Search Federal Grant Awards

Search_Federal_Grant_Awards returns federal grant award records with spending, recipient, agency, and program context from GovTribe's grant-award dataset.

When To Use

• "Find grant awards for this topic, recipient, agency, or program."

• "Show the top awardees/agencies/programs by dollars obligated."

• "Find a specific federal grant award by known ID or exact title text."

• "Compare funding agency vs contracting agency funding patterns."

• "Limit to grant type (Project, Formula, Cooperative, Block) and analyze obligations."

• "Run rollups only (per_page: 0) or rollups plus sample rows (per_page > 0)."

Required Reading

1. Search_Query_Guide: Required before setting free-text query strings when search_mode is used.

2. Search_Mode_Guide: Required before choosing keyword vs semantic retrieval.

3. Date_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting date window filters.

4. Location_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting location filters.

Input Contract

• query: Free-text query string. See Required Reading: Search_Query_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• page: 1-based page index.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 1

• per_page: Rows per page.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 10

• search_mode: Query interpretation mode. See Required Reading: Search_Mode_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: keyword

  • options: keyword, semantic

• award_date_range: Filter by the date the award was issued. See Required Reading: Date_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { from?: null|string, to?: null|string }

• ultimate_completion_date_range: Filter by the ultimate completion date of the award. See Required Reading: Date_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { from?: null|string, to?: null|string }

• dollars_obligated_range: Filter by the amount of dollars obligated in the award.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { min?: null|number, max?: null|number }

• place_of_performance_ids: Filter by place of performance. Use GovTribe location IDs or location text for countries, cities/localities, ZIP or postal codes, states/territories, or counties; matching is US-biased for ambiguous names. See Required Reading: Location_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• place_of_performance_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Place of Performance IDs or Locations.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• vendor_ids: Filter by vendors. Use GovTribe IDs or vendor UEIs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• vendor_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Vendor IDs (GovTribe or UEI).

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• contracting_federal_agency_ids: Filter by contracting federal agencies (who signed the contract). Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• contracting_federal_agency_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Contracting Federal Agency GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• funding_federal_agency_ids: Filter by funding federal agencies (who own the money). Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• funding_federal_agency_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Funding Federal Agency GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• federal_grant_program_ids: Filter by federal grant programs. Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• federal_grant_program_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Federal Grant Program GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• assistance_types: Filter by the type of assistance (grant type).

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: Project Grant, Formula Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Block Grant

• assistance_types_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Assistance Types.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• similar_filter: Find similar to the provided govtribe_type + govtribe_id.

  • type: null|object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { govtribe_type: string, govtribe_id: string }

• federal_grant_award_ids: Include or exclude results by GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• federal_grant_award_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• aggregations: Aggregation keys to compute.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: dollars_obligated_stats, top_funding_federal_agencies_by_dollars_obligated, top_awardees_by_dollars_obligated, top_locations_by_dollars_obligated, top_federal_grant_programs_by_dollars_obligated

• sort: Sort configuration.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { key?: null|string, direction?: null|string }

  • options: key: awardDate, completionDate, financialStats.dollarsObligated, _score; direction: asc, desc

• fields_to_return: Optional field list for row payloads. If omitted and per_page > 0, rows default to govtribe_id. For per_page: 0 aggregation/meta calls, this field may be omitted. Specify fields_to_return whenever the user asks for fields beyond govtribe_id, and prefer omitting it in pure aggregation workflows.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: govtribe_id, govtribe_ai_summary, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name, description, award_date, ultimate_completion_date, assistance_type, dollars_obligated, updated_at, funding_federal_agency, contracting_federal_agency, place_of_performance, awardee, parent_of_awardee, federal_grant_program, federal_grant_sub_awards

Output Contract

• Top-level keys:

  • data: Array of result rows when per_page > 0.

  • current_page, from, to, last_page, per_page: pagination fields returned with row results.

  • total: Total matched row count for current query filters.

  • path: GovTribe search URL for this result set.

  • contains: Dataset label for the returned result set.

  • search_results_id, search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search, view_search_results_url: search-session metadata for reuse/saved-search flows.

  • aggregations: Aggregation payload keyed by requested aggregation names when requested.

• Row keys:

  • govtribe_id

  • govtribe_ai_summary

  • govtribe_type

  • govtribe_url

  • name

  • description

  • award_date

  • ultimate_completion_date

  • assistance_type

  • dollars_obligated

  • updated_at

  • funding_federal_agency

  • contracting_federal_agency

  • place_of_performance

  • awardee

  • parent_of_awardee

  • federal_grant_program

  • federal_grant_sub_awards

• Relationship retrieval map:

  • awardee

    • resource_type: vendor

    • tool: Search_Vendors

    • filter: vendor_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, uei, govtribe_url

  • contracting_federal_agency

    • resource_type: federal_agency

    • tool: Search_Federal_Agencies

    • filter: federal_agency_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • federal_grant_program

    • resource_type: federal_grant_program

    • tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Programs

    • filter: federal_grant_program_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • federal_grant_sub_awards

    • resource_type: federal_grant_sub_award

    • tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards

    • filter: federal_grant_sub_award_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • funding_federal_agency

    • resource_type: federal_agency

    • tool: Search_Federal_Agencies

    • filter: federal_agency_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • parent_of_awardee

    • resource_type: vendor

    • tool: Search_Vendors

    • filter: vendor_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, uei, govtribe_url

  • place_of_performance

    • resource_type: location

    • tool: n/a

    • filter: n/a

    • fallback: No direct Search_* tool returns this resource class; use parent dataset filters and parent IDs.

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

Usage Patterns

Pattern A: Topic-level grant award discovery with representative rows. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Awards

{
  "query": "rural broadband deployment planning and implementation",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "per_page": 5,
  "page": 1
}

Pattern B: Aggregation-only market sizing by recipient, agency, location, and program. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "aggregations": [
    "dollars_obligated_stats",
    "top_awardees_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_funding_federal_agencies_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_locations_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_federal_grant_programs_by_dollars_obligated"
  ],
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "2023-01-01",
    "to": "2025-12-31"
  },
  "sort": {
    "key": "financialStats.dollarsObligated",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "per_page": 0
}

Pattern C: Project-grant-only analysis for a mission topic. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Awards

{
  "query": "opioid treatment access",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "aggregations": [
    "dollars_obligated_stats",
    "top_awardees_by_dollars_obligated"
  ],
  "assistance_types": [
    "Project Grant"
  ],
  "assistance_types_operator": "in",
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "2022-01-01",
    "to": null
  },
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "per_page": 10
}

Pattern D: Known grant award lookup by ID-like token (exact lookup intent). Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Awards

{
  "query": "\"693JJ22430000ZS5EALRR23926\"",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "per_page": 1
}

Pattern E: Cross-award topic analysis with grants and contracts in parallel. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Awards

{
  "query": "advanced manufacturing workforce training",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "per_page": 5
}