`search_grants`

Pack: nih-reporter · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nih-reporter/mcp

Search NIH-funded research projects. Filter by free-text query (matches title/abstract/terms), PI name, organization, fiscal year, US state, or NIH institute code (NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, etc.). Returns project number, PI, institution, fiscal year, award amount, and abstract preview.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text search across title, abstract, terms
`pi_name`	string	no	PI last name (or any name part)
`organization`	string	no	Institution name (e.g., “Stanford University”)
`fiscal_year`	number	no	Fiscal year (e.g., 2024)
`state`	string	no	US state code (e.g., “CA”)
`ic`	string	no	NIH Institute/Center code (e.g., “NCI”, “NHLBI”, “NIMH”)
`limit`	number	no	Results per page (1-500, default 25)
`offset`	number	no	Pagination offset (default 0)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "cancer immunotherapy",
  "ic": "NCI",
  "fiscal_year": 2024,
  "limit": 25
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nih-reporter/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_grants","arguments":{"query":"cancer immunotherapy","ic":"NCI","fiscal_year":2024,"limit":25}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_grants', {
  "query": "cancer immunotherapy",
  "ic": "NCI",
  "fiscal_year": 2024,
  "limit": 25
});

More examples

{
  "pi_name": "Smith",
  "organization": "Stanford University",
  "state": "CA",
  "limit": 50
}

Response shape

Always returns: total, returned, grants

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total number of matching grants
`returned`	number	Number of grants returned in this response
`grants`	array	Array of grant records

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching grants"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of grants returned in this response"
    },
    "grants": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "appl_id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "NIH application ID"
          },
          "project_num": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Project number"
          },
          "core_project_num": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Core project number"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Project title"
          },
          "fiscal_year": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Fiscal year of award"
          },
          "award_amount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Total award amount in dollars"
          },
          "award_notice_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Award notice date"
          },
          "project_start": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Project start date"
          },
          "project_end": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Project end date"
          },
          "nih_institute": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "NIH Institute/Center abbreviation or code"
          },
          "nih_institute_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full name of NIH Institute/Center"
          },
          "contact_pi": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Contact principal investigator name"
          },
          "pis": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "description": "List of principal investigator names"
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Organization/institution name"
          },
          "org_city": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Organization city"
          },
          "org_state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Organization state code"
          },
          "org_country": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Organization country"
          },
          "terms_preview": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Preferred terms/keywords preview"
          },
          "reporter_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Direct link to project on NIH Reporter"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Array of grant records"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "returned",
    "grants"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nih-reporter": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nih-reporter/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_grants