SAM.gov & Grants.gov Scraper: Federal Contracts and Grants

Get US government contract opportunities from SAM.gov and federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov in one clean dataset, straight from their official public APIs. Filter by keyword, agency, NAICS code, funding category, status and posted date, and schedule it daily in only-new mode to get alerts for fresh RFPs and grants.

• Who it's for: government contractors and bid teams, grant writers, nonprofits, consultants and GovCon lead lists.
• Source: the Grants.gov Search API (no key needed) and the SAM.gov Get Opportunities Public API (needs your own free SAM.gov API key). No scraping, no login.
• Alerts: only-new mode remembers what you already received.
• Output: JSON, CSV or Excel; pay per opportunity returned (see the Pricing tab).

Quick start (one click)

Open the Actor and press Start: the form is prefilled with this input.

{
  "keywords": "climate",
  "sources": [
    "grants.gov"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "stateStoreName": "gov-opps-state",
  "maxItems": 40
}

Sample output (one row, more fields in the dataset):

source	type	id	title	agency
grants.gov	grant	L20AS00080	USDA/USDOI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)	Bureau of Land Management

Use cases

Daily grant alerts for a nonprofit. New and forecasted grants on your topic; only-new mode for a daily schedule.

{"keywords": "climate", "sources": ["grants.gov"], "grantStatuses": ["forecasted", "posted"], "onlyNew": true}

GovCon pipeline by NAICS. Contract opportunities in your NAICS code from the last 14 days (needs your free SAM.gov key).

{"keywords": "software", "sources": ["sam.gov"], "naicsCode": "541511", "postedWithinDays": 14, "samApiKey": "YOUR_SAM_GOV_KEY"}

Both sources in one feed. Contracts and grants for one keyword, one schema.

{"keywords": "cybersecurity", "sources": ["sam.gov", "grants.gov"], "samApiKey": "YOUR_SAM_GOV_KEY", "postedWithinDays": 30}

Funding-trend research. Everything posted in the last 90 days, for analysis.

{"keywords": "artificial intelligence", "sources": ["grants.gov"], "postedWithinDays": 90, "maxItems": 1000}

Features and details of this federal grants API

Get US federal grant opportunities and government contract notices in one clean dataset, straight from the official public APIs of Grants.gov (no key needed) and SAM.gov (your own free API key). Schedule it daily with "only new" mode to get alerts.

Why this Actor

• Official sources only: Grants.gov Search API and the SAM.gov Get Opportunities Public API. No scraping, no proxies, no login.
• Grants and contracts in one output format.
• Filters: keywords, agency codes, funding categories, eligibility, status (forecasted, posted, closed, archived), NAICS (SAM.gov), posted within N days.
• Only new: remembers what it already returned, so daily runs give you just fresh opportunities.
• Fast: about 125 Grants.gov results in ~1 s in our tests.

How to use

1. Enter Keywords (e.g. artificial intelligence, climate, broadband).
2. Grants.gov works out of the box. For SAM.gov contracts, paste your free personal API key (sam.gov > Account Details > Public API Key).
3. Optionally filter by agency (exact Grants.gov codes such as NSF, HHS-NIH11, DOE-GFO), category, eligibility or NAICS.
4. Click Start, then export JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API, Make, Zapier or n8n.
5. For alerts, add a daily Schedule with onlyNew: true.

Pricing

Pay per result: $1.00 per 1,000 opportunities ($0.001 each) plus $0.005 per run start. No subscription.

Errors

If one source fails, the run continues and the error is saved in the ERRORS key-value record.

How to use the federal grants API

1. Open the Actor, fill in the input form (or paste the JSON below).
2. Click Start. Results land in the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the Apify API.
3. For alerts or regular refreshes, add an Apify Schedule. You can cap spend with "Max charge per run".

Input example

Real input of cloud run LuGO1XWkux67LnrCL (2026-10-22/23):

{
  "keywords": "wildfire",
  "sources": [
    "grants.gov"
  ],
  "grantStatuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}

Output example

Real rows from that run (10 results, 3.3 s) (long titles shortened in the table):

id	title	agency	status	posted	closes
L20AS00080	USDA/USDOI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)	Bureau of Land Management	forecasted	2020-03-16	—
G27AS00072	Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountains	Geological Survey	posted	2026-10-14	2026-11-14
EDA-DISASTER-2023	FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental	Economic Development Administration	posted	2023-04-24	—
G27AS00165	Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Southern Appalac	Geological Survey	posted	2026-10-01	2026-10-30
G27AS00073	Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Hawaiʻi-Pacific	Geological Survey	posted	2026-10-14	2026-11-14
EDA-DISASTER-2025	EDA FY25 Disaster Supplemental	Economic Development Administration	posted	2025-06-04	—

One full record:

{
  "source": "grants.gov",
  "type": "grant",
  "id": "L20AS00080",
  "title": "USDA/USDOI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)",
  "agency": "Bureau of Land Management",
  "status": "forecasted",
  "postedDate": "2020-03-16",
  "closeDate": null,
  "assistanceListings": [
    "15.232"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/325472"
}

Dates come as Grants.gov publishes them: some long-running notices keep an old posted date or a far-future close date. Filter with postedWithinDays and grantStatuses.

FAQ

Do I need a SAM.gov API key?

Only for contract notices. Grants.gov works without a key; for SAM.gov you paste your own free key from your sam.gov account.

Why do agency filters need exact codes?

Grants.gov matches sub-agency codes such as HHS-NIH11, not just HHS.

Is this affiliated with the government?

No. It only reads public US government APIs.

How much does it cost?

$1 per 1,000 opportunities plus $0.005 per run.

Are there limits I should know about?

Yes. Results are only as complete and current as the official source. If a source is down, the run logs the error instead of returning made-up data. Report problems in the Issues tab.

Use it from code, AI agents and automations

The same input as the form above works everywhere. Results are the run's dataset (JSON, CSV, Excel). You need an Apify API token (Console → Settings → API & Integrations).

Python (pip install apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("stazis/gov-opportunities-api").call(run_input={
  "keywords": "climate",
  "sources": [
    "grants.gov"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "maxItems": 40
})
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():  # apify-client < 3: run["defaultDatasetId"]
    print(item)

JavaScript / TypeScript (npm i apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('stazis/gov-opportunities-api').call({
  "keywords": "climate",
  "sources": [
    "grants.gov"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "maxItems": 40
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

HTTP, one call (waits for the run, up to 5 minutes, and returns the items)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/stazis~gov-opportunities-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": "climate", "sources": ["grants.gov"], "postedWithinDays": 30, "maxItems": 40}'

AI agents (MCP). This Actor runs with limited permissions, so AI agents can use it through the hosted Apify MCP server (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and other MCP clients). Add this to your MCP client config and sign in with Apify on first use:

{ "mcpServers": { "gov-opportunities-api": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=stazis/gov-opportunities-api" } } }

Agents without an Apify account can pay per run in USDC through agi.apify.com (x402). Pricing is pay-per-event, so an agent pays only for the results it gets.

LangChain (pip install langchain-apify, set APIFY_TOKEN): from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool and tool = ApifyActorsTool("stazis/gov-opportunities-api") gives your agent this Actor as a tool.

No-code and scheduling: use the Apify app in Make, n8n or Zapier ("Run an Actor", then pick stazis/gov-opportunities-api), or create a Schedule in Apify Console to run it daily and send results to a webhook, Slack or Google Drive through Apify integrations.

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