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NIH RePORTER

3 tools for accessing NIH RePORTER data. No additional API key required.

nih-search-projects

Search NIH-funded research projects — grants, principal investigators, institutions, and funding amounts.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
querystringoptionalSearch keyword or topic
pi_namestringoptionalPrincipal investigator name
organizationstringoptionalInstitution name
fiscalYearnumberoptionalFiscal year
limitnumberoptionalNumber of results

Example

nih-search-projects(query: "CRISPR gene therapy", fiscalYear: 2024)

nih-search-publications

Search publications resulting from NIH-funded research — papers, authors, journals, and grant linkages.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
querystringoptionalSearch keyword or topic
pi_namestringoptionalAuthor name
limitnumberoptionalNumber of results

Example

nih-search-publications(query: "mRNA vaccine")

nih-spending-by-category

Get NIH funding levels by Research, Condition, and Disease Category (RCDC) — how much NIH spends on cancer, Alzheimer's, etc.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
categorystringoptionalDisease/condition category
fiscalYearnumberoptionalFiscal year

Example

nih-spending-by-category(category: "Cancer", fiscalYear: 2024)