How to find US federal research grants (NIH + NSF + Grants.gov)

Step-by-step guide to searching NIH RePORTER, NSF Awards, and Grants.gov for funded research grants and open funding opportunities — by organization, by topic, or by award ID.

Steps

1. Look up funded grants by organization

   By organization:

   • NIH: /api/v1/nih/by-org/{org}
   • NSF: /api/v1/nsf/by-org/{org}

2. Drill into a specific award

   Per-grant canonical:

   • /grant/nih/{appl_id} — NIH grant detail (Grant schema with MonetaryAmount)
   • /grant/nsf/{award_id} — NSF award detail

3. Find open federal funding opportunities

   Open calls: /api/v1/grants-gov/recent. Per-opportunity: /opportunity/{opp_id}.

4. Cross-reference with the awardee's regulatory footprint

   The grant record's org_uei (SAM.gov UEI) joins to entity_master. Pull the awardee's full cross-vertical timeline:

   GET /api/v1/entity/{uei}/timeline

   Surfaces federal contracts, SEC filings (if public), clinical trials (if pharma), EPA facilities, and lobbying disclosures for the same institution.