`gtr_search_projects`

Pack: ukri-gtr · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/gtr_search_projects for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search UK research grants awarded by UKRI — the seven research councils (EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC, NERC, ESRC, AHRC, STFC) plus Innovate UK — by free text over titles and abstracts. Returns each grant reference, project title, funding council, grant category, lead department, award status and funding period, for questions like which UK grants fund a given topic, how many awards a council made in an area, or what a UK research group was funded to do. Narrow by funder name and by Active or Closed status.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Free text, e.g. “quantum computing”, “antimicrobial resistance”, “offshore wind”.
`funder`	string	no	Funding body to restrict to, matched exactly against leadFunder: EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC, NERC, ESRC, AHRC, STFC, “Innovate UK”, “Horizon Europe Guarantee”, “UKRI FLF”, “Newton Fund”.
`status`	string	no	Award status.
`search_field`	string	no	Which field the query text is matched against. Default “all”.
`limit`	number	no	Results to return, 1-100. Default 10.
`page`	number	no	1-based page of upstream results. Default 1.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "quantum computing",
  "funder": "EPSRC",
  "status": "Active",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukri-gtr/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"gtr_search_projects","arguments":{"query":"quantum computing","funder":"EPSRC","status":"Active","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('gtr_search_projects', {
  "query": "quantum computing",
  "funder": "EPSRC",
  "status": "Active",
  "limit": 10
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the ukri-gtr pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ukri-gtr": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukri-gtr/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

gtr_search_projects