Grants.gov Opportunities Scraper

Export public U.S. federal funding opportunities from Grants.gov to structured datasets. The Actor searches the public Grants.gov API, deduplicates opportunities by stable ID, and can enrich each row with public detail fields such as descriptions, contacts, funding amounts, eligibility text, and attachment metadata.

At a glance

• Primary job: Build repeatable exports and monitors for public Grants.gov opportunity notices.
• Input: Keyword plus optional agency/category/date-style filters and detail limits.
• Output: One dataset row per public opportunity.
• Best for: Grant writers, nonprofits, universities, consultants, public-sector sales teams, civic-tech analysts, and funding-intelligence workflows.

Who is this for?

• Grant writers and consultants tracking new federal funding opportunities for clients.
• Nonprofits and universities building recurring grant-alert exports.
• Public-sector sales and civic-tech teams monitoring federal program signals.
• Analysts and data teams feeding Grants.gov rows into spreadsheets, CRMs, dashboards, or RAG systems.

Common use cases

• Funding research: Search public opportunities by keyword and export structured rows.
• Monitoring: Schedule small repeat runs and compare stable opportunityId values over time.
• CRM enrichment: Send agency, contact, date, and funding fields to downstream systems.
• Automation: Use Apify datasets, API, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools.

Ready-to-run tasks

These task recipes cover distinct buyer workflows and can be copied directly into the Actor input. Publisher will create their public Examples after publication.

• Climate funding opportunities
• Commerce agency grants
• Grant deadline watch
• Nonprofit eligibility grants

Climate funding opportunities

{
  "keyword": "climate",
  "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeContacts": true,
  "includeAttachments": true,
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxDetailRequests": 10
}

Agency pipeline monitor

{
  "keyword": "research",
  "agencies": ["DOC"],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeContacts": false,
  "includeAttachments": false,
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxDetailRequests": 0
}

Deadline watch

{
  "keyword": "education",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeContacts": true,
  "includeAttachments": false,
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxDetailRequests": 10
}

What data can you extract?

Input example

{
  "keyword": "climate",
  "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeContacts": true,
  "includeAttachments": true,
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxDetailRequests": 10,
  "failOnSourceUnavailable": false
}

Example output

{
  "opportunityId": "103313",
  "opportunityNumber": "NOAA-OAR-CPO-2012-2003041",
  "title": "Climate Program Office for FY 2012",
  "agencyCode": "DOC",
  "agencyName": "Department of Commerce",
  "status": "posted",
  "docType": "synopsis",
  "cfdaList": ["11.431"],
  "openDate": "07/06/2011",
  "openDateIso": "2011-07-06",
  "closeDate": "",
  "closeDateIso": null,
  "description": "Changing climate confronts society with significant economic...",
  "contactEmail": "steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/103313",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "warnings": []
}

Limits and caveats

• Public data only: This Actor returns public Grants.gov opportunity notices, not private applications, workspace data, or applicant-specific materials.
• No grant-fit advice: It does not score eligibility or recommend whether you should apply.
• Source semantics: Grants.gov may omit fields or use older date formats; raw fields are preserved and normalized fields are nullable.
• Attachments: V1 emits metadata only and does not download or parse attached files.

API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("fetch_cat/grants-gov-opportunities-scraper").call({
  keyword: "climate",
  includeDetails: true,
  maxItems: 10,
  maxDetailRequests: 10
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("fetch_cat/grants-gov-opportunities-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keyword": "climate",
    "includeDetails": True,
    "maxItems": 10,
    "maxDetailRequests": 10,
})
print(run["defaultDatasetId"])

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~grants-gov-opportunities-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"climate","includeDetails":true,"maxItems":10,"maxDetailRequests":10}'

MCP and AI agents

Use this Actor from MCP-compatible tools through the official Apify MCP Server.

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/grants-gov-opportunities-scraper"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/grants-gov-opportunities-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompt: "Run Grants.gov Opportunities Scraper for climate opportunities and summarize upcoming deadlines."

Support

Open an issue from the Actor page if a run fails or output looks wrong. Include the run ID, input JSON, expected output, actual output, and one reproducible public URL or Grants.gov opportunity link.