National Science Foundation Awards.{format} API
The Awards.{format} API from National Science Foundation — 1 operation(s) for awards.{format}.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: National Science Foundation Awards Awards.{format} Awards.{format} 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.{format}
paths:
/awards.{format}:
get:
summary: Search awards
description: Search NSF awards using keyword, awardee, location, program, date, and amount filters.
parameters:
- name: format
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- json
- xml
- name: keyword
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Free-text search supporting Boolean AND, OR, NOT.
- name: rpp
in: query
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 25
default: 25
description: Results per page.
- name: offset
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
description: Starting record offset for pagination.
- name: sortKey
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- awardNumber
- awardTitle
- nsfOrganization
- startDate
- name: sortDirection
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- asc
- desc
- name: dateStart
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Award date start (mm/dd/yyyy).
- name: dateEnd
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: startDateStart
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: startDateEnd
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: expDateStart
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: expDateEnd
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: estimatedTotalAmtFrom
in: query
schema:
type: number
- name: estimatedTotalAmtTo
in: query
schema:
type: number
- name: fundsObligatedAmtFrom
in: query
schema:
type: number
- name: fundsObligatedAmtTo
in: query
schema:
type: number
- name: awardeeName
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: awardeeCity
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: awardeeStateCode
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: awardeeZipCode
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: perfCity
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: perfStateCode
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: perfLocation
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: pdPIName
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: coPDPI
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: poName
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: org_code_dir
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: org_code_div
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: progEleCode
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: ActiveAwards
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: ExpiredAwards
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: histAwd
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: transType
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: callback
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: JSONP callback name (when format is json).
responses:
'200':
description: Paginated list of award records with metadata.
tags:
- Awards.{format}