoring, competitor analysis, funding trends, collaboration discovery

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects NIH-funded research project data, returning structured records with comprehensive funding and investigator details. It delivers:

• 📋 Project listings - titles, numbers, activity codes, and funding mechanisms
• 💰 Funding details - total awards, direct costs, and indirect costs
• 👨‍🔬 Investigator data - principal investigators, contact PIs, and research teams
• 🏛️ Organization info - institution names, cities, states, and organization types
• 🔍 Keyword search - find projects matching specific research terms
• 📅 Date tracking - project start/end dates, budget periods, and award dates

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🎬 How to Use the NIH RePORTER Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to get started in under 2 minutes.

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⚙️ Input

Configure your search with keyword, fiscal year, and agency filters.

Field	Type	Description
Keyword	String	Search keyword for research projects (e.g. "cancer", "genomics")
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
Fiscal Year	Integer	Filter by fiscal year (e.g. 2024, 2023)
Agency Code	String	NIH institute code (e.g. "NCI", "NIMH", "NIAID")
Active Projects Only	Boolean	Only return currently active projects

Example 1 - Active cancer grants from NCI:

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

Example 2 - All genomics grants:

{
    "keyword": "genomics",
    "maxItems": 200,
    "fiscalYear": 2024
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Sign up for a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 records.

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📊 Output

🧾 Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
projectDetailUrl	string	NIH RePORTER project page
projectTitle	string	Research project title
projectNum	string	Full project number
awardAmount	number	Total award amount in dollars
directCostAmt	number	Direct cost amount
indirectCostAmt	number	Indirect cost amount
contactPiName	string	Contact principal investigator
piNames	string	All principal investigators
orgName	string	Recipient organization
orgCity	string	Organization city
orgState	string	Organization state
orgCountry	string	Organization country
activityCode	string	Activity code (R01, U01, etc.)
agencyCode	string	Funding NIH institute code
fiscalYear	integer	Fiscal year of the award
projectStartDate	string	Project start date
projectEndDate	string	Project end date
isActive	boolean	Whether the project is active
abstractText	string	Project abstract/summary
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1 - Cancer research grant:

{
    "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",
    "activityCode": "R01",
    "agencyCode": "NCI",
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "isActive": true,
    "projectDetailUrl": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10856789",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 2 - Mental health grant:

{
    "applId": 10923456,
    "projectNum": "5R01MH987654-03",
    "projectTitle": "Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Adolescent Depression",
    "awardAmount": 380000,
    "directCostAmt": 250000,
    "indirectCostAmt": 130000,
    "contactPiName": "WILLIAMS, SARAH M",
    "piNames": "WILLIAMS, SARAH M",
    "orgName": "STANFORD UNIVERSITY",
    "orgCity": "STANFORD",
    "orgState": "CA",
    "activityCode": "R01",
    "agencyCode": "NIMH",
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "isActive": true,
    "projectDetailUrl": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10923456",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 3 - Training grant:

{
    "applId": 10734567,
    "projectNum": "5T32GM111222-10",
    "projectTitle": "Predoctoral Training in Molecular Biology",
    "awardAmount": 820000,
    "directCostAmt": 820000,
    "indirectCostAmt": 0,
    "contactPiName": "CHEN, WEI",
    "piNames": "CHEN, WEI",
    "orgName": "MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY",
    "orgCity": "CAMBRIDGE",
    "orgState": "MA",
    "activityCode": "T32",
    "agencyCode": "NIGMS",
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "isActive": true,
    "projectDetailUrl": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10734567",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the NIH RePORTER Scraper?

Advantage	Details
💰 Funding amounts	Direct costs, indirect costs, and total awards
👨‍🔬 Investigator data	All PIs in structured format
🏛️ Organization details	Institution name, city, state, and country
🔍 Keyword search	Full-text search across research terms
📊 Agency filtering	Target specific NIH institutes (NCI, NIMH, NIAID)
⏰ Scheduled monitoring	Track new grants weekly or monthly
⚡ Fast collection	500 projects per 1-2 seconds

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual NIH RePORTER
Batch collection	Up to 1M projects	One page at a time
Keyword filtering	Full-text search	Limited interface
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	Daily/weekly	Manual visits
Funding analysis	Ready for analysis	Copy-paste
Investigator data	Structured format	Scattered

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "NIH RePORTER Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Enter your keyword, fiscal year, and agency filter
4. Run It - Click "Start" and get structured grant data in seconds
5. Download Data - Export results as CSV, Excel, or JSON from the Dataset tab

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💼 Business Use Cases

Universities:

• Track NIH funding awarded to your institution and competitors
• Identify collaboration opportunities across departments

Biotech Companies:

• Monitor federally funded research for licensing opportunities
• Discover potential research partners by keyword

Grant Analysts:

• Study funding trends by agency, activity code, and year
• Analyze spending category distribution

Policy Organizations:

• Study how NIH distributes funds across states and institutions
• Monitor research investment priorities over time

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

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🔌 Automating Your NIH Grant Data Collection

Schedule weekly or monthly runs to track new awards and funding changes. Use the Apify scheduler and push results to your analytics tools, CRM, or Slack channel.

🔌 Integrate NIH RePORTER Scraper with Any App

Connect your grant data to thousands of apps using these integrations:

• Make - Automate grant monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts on new grants
• Slack - Get notified in your channel
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets
• Airbyte - Sync to your data warehouse
• 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, or any U.S. government agency. It accesses only publicly available data.