NSF Awards

liveGovernmentResearchScience

National Science Foundation award database — ~$10B/yr of funded research across physical sciences, engineering, CS, math, education. No auth.

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Tools

search_awards

Search NSF awards. Filter by keyword (matches title/abstract), PI name, awardee institution, NSF program, date range, US state, or country. Returns title, PI, awardee, amount, dates, program. Use get_

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
keywordoptstringTitle + abstract search
pi_nameoptstringPI full or last name
awardeeoptstringAwardee institution
programoptstringNSF program name
stateoptstringUS state code
countryoptstringCountry code
date_startoptstringMM/DD/YYYY
date_endoptstringMM/DD/YYYY
limitoptnumber1-25 (NSF cap)
offsetoptnumberPagination offset
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get_awardrequired: award_id

Fetch a single NSF award by ID. Returns full abstract, project outcomes report (if completed), and detailed PI/awardee info.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
award_idreqstringNSF award ID
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nsf-awards/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nsf-awards/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_awards","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_awards", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("national science foundation award database — ~$10b/yr of funded research across physical sciences, engineering, cs, math, education");