National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. NSF provides grants and funding to researchers and institutions to drive innovation, discovery, and progress.

National Science Foundation publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Awards API and Awards.{format} API. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Research, and Science.

National Science Foundation’s developer surface includes developer portal, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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32.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

Federal GovernmentResearchScience

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 32.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

National Science Foundation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: national-science-foundation
name: National Science Foundation
description: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and
  education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. NSF provides grants and funding to researchers and institutions
  to drive innovation, discovery, and progress.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-science-foundation.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-science-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Federal Government
- Research
- Science
apis:
- aid: national-science-foundation:national-science-foundation-awards-api
  name: National Science Foundation Awards API
  description: The Awards API from National Science Foundation — 2 operation(s) for awards.
  humanURL: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
  baseURL: https://api.nsf.gov/services/v1/
  tags:
  - Awards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-science-foundation-awards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
  - type: Reference
    url: https://resources.research.gov/common/webapi/awardapisearch-v1.htm
- aid: national-science-foundation:national-science-foundation-awards-format-api
  name: National Science Foundation Awards.{format} API
  description: The Awards.{format} API from National Science Foundation — 1 operation(s) for awards.{format}.
  humanURL: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
  baseURL: https://api.nsf.gov/services/v1/
  tags:
  - Awards.{format}
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-science-foundation-awards-format-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
  - type: Reference
    url: https://resources.research.gov/common/webapi/awardapisearch-v1.htm
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-science-foundation-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-science-foundation-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/nsf-open
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-science-foundation
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nsf.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.nsf.gov/developer
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.nsf.gov/rss/rss_www_news.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

National Science Foundation

Kin Score

APIs 2

National Science Foundation Awards API

National Science Foundation Awards.{format} API

Open Collections 1

National Science Foundation Awards API

Pricing Plans 1

National Science Foundation Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

National Science Foundation Rate Limits

FinOps 1

National Science Foundation Finops

Security Posture 1

National Science Foundation Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

National Science Foundation Agentic Access