# National Science Foundation

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-science-foundation/  
**Website:** https://www.nsf.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 19.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 19.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 44.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **National Science Foundation Awards API** — The Awards API from National Science Foundation — 2 operation(s) for awards.
- **National Science Foundation Awards.{format} API** — The Awards.{format} API from National Science Foundation — 1 operation(s) for awards.{format}.

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Science Foundation Agentic Access** — 3 operations

## Security (1)

- **National Science Foundation Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **National Science Foundation Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Research, Science

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/national-science-foundation/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.