National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation Awards API

The Awards API from National Science Foundation — 2 operation(s) for awards.

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Operations 2

GET /awards/{id}.{format} Retrieve a single award

GET /awards/{id}/projectoutcomes.{format} Retrieve project outcomes for an award

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: National Science Foundation Awards API
  description: The NSF Research Spending and Results Web API provides programmatic access to the award search functionality available through Research.gov. The API exposes how federal research dollars are being spent, what research is being performed, and project outcomes that result from NSF-funded work.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: NSF Developer Resources
    url: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
servers:
- url: https://api.nsf.gov/services/v1
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Awards
paths:
  /awards/{id}.{format}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a single award
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: NSF award number.
      - name: format
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Award detail record.
      tags:
      - Awards
  /awards/{id}/projectoutcomes.{format}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve project outcomes for an award
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: format
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Project outcomes report for the award.
      tags:
      - Awards