# Federal Grants Watch (Grants.gov) (`socosupply/grants-watch`) Actor

Scheduled monitor for new or updated federal grant opportunities from the official Grants.gov search API. Filter by agency, CFDA, category, eligibility, keywords, and status (posted, forecasted, closed).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/socosupply/grants-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [Soco Supply](https://apify.com/socosupply) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 grant opportunities

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

## Federal Grants Watch (Grants.gov)

Monitor **federal grant opportunities** from the official [Grants.gov](https://www.grants.gov/) `search2` API. Each run returns opportunities that are **new or updated** since your last run (or all matches when `emitAll` is true)—ideal for nonprofits, researchers, grant writers, and AI agents tracking funding.

### Data source

| | |
|---|---|
| **API** | `POST https://api.grants.gov/v1/api/search2` (public, no API key) |
| **Terms** | Use consistent with Grants.gov terms of use; do not misrepresent affiliation with the U.S. government. |
| **Updates** | Reflects Grants.gov search index (posted, forecasted, and closed statuses per your filters). |

### Sample run vs. monitoring

- **Sample / first try:** leave **`emitAll`: true** (default in the Console prefill) with **`maxResults`: 10** to see current opportunities without reading change detection.
- **Scheduled monitoring:** set **`emitAll`: false** on a daily or weekly schedule. The Actor stores a fingerprint per opportunity id and emits only **new** rows or **updated** rows (title, dates, status, CFDA list, etc. changed).

### Pricing

Pay per result pushed (built-in Apify per-result event) plus **$0.003 per run start**, same as other Soco Supply data monitors (~**$4 per 1,000 results**).

### Input highlights

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `keyword` | Official Grants.gov keyword search |
| `agencies` | Agency codes (e.g. `HHS-NIH11`) |
| `fundingCategories` / `eligibilities` / `fundingInstruments` | Grants.gov filter codes |
| `cfda` / `opportunityNumber` | Narrow to one program or opportunity |
| `oppStatuses` | `posted`, `forecasted`, `closed` |
| `maxResults` | Cap rows per run |
| `emitAll` | Sample mode vs delta mode |

### Output

Each dataset row includes `opportunityId`, `opportunityNumber`, `title`, `agencyName`, `openDate`, `closeDate`, `oppStatus`, `cfdaNumbers`, `grantsGovUrl`, and `changeType` (`new`, `updated`, or `unchanged` when `emitAll` is true).

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Grants.gov full-text keyword search (official search2 API).

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

After the API search, keep only opportunities whose title contains any of these (case-insensitive).

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Grants.gov agency codes (e.g. HHS-NIH11, USDOJ-OJP-NIJ). Empty = any agency in the status filter.

## `fundingCategories` (type: `array`):

Grants.gov funding category codes. Empty = all categories.

## `eligibilities` (type: `array`):

Grants.gov applicant eligibility codes. Empty = all.

## `fundingInstruments` (type: `array`):

Grants.gov funding instrument codes (grant, cooperative agreement, etc.). Empty = all.

## `cfda` (type: `string`):

Filter to a single CFDA number (e.g. 93.399).

## `opportunityNumber` (type: `string`):

Filter to a specific opportunity number (e.g. RFA-CA-28-013).

## `oppStatuses` (type: `array`):

Statuses to include in the Grants.gov query.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Grants.gov sortBy value (default newest open date first).

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Rows per Grants.gov API request (max 500).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after pushing this many opportunities (0 = unlimited).

## `emitAll` (type: `boolean`):

If true, push every opportunity matching filters (changeType new, updated, or unchanged). If false, only new or updated since the last run. Prefill enables a sample on first run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [],
  "agencies": [],
  "fundingCategories": [],
  "eligibilities": [],
  "fundingInstruments": [],
  "oppStatuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "sortBy": "openDate|desc",
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxResults": 10,
  "emitAll": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

New or updated grant opportunities from this run (default dataset).

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": "",
    "keywords": [],
    "agencies": [],
    "fundingCategories": [],
    "eligibilities": [],
    "fundingInstruments": [],
    "cfda": "",
    "opportunityNumber": "",
    "oppStatuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted"
    ],
    "sortBy": "openDate|desc",
    "pageSize": 100,
    "maxResults": 10,
    "emitAll": true
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("socosupply/grants-watch").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keyword": "",
    "keywords": [],
    "agencies": [],
    "fundingCategories": [],
    "eligibilities": [],
    "fundingInstruments": [],
    "cfda": "",
    "opportunityNumber": "",
    "oppStatuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted",
    ],
    "sortBy": "openDate|desc",
    "pageSize": 100,
    "maxResults": 10,
    "emitAll": True,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("socosupply/grants-watch").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": "",
  "keywords": [],
  "agencies": [],
  "fundingCategories": [],
  "eligibilities": [],
  "fundingInstruments": [],
  "cfda": "",
  "opportunityNumber": "",
  "oppStatuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "sortBy": "openDate|desc",
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxResults": 10,
  "emitAll": true
}' |
apify call socosupply/grants-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,socosupply/grants-watch"
        }
    }
}
```

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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/5xfjfhcaN9DfBMcMd/builds/obaxPCdRBsVTf4mSm/openapi.json