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Federal Funding Finder

A free, open-source, read-only MCP server for SBIR/STTR and federal grants. It searches Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER and the NSF Award Search API, and every result links back to its source.

Tools5
ToolSourceContract test
search_open_opportunitiesForecasted and posted opportunities by keyword, agency and eligibility. Drops closed, stale and overseas mission notices by default and reports what it dropped.Grants.gov search2OK
search_nih_awardsNIH projects by activity code, state, institute, text and fiscal yearNIH RePORTER v2OK
search_nsf_awardsNSF awards by keyword, state, award date and SBIR/STTR programNSF Award SearchOK
similar_funded_projectsFunded projects ranked by term overlap with a descriptionNIH and NSFOK
agency_sbir_summaryCounts and dollar totals by fiscal year and stateNIH or NSFOK
Contract tests call the real APIs. Last local run 2026-10-16.
Connect

Add the server URL to your MCP client.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "funding-finder": { "url": "https://federal-funding-finder.netlify.app/mcp" }
  }
}

To run it yourself, use npm run dev (Netlify CLI) and http://localhost:8888/mcp.

Example prompts
  • NIH SBIR awards to South Dakota companies since 2020
  • Open Grants.gov SBIR opportunities for small businesses
  • Open grants a research park can apply to
  • NSF SBIR awards in South Dakota
  • Funded projects similar to a biofilm wound dressing
  • NIH SBIR/STTR totals by year for South Dakota
Data sources3
SourceEndpoint
Grants.gov search2 APIPOST https://api.grants.gov/v1/api/search2
NIH RePORTER APIPOST https://api.reporter.nih.gov/v2/projects/search
NSF Award Search APIGET https://www.research.gov/awardapi-service/v1/awards.json