Grants.gov API · MCP-native · Deadline alerts

Find SBIR/STTR funding before the deadline closes

We turn the 900+ daily Grants.gov listings into a ranked, explainable shortlist for your company — classified as SBIR/STTR, scored against your profile, with a plain-English reason for every match and a deadline alert so you never miss a due date.

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973opportunities tracked
12SBIR/STTR flagged
120fully enriched
$0to run

The shortest path from profile to relevant grants

No config, no login walls. Paste your tech focus and get ranked matches with explanations.

1 · Your profile

Technology / industry, target agencies, company type.

2 · Matching

Every opportunity scored on relevance, eligibility, urgency, agency & tech fit.

3 · Top opportunities

Ranked by composite fit, with the reason for each score.

4 · Deadline & next action

Closing-soon alerts (14/7/1 day) and a direct Grants.gov link.

Real opportunities from the current dataset

These are live records pulled from Grants.gov — not illustrations.

BOTH Fit 64/100

NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase

U.S. National Science Foundation · closes in 74 days

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →
SBIR Fit 53/100

NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (Pare

National Institutes of Health · closes in 957 days

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →
BOTH Fit 53/100

SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optio

National Institutes of Health · closes in 957 days

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →
BOTH Fit 53/100

NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Optiona

National Institutes of Health · closes in 226 days

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →
SBIR Fit 53/100

NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical

National Institutes of Health · closes in 226 days

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →
SBIR Fit 51/100

NIEHS Worker Training Program’s SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (R43/R44

National Institutes of Health · closes in rolling

Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).

View on Grants.gov →

Why this grant scored the way it did

Transparency is the product. Every match is explainable.

NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase

64/100
  • Relevance: no keyword profile supplied (neutral).
  • Eligibility: explicitly open to small businesses.
  • Eligibility: SBIR/STTR program — designed for for-profit small businesses.
  • Eligibility: owned by SBIR-agency NSF.
  • Urgency: closes in 74 days.
  • Agency fit: no agency target supplied (neutral).
  • Tech fit: no tech-domain profile supplied (neutral).

Closing soon

From the live snapshot.

Coverage by agency

Top agencies in the current dataset.

AgencyOpportunitiesSBIRSTTR
HHS42282
NSF14611
DOD13800
DOS7000
DOI4200
USDA2900

Pricing built for first conversion

Start free. Pay only when the intelligence saves you time.

Free

$0
  • Search the full dataset
  • SBIR/STTR classification
  • Closing-soon feed

Starter

$29/mo
  • 1 agency watchlist
  • Deadline alerts (14/7/1d)
  • REST API + MCP access

Pro

$49/mo
  • Multi-agency + scoring
  • Profile matching + explanations
  • Webhooks + weekly digest

API

usage
  • Per-call or subscription
  • Higher rate limits
  • Team seats

14-day trial on paid plans. Cancel anytime. Pricing is preliminary and may adjust as we learn willingness-to-pay.

Payment status: Free tier is live now (full public API + this site). Paid plans (Starter $29/mo, Pro $49/mo) use Gumroad checkout — account setup in progress. You can use the Free tier immediately; paid checkout links activate once enabled.

For AI agents & developers

A clean REST API and an MCP server so agents consume grants directly.

# REST — top matches for an AI/health startup curl -X POST https://130.61.140.48.sslip.io/api/match \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"profile":{"keywords":["AI","diagnostics"],"agencies":["NIH"],"tech_domains":["health"]},"limit":3}' # MCP tool call (stdio) {"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"match_grants_to_profile", "arguments":{"profile":{"keywords":["AI"]}}}} # Response (trimmed) {"count":3,"results":[{"opp_id":"359671","composite":87, "score":{"reasons":["Eligibility: SBIR/STTR program...", "Relevance: matches your keyword(s): AI, diagnostics"]}}]}

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Why teams switch from generic grant databases

We are built for one job: SBIR/STTR fit, explained.

SBIR/STTR-first

We classify every opportunity as SBIR/STTR and surface the parent solicitations that matter — not a generic 14,000-grant database.

Explains every score

Each match shows relevance, eligibility, urgency, agency fit and tech fit in plain English. No black box.

Agent-ready (MCP + REST)

A 11-tool MCP server and a 10-endpoint REST API. Drop grant intelligence straight into your agent or pipeline.

3–10× cheaper

$29–$49/mo vs $179–$899/mo for general grant tools. Same job, a fraction of the price.

Questions, answered honestly

Is Grants.gov free? Why pay you?
The data is public. You pay to skip the 4–8 hours/week of manual screening and the missed-deadline risk — we score, explain, and alert automatically.

How are you different from Instrumentl?
Instrumentl is a general nonprofit grant database at $299–$899/mo. We are SBIR/STTR-specific, explain every score, and expose a REST API + MCP server for agents at $29–$49/mo.

Will it predict if I'll win?
No. Scoring is transparent triage (eligibility, relevance, urgency). It gets the right opportunities in front of you; writing the proposal is still yours.

Is my data safe?
The free tier needs only an email. Payments go through Gumroad or Lemon Squeezy (merchant of record) — no card or banking data touches our systems.

Who is this for?
US for-profit small businesses eligible for SBIR/STTR: deep-tech/AI startups, grant consultants, university tech-transfer offices, and R&D SMEs in defense, health, energy, agriculture.

How fresh is the data?
Sourced from the official Grants.gov public API and refreshed nightly on our Always Free server.

This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Official Grants.gov public API (search2 + fetchOpportunity). No scraping, no paywall bypass.
No scraping, no paywall bypass, no claimed government endorsement.