# US Federal Grant Opportunities — Grants.gov API (`nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities`) Actor

Track US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov. Clean JSON for suppliers, bid teams and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$30.00 / 1,000 grant records

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## US Federal Grant Opportunities

Track US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov. Built for suppliers, bid teams, analysts and AI agents.

### ⏰ Run this as a grant-opportunity alert (recommended)

Every IP registry actor is a monitoring subscription, not a one-shot lookup. Schedule a weekly sweep and catch new filings as they land:

```json
{
  "query": "research",
  "limit": 100
}
```

Weekly cron (`0 8 * * 1`) turns this into an always-on grant-opportunity alert.

### 📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per opportunity (full output has 13 fields):

- `agency` — Agency
- `agency_code` — Agency code
- `cfda` — Cfda
- `close_date` — Close date
- `detected_at` — Detected at
- `doc_type` — Doc type
- `link` — Link
- `open_date` — Open date
- `opportunity_id` — Opportunity id
- `opportunity_number` — Opportunity number

**Pricing:** $0.03 per opportunity (Pay-Per-Event) — about **33 opportunitys per $1**.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and run US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov on demand.

**Sample agent prompt:**

```
Alert me on new US federal grants matching my sector with close dates.
```

**Agentic payments (x402):** Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

### 🔗 Related procurement actors

**Monitor government contracts across the US, EU, UK and APAC:** [EU TED Tenders](https://apify.com/nexgendata/eu-ted-tender-monitor), [UK Find a Tender](https://apify.com/nexgendata/uk-find-a-tender), [US Federal Awards](https://apify.com/nexgendata/usaspending-federal-awards-scraper), [US Contracts Search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/government-contracts-search), [US Spending Intel](https://apify.com/nexgendata/federal-contract-spending-intelligence), [Singapore GeBIZ](https://apify.com/nexgendata/singapore-gebiz-tenders)

**Procurement agent front door:** [Gov Contracts Procurement MCP](https://apify.com/nexgendata/government-contracts-procurement-mcp-server)

***

*Data from public government procurement sources.*

# Actor input Schema

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

Search grant opportunities by topic (e.g. climate, broadband, AI, rural health). Leave empty for all.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Which statuses to include: posted, forecasted, closed, archived.

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

Filter by agency code (e.g. USDA, HHS, NSF, DOE). Empty = all agencies.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum grant opportunities to return.

## `include_raw` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the raw Grants.gov record.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "artificial intelligence",
  "statuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "max_results": 25,
  "include_raw": false
}
```

# 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": "artificial intelligence",
    "statuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted"
    ],
    "max_results": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities").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": "artificial intelligence",
    "statuses": [
        "posted",
        "forecasted",
    ],
    "max_results": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": "artificial intelligence",
  "statuses": [
    "posted",
    "forecasted"
  ],
  "max_results": 25
}' |
apify call nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/federal-grant-opportunities",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OErjsrEgKmGqcIB0q/builds/bD4nsZNCxtrEtbmwB/openapi.json