# Grants.gov Scraper & New Federal Grant Alerts (`radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts`) Actor Search all US federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov (official API, no key) by keyword, agency, category, eligibility and award size. Get full details (award ceiling, deadline, contacts) as clean flat JSON. 'Only new' mode for daily grant alerts. - **URL**: https://apify.com/radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts.md - **Developed by:** [GovData Feeds](https://apify.com/radiant_opuntia) (community) - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README **Search every US federal grant opportunity on Grants.gov and get clean rows with award ceiling, floor, deadline, eligibility and agency contact, plus new-grant alerts.** **Rate your experience:** if you have used this Actor, you can tell us how it went on the [reviews page](https://apify.com/radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts/reviews). Honest feedback of any kind helps us improve it. ### What it does and who it is for This Actor searches **Grants.gov**, the US government's central site for federal grant opportunities, and returns one flat record per opportunity: **title, agency, status, posted and close dates, award ceiling and floor, estimated total funding, number of awards, eligible applicants, funding category, description and agency contact**. It reads the official Grants.gov public API (the search call plus the per-opportunity detail call), with no API key, login or browser automation. Filter by keyword, status (forecasted, posted, closed, archived), agency, funding category, eligible applicant type, funding instrument, Assistance Listing number, posted-within-N-days and a minimum award ceiling. Turn on **Only new** to get just the grants you have not seen before. #### Use cases - **Grant writers and consultants:** a daily feed of new funding notices for each client profile. - **Nonprofits, universities, cities and tribes:** track opportunities you are eligible for using the applicant-type filter. - **Small businesses:** follow small-business-eligible funding such as SBIR/STTR programs. - **GovTech and grant-management software:** enrich your product with structured opportunity data. - **AI agents:** call it through the Apify API or MCP server to answer "which open federal grants mention rural broadband?". ### Why use this instead of the free official site or API The underlying data is public and the official sources are free. What this Actor adds is convenience: one input, one flat table, and a memory of what you have already seen. | What you need | Official site / API | This Actor | |---|---|---| | Searching with several filters at once | Search page for people; the API search call returns summary hits only | Keyword, status, agency, category, eligibility, instrument, listing number, recency and minimum ceiling in one input | | Award ceiling, floor, eligibility, contact | A second API call (or a page visit) per opportunity | Detail fields are merged into each row when **Include details** is on (the default) | | Only grants you have not seen | You compare today's results to yesterday's yourself | **Only new** mode with a named alert remembers returned opportunities | | Getting data into a sheet or CRM | Copy and paste, or write your own client | JSON, CSV or Excel download, API, webhooks and integrations | If you only need a single lookup now and then, the official site is fine. If you want the same data on a schedule, as flat rows you can feed to a spreadsheet, CRM or agent, this saves the glue work. ### Data fields | Field | Type | What it contains | |---|---|---| | `opportunityId` | text | Grants.gov internal opportunity ID (used in the link). | | `opportunityNumber` | text | The funding opportunity number assigned by the agency. | | `title` | text | Opportunity title. | | `agencyCode` | text | Short agency code (for example SBA). | | `agencyName` | text | Agency name. | | `status` | text | forecasted, posted, closed or archived. | | `docType` | text | Document type on Grants.gov (for example synopsis or forecast). | | `postedDate` | date | Date the opportunity was posted. | | `closeDate` | date | Application deadline, when the agency set one. | | `assistanceListings` | text | Assistance Listing (CFDA) number(s). | | `url` | text | Link to the opportunity on Grants.gov. | | `parentAgency` | text | Parent agency or department name. | | `category` | text | Opportunity category (for example Discretionary). | | `fundingCategories` | text | Funding category names, joined with semicolons. | | `fundingInstruments` | text | Funding instrument types (grant, cooperative agreement and so on). | | `eligibleApplicants` | text | Eligible applicant types, joined with semicolons. | | `eligibilityNotes` | text | Additional eligibility text from the agency. | | `estimatedTotalFunding` | integer | Estimated total program funding in USD, when published. | | `awardCeiling` | integer | Largest single award in USD, when published. | | `awardFloor` | integer | Smallest single award in USD, when published. | | `expectedNumberOfAwards` | integer | Number of awards the agency expects to make. | | `costSharingRequired` | boolean | Whether cost sharing or matching is required. | | `archiveDate` | date | Date the opportunity is scheduled to be archived. | | `lastUpdatedDate` | date | Date of the most recent update on Grants.gov. | | `description` | text | Synopsis text of the opportunity. | | `contactName` | text | Agency contact name. | | `contactEmail` | text | Agency contact email as published on Grants.gov. | | `contactPhone` | text | Agency contact phone as published. | | `additionalInfoUrl` | text | Link to the agency's own page with more information, when given. | | `scrapedAt` | datetime | When the Actor collected the record (UTC). | Fields a source does not publish are `null`. ### "New since yesterday" alerts Turn on **Only new** and the Actor remembers what it has already returned, so each scheduled run delivers only records you have not seen before. 1. Open the Actor in Apify Console and set the input, with **Only new since last run** switched on and a fixed alert name (`stateKey`). Example input: ```json { "keyword": "broadband", "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"], "postedWithinDays": 30, "includeDetails": true, "maxResults": 200, "onlyNew": true, "stateKey": "broadband-grants" } ``` 2. Click **Save as task**, then open **Schedules**, create a schedule (for example the cron expression `0 7 * * *` for every day at 7:00 in the time zone you pick) and add the task to it. 3. Under the task's **Integrations**, send the results to Slack, email, Google Sheets, a webhook or your own system. A 30-day window with Only new is a good pattern: anything posted in the last 30 days that you have not received yet is returned exactly once. The first run returns everything that matches your window (every matching opportunity posted in the last 30 days); later runs return only unseen records. Use a different alert name for each task so each keeps its own memory. A run with nothing new returns no results. ### Cost per run This Actor uses **pay-per-result pricing: $3.00 per 1,000 results ($0.003 per result)**, with the Apify platform fee included. You are charged for the records a run returns and nothing is added on top for platform usage. A run that finds nothing new returns no results, so it has no per-result charge. The **Max results** input caps what a run can return (and so what it can cost). **Worked example:** a daily alert that finds 15 new matching grants returns 15 results, so 15 × $0.003 = $0.045 for that run, about $1.35 for a 30-day month. A one-off pull of 2,000 opportunities costs 2 × $3.00 = $6.00. The pricing is configured in Apify Console; the Pricing tab on this page is the authoritative source if it ever differs from this text. ### Example input and output The output below comes from real test runs of this Actor. Email addresses are masked and very long text is shortened here; the Actor returns the full values. Input used for the example: ```json { "keyword": "broadband", "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"], "eligibilities": ["12", "23"], "postedWithinDays": 30, "minAwardCeiling": 100000, "includeDetails": true, "onlyNew": true, "stateKey": "broadband-nonprofit-smallbiz", "maxResults": 200 } ``` Output (the first 2 records of a test run): ```json [ { "opportunityId": "364132", "opportunityNumber": "SB-OEDSB-27-001", "title": "FY27 Small Business Development Center State of Kansas Network Rebid", "agencyCode": "SBA", "agencyName": "Small Business Administration", "status": "posted", "docType": "synopsis", "postedDate": "2026-10-20", "closeDate": "2026-11-19", "assistanceListings": "59.037", "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/364132", "parentAgency": "Small Business Administration", "category": "Discretionary", "fundingCategories": "Business and Commerce", "fundingInstruments": "Cooperative Agreement", "eligibleApplicants": "Small businesses; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education", "eligibilityNotes": null, "estimatedTotalFunding": null, "awardCeiling": 1144946, "awardFloor": 777777, "expectedNumberOfAwards": 1, "costSharingRequired": true, "archiveDate": "2026-12-19", "lastUpdatedDate": "2026-10-20", "description": "Eligible organizations, as defined in Section 3.2, may apply to SBA for an award of financial assistance under this Funding Opportunity to fund an SBDC Program. SBDC Programs deliver professional, high quality, individua…", "contactName": "Benee Edwards Grantor", "contactEmail": "[email masked]", "contactPhone": "2022723268", "additionalInfoUrl": null, "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T01:21:03.863Z" }, { "opportunityId": "363779", "opportunityNumber": "RUS-ARC-2026", "title": "Affordable Rural Cooperative (ARC) Energy Program", "agencyCode": "USDA-RUS", "agencyName": "Rural Utilities Service", "status": "posted", "docType": "synopsis", "postedDate": "2026-10-19", "closeDate": "2026-11-20", "assistanceListings": "10.758", "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363779", "parentAgency": "Department of Agriculture", "category": "Discretionary", "fundingCategories": "Energy", "fundingInstruments": "Other", "eligibleApplicants": "Others (see text field entitled \"Additional Information on Eligibility\" for clarification)", "eligibilityNotes": "(1) Operating Electric cooperatives described in section 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 who are currently or have been in the past a RUS electric loan borrower pursuant to the RE Act;(2) El…", "estimatedTotalFunding": 175000000, "awardCeiling": 20000000, "awardFloor": 100000, "expectedNumberOfAwards": 30, "costSharingRequired": true, "archiveDate": "2026-12-20", "lastUpdatedDate": "2026-10-19", "description": "The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting Letters of Interest (LOI) for applications under the Affordable Rural …", "contactName": "Amy A McWilliams Grantor", "contactEmail": "[email masked]", "contactPhone": "2022058663", "additionalInfoUrl": "https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/electric-programs/affordable-rural-cooperative-arc-program", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T01:21:06.143Z" } ] ``` ### Limits worth knowing - Data is read live from Grants.gov on every run, so it is as fresh as the Grants.gov site itself. - Award amounts, deadlines and totals are empty when the agency did not publish them, which is common for forecasts. - With **Include details** off the run is faster, but the detail-only fields (ceiling, floor, eligibility, contact and so on) are not filled. - The **minimum award ceiling** filter needs the detail data, so opportunities without a published ceiling are skipped when it is set. - With a small **Max results** and Only new on, each run returns the next unseen batch, not the same records again. ### FAQ #### Do I need an API key or a Grants.gov account? No. The Actor uses the public Grants.gov API without a key or login. #### How current is the data? Every run queries Grants.gov directly, so it shows what Grants.gov shows at that moment. #### Why are some amounts empty? The agency did not publish them. Forecast notices often have no ceiling or floor yet. #### How do I find opportunities my organization can apply to? Use the eligible-applicant filter (for example nonprofits, state governments or small businesses) together with a keyword. #### Does it submit applications or give grant advice? 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This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.* # Actor input Schema ## `keyword` (type: `string`): Full-text keyword, e.g. 'broadband', 'climate resilience', 'youth mental health'. Leave empty for all. ## `statuses` (type: `array`): Which statuses to include. ## `agencies` (type: `array`): Grants.gov agency codes, e.g. HHS-NIH11, DOI-BOR, USDA, NSF, DOE. Top-level codes (e.g. HHS) include sub-agencies. ## `fundingCategories` (type: `array`): Category codes: AG Agriculture, AR Arts, BC Business & Commerce, CD Community Development, CP Consumer Protection, DPR Disaster Prevention & Relief, ED Education, ELT Employment/Labor/Training, EN Energy, ENV Environment, FN Food & Nutrition, HL Health, HO Housing, HU Humanities, IIJ Infrastructure (IIJA), IS Information & Statistics, ISS Income Security & Social Services, LJL Law/Justice/Legal, NR Natural Resources, RA Recovery Act, RD Regional Development, ST Science & Technology, T Transportation, O Other. ## `eligibilities` (type: `array`): e.g. 00 State govts, 01 County govts, 02 City/township, 06 Public/state higher ed, 07 Tribal govts, 12 Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), 20 Private higher ed, 21 Individuals, 22 For-profit (non-small business), 23 Small businesses, 25 Others, 99 Unrestricted. ## `fundingInstruments` (type: `array`): G Grant, CA Cooperative agreement, PC Procurement contract, O Other. ## `assistanceListing` (type: `string`): e.g. 93.243. Optional. ## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`): 0 = no date limit. ## `minAwardCeiling` (type: `integer`): Only keep opportunities whose award ceiling is at least this. Requires details. 0 = off. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch award ceiling/floor, total funding, eligibility, description and contacts for each opportunity. ## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`): Remember what was already returned and output only opportunities not seen in earlier runs of this same search. Ideal with a daily Schedule + email/Slack/webhook integration. ## `stateKey` (type: `string`): Separate memory for 'only new' mode. Defaults to a key derived from your filters. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many opportunities. ## Actor input object example ```json { "keyword": "water", "statuses": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "agencies": [], "fundingCategories": [], "eligibilities": [], "fundingInstruments": [], "postedWithinDays": 0, "minAwardCeiling": 0, "includeDetails": true, "onlyNew": false, "maxResults": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All Grants.gov opportunities returned by this run (flat JSON items in the default dataset). ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): Counts of items pushed and items skipped as already seen (only-new mode). # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "keyword": "water", "statuses": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "postedWithinDays": 0, "minAwardCeiling": 0, "includeDetails": true, "onlyNew": false, "maxResults": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "keyword": "water", "statuses": [ "posted", "forecasted", ], "postedWithinDays": 0, "minAwardCeiling": 0, "includeDetails": True, "onlyNew": False, "maxResults": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "keyword": "water", "statuses": [ "posted", "forecasted" ], "postedWithinDays": 0, "minAwardCeiling": 0, "includeDetails": true, "onlyNew": false, "maxResults": 50 }' | apify call radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,radiant_opuntia/grants-gov-alerts" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bnS7eOeqORO1aD4IG/builds/tQLZmdcDK8z1gBZBq/openapi.json