NIH RePORTER Search

Search NIH RePORTER for federal research grants and funding data. Find grants by keyword, principal investigator name, organization, or project number. Filter by NIH institute, grant mechanism, fiscal year, state, and award amount. Covers $47B+ in annual NIH funding across 27 institutes. No API key required.

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Data Source

NIH RePORTER API (reporter.nih.gov). Official federal database of NIH-funded research projects maintained by the National Institutes of Health.

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Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
projectNumber	string	Full NIH project number (e.g., R01CA123456)
projectTitle	string	Title of the funded research project
piName	string	Principal investigator name
organization	string	Grantee institution name
awardAmount	integer	Total award amount in USD
agency	string	NIH institute or center (e.g., NCI, NIMH)
activityCode	string	Grant mechanism (e.g., R01, R21, K99)
fiscalYear	integer	Fiscal year of the award
projectStartDate	string	Project start date
url	string	Direct NIH RePORTER URL for the project

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Use Cases

• Pharmaceutical competitive intelligence -- identify who is funding research in a therapeutic area, which organizations are leading, and what NIH institutes are investing.
• Grant writing support -- find funded grants in your area to study scope, PI profiles, and award amounts.
• Academic research -- track funding trends across institutions, disciplines, and fiscal years.
• Sales prospecting -- identify research teams with active NIH funding as prospective customers for lab equipment, reagents, software, or services.
• Policy analysis -- analyze NIH budget allocation across institutes, mechanisms, and disease areas.
• Journalist/investigative research -- look up funding for specific researchers, institutions, or topics.

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How to Use

Set the input fields and run the actor. Results are pushed to the Apify dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchType	string	keyword	keyword, pi (principal investigator), organization, or projectNumber
query	string		Search term, PI name, organization name, or project number
fiscalYears	string		Comma-separated fiscal years (e.g., 2024,2025). Leave empty for all years
agency	string		NIH institute code (e.g., NCI, NIMH, NIAID). Leave empty for all
activityCode	string		Grant mechanism (e.g., R01, R21, K99). Leave empty for all
state	string		Organization state (2-letter code, e.g., CA). Leave empty for all
minAmount	integer	0	Minimum award amount in USD. Leave 0 for no minimum
maxAmount	integer	0	Maximum award amount in USD. Leave 0 for no maximum
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum grants to return (1-5000)

Example -- Search by Keyword

{
  "searchType": "keyword",
  "query": "cancer immunotherapy",
  "fiscalYears": "2024,2025",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Example -- Search by Principal Investigator

{
  "searchType": "pi",
  "query": "Jane Smith",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example -- Filter by Institute and Mechanism

{
  "searchType": "keyword",
  "query": "machine learning",
  "agency": "NCI",
  "activityCode": "R01",
  "fiscalYears": "2023,2024",
  "minAmount": 200000,
  "maxResults": 200
}

Example -- Look Up a Specific Project

{
  "searchType": "projectNumber",
  "query": "R01CA123456",
  "maxResults": 1
}

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Cost

• Actor start fee: ~$0.10 per run
• Compute: minimal -- typical runs complete in under 15 seconds
• Data cost: $0.005 per result

Most searches return results well under $0.20 total.

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Output Formats

Results are available in the Apify dataset viewer and can be exported as:

• JSON
• CSV
• Excel (XLSX)
• XML
• RSS

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FAQ

Do I need an NIH account or API key? No. NIH RePORTER is a public federal database with no authentication required.

How current is the data? The NIH RePORTER API reflects the live federal grants database. Fiscal year 2025 data appears as awards are made throughout the year.

What is the difference between the institute codes? Each code represents an NIH institute or center. Common ones: NCI (cancer), NIAID (infectious disease), NHLBI (heart/lung/blood), NIMH (mental health), NINDS (neurology). Leave the field empty to search across all 27 institutes.

What grant mechanisms are available? R01 is the standard research project grant. R21 covers exploratory studies. K awards are career development. F awards are fellowships. SBIR/STTR awards (R41/R43/R44) fund small businesses. Leave empty to include all mechanisms.

Can I get the full project abstract? The abstract is not included in the default output fields but is accessible via the url field pointing to the NIH RePORTER project page.