🔬 NSF Research Grants Scraper

Whether you're a university tracking funding opportunities, a researcher monitoring grants in your field, or an analyst studying federal science spending, this tool makes it easy to collect structured award data from the National Science Foundation.

The NSF Awards Scraper collects research grant records with titles, funding amounts, abstracts, principal investigators, institutions, program details, and dates. Filter by keyword, state, program name, and date range.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🎓 Award details - collect grant titles, award IDs, abstracts, and funding amounts for NSF-funded research
• 👨‍🔬 Principal investigators - get PI names, email addresses, and institutional affiliations
• 🏛️ Institution data - extract awardee names, addresses, cities, states, and ZIP codes
• 💰 Funding amounts - access estimated totals and obligated funds for each award
• 📅 Date tracking - get start dates, expiration dates, and transaction types
• 🔍 Powerful filters - search by keyword, state, NSF program name, and date range

🔧 Input

• Max Items - how many awards to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)
• Keyword - search awards by topic (e.g., "machine learning", "climate change", "quantum computing")
• Awardee State - filter by 2-letter state code (e.g., CA, NY, TX)
• Program Name - filter by NSF program name
• Start Date From / To - filter awards by start date range (MM/DD/YYYY format)

{
    "maxItems": 100,
    "keyword": "artificial intelligence",
    "awardeeState": "CA",
    "startDateStart": "01/01/2024",
    "startDateEnd": "12/31/2024"
}

📊 Output

Each award record includes 60+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Field	Description
id	NSF award ID number
title	Award title
abstractText	Full abstract describing the research
agency	Funding agency (NSF)
awardeeName	Institution receiving the award
awardeeCity	Institution city
awardeeStateCode	Institution state code
estimatedTotalAmt	Total estimated funding amount
fundsObligatedAmt	Funds currently obligated
startDate	Award start date
expDate	Award expiration date
pdPIName	Principal investigator name
piEmail	PI email address
fundProgramName	NSF program funding the award
primaryProgram	Primary program name
scrapedAt	Timestamp when the record was collected

{
    "id": "2401234",
    "title": "CAREER: Trustworthy Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications",
    "abstractText": "This project investigates novel approaches to building reliable...",
    "agency": "NSF",
    "awardeeName": "University of California-Berkeley",
    "awardeeCity": "BERKELEY",
    "awardeeStateCode": "CA",
    "estimatedTotalAmt": "550000",
    "fundsObligatedAmt": "110000",
    "startDate": "06/01/2024",
    "expDate": "05/31/2029",
    "pdPIName": "Jane Smith",
    "piEmail": "jsmith@berkeley.edu",
    "fundProgramName": "Robust Intelligence",
    "primaryProgram": "Robust Intelligence",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose the NSF Awards Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual NSF Search
Batch collection	Up to 1M awards	Browse one at a time
Multiple filters	Keyword, state, program, dates	Basic search
Full abstracts	Complete research descriptions	Click into each award
PI contact info	Emails and names included	Buried in details
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	Daily/weekly monitoring	Manual visits

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - enter your keyword, set filters, and choose how many awards 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 NSF funding in your research areas and identify collaboration opportunities
• 🔬 Researchers - monitor new awards in your field and discover who is getting funded for similar work
• 📊 Science policy analysts - study funding trends across programs, states, and time periods
• 💼 Grant writers - research successful awards to model proposals after funded projects
• 🏢 Technology companies - identify university research partnerships and emerging technologies
• 📰 Science journalists - find newsworthy research grants and contact principal investigators

❓ FAQ

🔬 What is the NSF? The National Science Foundation is a U.S. federal agency that funds fundamental research across all fields of science, engineering, and education. It awards billions of dollars annually.

🔍 What keywords can I search? Any research topic. Popular searches include "artificial intelligence", "climate change", "quantum computing", "genomics", "cybersecurity", and "renewable energy".

📋 How many fields are in each record? Each award can include 60+ fields covering the award details, PI information, institution data, funding amounts, program details, and dates.

⏱️ How long does a run take? About 25 awards per second. A run of 500 awards typically completes in under 30 seconds.

📅 What date format should I use? Use MM/DD/YYYY format (e.g., 01/15/2024).

🔗 Integrate NSF Awards Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate grant monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when new awards match your criteria
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Google Drive - Export award 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 the National Science Foundation (NSF) or any government agency. It accesses only publicly available data.