Science

Data source: NIH Reporter, NSF Awards, CORDIS

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/research-funding/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-research-funding": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/research-funding/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/research-funding/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_grants", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/research-funding/

4 endpoints available:

GET /rest/research-funding/search_grants
GET /rest/research-funding/get_grant
GET /rest/research-funding/list_funding_sources
GET /rest/research-funding/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/research-funding/search_grants?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/research-funding/search_grants",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc research-funding

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (4)

search_grants

Search for research grants across NIH Reporter, NSF Awards, and EU CORDIS.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search query — keywords, topic, PI name, or institution.
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum number of results. (default: 10)
`source`	`any`	optional	Filter by source: nih, nsf, cordis. Omit to search all.

get_grant

Look up a specific research grant by its ID.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`grant_id`	`string`	required	Grant ID (e.g. NIH project number, NSF award ID, or CORDIS reference).
`source`	`any`	optional	Source: nih, nsf, cordis. Specify to avoid searching all sources.