# NIH API: Search grants > Finds NIH research grants by topic, organisation, or researcher name. Searches the last five fiscal years by default. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NIH. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/reporter.nih.gov/search-grants - Method: `reporter.nih.gov/search_grants`, version 1 - Website: reporter.nih.gov - Returns: title, investigators, organisation, institute, fiscal year, award amount, dates, abstract, link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `sort` | string | no | | Newest awards by notice date, or largest award amounts. One of "newest", "largest_amount". Default "newest". | | `query` | string | yes | `"Alzheimer's"` | Topic, organisation, or researcher name, such as Alzheimer's or Johns Hopkins University. | | `state` | string | no | | Organisation state name or two-letter code, such as Maryland or MD. Default "". | | `max_results` | integer | no | | Maximum number of grants to return, such as 20. Default 20. | | `fiscal_years` | string | no | | Fiscal year or inclusive year range, such as 2024-2026; defaults to the last five fiscal years. Default "". | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "query": "Alzheimer's" } ``` Its output: ```json { "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" ] } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash 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"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## 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? ## Input schema ```json { "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 ```json { "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" } } } } } } } ``` ## See more - [NIH API: Search PubMed articles](https://fous.com/methods/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search-articles.md): Finds PubMed medical and life-science articles by topic, with publication details and free full-text links when PubMed confirms them. - [NIH API: Search diagnosis codes](https://fous.com/methods/clinicaltables.nlm.nih.gov/search-diagnosis-codes.md): Finds ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and official names from a plain-language condition description, retrying with simplified wording when the first search finds nothing. - [NIH API: Get PubMed article](https://fous.com/methods/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/get-article.md): Gets the full PubMed abstract and publication details for one article by title, PubMed link, or PubMed number (PMID). 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