# 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

### Step 1: Look up funded grants by organization

For NIH grants: /api/v1/nih/by-org/{organization}. For NSF awards: /api/v1/nsf/by-org/{organization}. Each returns the org's grant/award portfolio with project titles, PIs, amounts, and activity codes.

Endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nih/by-org/Stanford

### Step 2: Drill into a specific award

For each result, follow to the canonical detail page: /grant/nih/{appl_id} for NIH, /grant/nsf/{award_id} for NSF. Each page shows amount, recipient, PI, activity code (R01/R21/SBIR for NIH; CISE/MPS/BIO for NSF), project period, and abstract. HTML + Markdown + schema.org Grant JSON-LD.

### Step 3: Find open federal funding opportunities

Future-looking calls: /api/v1/grants-gov/recent lists current and forecasted federal funding opportunities (all agencies). Each has a canonical page at /opportunity/{opp_id} with opportunity number, issuing agency, open/close dates, and CFDA codes.

### Step 4: Cross-reference with the awardee's regulatory footprint

For institutional research grants, the awardee organization often has a SAM.gov UEI in the grant record. Use that UEI to pull the awardee's full cross-vertical timeline via /api/v1/entity/{uei}/timeline — surfaces federal contracts, SEC filings (if public), clinical trials, and EPA facilities for the same entity.

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