NIH API: Search grants
Finds NIH research grants by topic, organisation, or researcher name. Searches the last five fiscal years by default.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Sort optional
sort Newest awards by notice date, or largest award amounts.
newest (default)
One of
newest,largest_amount.- Query, required
query Topic, organisation, or researcher name, such as Alzheimer's or Johns Hopkins University.
Alzheimer's
- State optional
state Organisation state name or two-letter code, such as Maryland or MD.
(default)
- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum number of grants to return, such as 20.
20 (default)
Whole number from 1 to 100.
- Fiscal Years optional
fiscal_years Fiscal year or inclusive year range, such as 2024-2026; defaults to the last five fiscal years.
(default)
Input as JSON
{ "query": "Alzheimer's"}Output
{ "grants": [ { "city": "PITTSBURGH", "state": "Pennsylvania", "abstract": "PROJECT ABSTRACT This project focuses on the development of statistical methods for data harmonization of amyloid and tau PET neuroimaging studies of Alzheimer’s disease. Specifically, we will focus on developing methods for amyloid and tau PET harmonization for multiple sites and multiple tracers, …", "fiscal_year": 2026, "organisation": "UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH", "nih_institute": "National Institute on Aging", "project_title": "Statistical Approaches for Data Harmonization for PET Imaging Studies of Alzheimer's Disease", "reporter_link": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11447550" , "project_number": "1R01AG097729-01A1", "award_amount_usd": 1418192, "project_end_date": "2031-08-31", "project_start_date": "2026-09-30", "principal_investigators": [ "Davneet Singh Minhas", "Dana L Tudorascu" ] }, { "city": "ROCHESTER", "state": "Minnesota", "abstract": "PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of β-amyloid in the brain, followed by tau accumulation, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline. β-amyloid has been a primary target for AD therapies and studies to date have shown a modest slowing of cognitive …", "fiscal_year": 2026, "organisation": "MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER", "nih_institute": "National Institute on Aging", "project_title": "Temporal Associations of Neuroinflammation with Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers and Cognition", "reporter_link": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11427255" , "project_number": "1R01AG102933-01", "award_amount_usd": 677880, "project_end_date": "2031-06-30", "project_start_date": "2026-09-30", "principal_investigators": [ "Petrice M. Cogswell" ] }, { "city": "BALTIMORE", "state": "Maryland", "abstract": "Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a reversible form of dementia and gait imbalance in the elderly that has been treated with surgical ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS). Although VPS has been performed for decades, the effectiveness of VPS has not been tested in an appropriately ru…", "fiscal_year": 2026, "organisation": "JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY", "nih_institute": "National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke", "project_title": "A Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in INPH Shunting (PENS) Trial", "reporter_link": "https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11628947" , "project_number": "3U01NS122764-05S1", "award_amount_usd": 30002, "project_end_date": "2027-07-31", "project_start_date": "2021-09-30", "principal_investigators": [ "Richard Holubkov", "Mark Gregory Luciano" ] } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"reporter.nih.gov/search_grants","input":{"query":"Alzheimer' \''s"}}'# Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "reporter.nih.gov/search_grants" , "input": { "query": "Alzheimer's" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "reporter.nih.gov/search_grants" , "input": { "query": "Alzheimer's" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run reporter.nih.gov/search_grants# with {"query":"Alzheimer's"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "sort": { "enum": [ "newest", "largest_amount" ], "type": "string", "default": "newest", "description": "Newest awards by notice date, or largest award amounts." }, "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Topic, organisation, or researcher name, such as Alzheimer's or Johns Hopkins University." }, "state": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Organisation state name or two-letter code, such as Maryland or MD." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of grants to return, such as 20." }, "fiscal_years": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Fiscal year or inclusive year range, such as 2024-2026; defaults to the last five fiscal years." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "grants" ], "properties": { "grants": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "city": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "state": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "abstract": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "fiscal_year": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "organisation": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "nih_institute": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "project_title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "reporter_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "project_number": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "award_amount_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "project_end_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "project_start_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "principal_investigators": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } } } } } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
reporter.nih.gov/search_grants- Returns
- title, investigators, organisation, institute, fiscal year, award amount, dates, abstract, link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method reporter.nih.gov/search_grants with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Find NIH grants about Alzheimer's disease from Johns Hopkins University, sorted by largest award amount, limit 10.
- Show me recent NIH-funded research on type 2 diabetes in Massachusetts for fiscal years 2022-2024.
- Look up NIH grants awarded to researcher Maria Gonzalez, newest first.
- I need NIH grants on CRISPR gene editing at institutions in California, max 50 results.
- Which NIH awards went to universities in Texas for cancer immunotherapy research during fiscal year 2025?
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pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/get_chemicalLooks up a chemical on PubChem by name or CAS number and returns its GHS hazard labels, route-specific first aid, flash point and workplace exposure limits.
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usaspending.gov/search_federal_awards