How to get Grants.gov Federal Grant Opportunities in an AI tool

Search US federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov - title, agency, open/close dates, status, CFDA codes, and detail links via the official search2 API. grants.gov is one page of it. A run reads that public list and saves one row per result.

Set up the Apify actor

Apify is where this run is collected. An actor is the program that collects the rows. A task is that program saved with your settings, so the next section can ask for the latest rows. You need a free Apify account.

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Open Grants.gov Federal Grant Opportunities and click Try for free. Create an Apify account if you do not have one. The Free plan does not ask for a card.

You are on the input form. Keep the sample for this first run.

{
    "keyword": "education",
    "opportunityStatus": "posted",
    "maxItems": 5
}

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Leave the proxy setting as it is. Click Start and wait until the run says Succeeded.
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Open Storage, then Dataset. You should see opportunityId, opportunityNumber, title, agencyCode.
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When you want the real list, raise maxItems. The sample cap is only there so the first run stays small.
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Go back to the input and choose Save as a new task. Name it after this list.
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Open the task. Copy the task ID from the address bar. Excel, Sheets, Power BI, and the other guides ask for this ID.
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On the task, open Schedules and add a weekly run if you want fresh rows. Each run pays the start charge and the charge for the rows. The amounts are in the price list on this page.
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Open Settings, then API & Integrations, and copy an API token. Excel, Sheets, and the other guides put this token in a download link. Anyone with that link can download the rows, so treat it like a password.

How to set up in an AI tool

Use the task ID and the API token from Set up the Apify actor, above.

01
Open the API tab on Grants.gov Federal Grant Opportunities.
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Copy the MCP config, or call the run endpoint with the API token from Set up the Apify actor, above.
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Ask for opportunityId, opportunityNumber, title, agencyCode, agency. A schedule still lives on the task from Set up the Apify actor, above.

Schema

Examples come from the actor sample, not a live result.

Name	Description	Example
`opportunityId`	Opportunity Id	`334326`
`opportunityNumber`	Opportunity Number	`21-595`
`title`	Title	`Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)`
`agencyCode`	Agency Code	`NSF`
`agency`	Agency	`U.S. National Science Foundation`
`openDate`	Open Date	`06/24/2021`
`closeDate`	Close Date	`10/14/2026`
`oppStatus`	Opp Status	`posted`
`docType`	Doc Type	`synopsis`
`cfdaList`	Cfda List	`47.076`
`sourceUrl`	Source Url	`https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334326`
`scrapedAt`	Scraped At	`2026-09-11T12:00:00+00:00`

opportunityIdOpportunity Id334326
opportunityNumberOpportunity Number21-595
titleTitleTribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
agencyCodeAgency CodeNSF
agencyAgencyU.S. National Science Foundation
openDateOpen Date06/24/2021
closeDateClose Date10/14/2026
oppStatusOpp Statusposted
docTypeDoc Typesynopsis
cfdaListCfda List47.076
sourceUrlSource Urlhttps://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334326
scrapedAtScraped At2026-09-11T12:00:00+00:00