Grant Search

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by krimskrams

Search U.S. federal grants and EU funding topics; monitor changes and download snapshots.

This MCP server provides search across U.S. federal grants and EU funding topics. It supports monitoring for changes and downloading snapshots. The server is exposed as a tool-based interface (toolCount: 5) under the slug xyz-krimskrams-grant-search.

🛠️ Key Features

Search U.S. federal grants
Search EU funding topics
Monitor changes
Download snapshots
Tool-based interface (5 tools)

🚀 Use Cases

Find relevant U.S. federal grants
Identify EU funding topics for research or planning
Track updates by monitoring changes
Capture point-in-time data via downloaded snapshots

⚡ Developer Benefits

Programmatic access to grant and funding topic search
Change monitoring and snapshot downloads via MCP tools

⚠️ Limitations

No additional tool or data-scope details are provided beyond search, monitoring, and snapshot downloads.

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

grant_search

Search current U.S. Grants.gov opportunities by default, or set source=eu to search English EU Funding & Tenders topics with SEDIA status 31094502. Inputs are source, query, agency, statuses, limit, closing_within_days, and minimum_award_ceiling. Receive up to 20 normalized JSON records with title, agency, status, open and close dates, award amounts, eligibility, funding fields, and official_url.

Parameters7

query	any	optional
agency	any	optional
statuses	string	optional
limit	integer	optional
closing_within_days	any	optional
minimum_award_ceiling	any	optional
source	string	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "maxLength": 200,
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Query"
    },
    "agency": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "maxLength": 50,
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Agency"
    },
    "statuses": {
      "default": "forecasted|posted",
      "maxLength": 50,
      "title": "Statuses",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "title": "Limit",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "closing_within_days": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "maximum": 3650,
          "minimum": 0,
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Closing Within Days"
    },
    "minimum_award_ceiling": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "minimum": 0,
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Minimum Award Ceiling"
    },
    "source": {
      "default": "us",
      "title": "Source",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "description": "Validated query parameters for both fixed-price search routes.",
  "title": "SearchParams"
}

grant_changes

Find new or changed U.S. federal grants for a maintained scope. Use scope, as_of, window_days, event_limit, and continuation cursor inputs. Receive JSON with events, changed fields, deadline risks, award-value changes, dataset status, evidence URLs, and next_request.

Parameters7

cursor	string	optional
end_cursor	any	optional
as_of	string	required
window_days	integer	optional
event_limit	integer	optional
scope	string	required
end_snapshot_id	any	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "cursor": {
      "default": "start",
      "maxLength": 50,
      "pattern": "^(?:start|[0-9]+:[0-9]+)$",
      "title": "Cursor",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "end_cursor": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "maxLength": 50,
          "pattern": "^[0-9]+:[0-9]+$",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "End Cursor"
    },
    "as_of": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "title": "As Of",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "window_days": {
      "default": 7,
      "maximum": 3650,
      "minimum": 0,
      "title": "Window Days",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "event_limit": {
      "default": 20,
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "title": "Event Limit",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "scope": {
      "maxLength": 100,
      "title": "Scope",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "end_snapshot_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "minimum": 1,
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "End Snapshot Id"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "as_of",
    "scope"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Resolve one buyer request to a maintained collection scope.",
  "title": "ConfiguredChangeIntelligenceRequest"
}

grant_coverage

Read the current Grant Search data coverage and provenance.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

grant_snapshots

List bounded Grant Search snapshots and their coverage.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

grant_snapshot

Download current stored U.S. federal grant records with a slice_id from /v1/snapshots. Receive slice_id, as_of, row_count, source, licence, and all grant rows in that bounded slice as JSON.

Parameters1

slice_id

string

required

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slice_id": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slice_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Install

Tools (5)

grant_searchgrant_changesgrant_coveragegrant_snapshotsgrant_snapshot

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://grant-search.krimskrams.xyz/mcp

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grant-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://grant-search.krimskrams.xyz/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

grant_search

grant_changes

grant_coverage

grant_snapshots

grant_snapshot

Install

Remote endpoint

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