Get the US federal money trail for a technology term — returns USAspending obligations by
Get the US federal money trail for a technology term — returns USAspending obligations by fiscal year with 3y growth, top recipients, NIH grant counts and recent projects, plus flags. Use instead of joining two federal APIs.
20000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-09-02
updated
Provider
answerpool.io · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
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"payTo": "0xb3ba3Ca99F9742b32fC527CF62688C83b39AED8c",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "20000",
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}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"term": "quantum computing"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"as_of": "2026-08-30T18:00:00Z",
"fiscal_years": [
2022,
2023,
2024,
2025,
2026
],
"flags": [
"partial_current_fy",
"nih_active"
],
"nih_growth_3y": 0.19,
"nih_projects_by_fy": {
"2024": 47,
"2025": 37
},
"nih_recent_projects": [
{
"award_amount_usd": 612000,
"fiscal_year": 2026,
"organization": "MIT",
"project_num": "1R01EB035892-01",
"title": "Quantum sensing for neuroimaging"
}
],
"term": "quantum computing",
"top_recipients": [
{
"amount_usd": 44900000,
"name": "UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO",
"uei": "UYTTZT6G9DT1"
}
],
"usaspending_by_fy": [
{
"contract_obligations_usd": 180000000,
"fiscal_year": 2025,
"grant_obligations_usd": 57100000,
"total_obligations_usd": 237100000
}
],
"usaspending_growth_3y": 0.48
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"DELETE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"term": {
"description": "Technology keyword, e.g. 'quantum computing'.",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 2,
"title": "Term",
"type": "string"
},
"years": {
"default": 5,
"description": "How many fiscal years back to aggregate.",
"maximum": 8,
"minimum": 2,
"title": "Years",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"term"
],
"title": "FundingInput",
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"as_of": {
"title": "As Of",
"type": "string"
},
"disclaimer": {
"default": "Keyword-matched US federal spending (USAspending) and NIH grants (RePORTER), both public domain; an activity signal, not a census of the technology and not investment advice.",
"title": "Disclaimer",
"type": "string"
},
"fiscal_years": {
"items": {
"type": "integer"
},
"title": "Fiscal Years",
"type": "array"
},
"flags": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": "Flags",
"type": "array"
},
"method_id": {
"default": "funding_signals_rules_v1",
"title": "Method Id",
"type": "string"
},
"nih_growth_3y": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Nih Growth 3Y"
},
"nih_projects_by_fy": {
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "integer"
},
"title": "Nih Projects By Fy",
"type": "object"
},
"nih_recent_projects": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"award_amount_usd": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Award Amount Usd"
},
"fiscal_year": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Fiscal Year"
},
"organization": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Organization"
},
"project_num": {
"title": "Project Num",
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Title"
}
},
"required": [
"project_num",
"title",
"organization",
"award_amount_usd",
"fiscal_year"
],
"title": "NihProject",
"type": "object"
},
"title": "Nih Recent Projects",
"type": "array"
},
"term": {
"title": "Term",
"type": "string"
},
"top_recipients": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"amount_usd": {
"title": "Amount Usd",
"type": "number"
},
"name": {
"title": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"uei": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Uei"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"amount_usd",
"uei"
],
"title": "Recipient",
"type": "object"
},
"title": "Top Recipients",
"type": "array"
},
"usaspending_by_fy": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"contract_obligations_usd": {
"title": "Contract Obligations Usd",
"type": "number"
},
"fiscal_year": {
"title": "Fiscal Year",
"type": "integer"
},
"grant_obligations_usd": {
"title": "Grant Obligations Usd",
"type": "number"
},
"total_obligations_usd": {
"title": "Total Obligations Usd",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"fiscal_year",
"total_obligations_usd",
"contract_obligations_usd",
"grant_obligations_usd"
],
"title": "FiscalYearSpend",
"type": "object"
},
"title": "Usaspending By Fy",
"type": "array"
},
"usaspending_growth_3y": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Total obligations, last complete FY vs 3 FYs earlier, as a ratio - 1; null if base is 0.",
"title": "Usaspending Growth 3Y"
}
},
"required": [
"as_of",
"term",
"fiscal_years",
"usaspending_by_fy",
"usaspending_growth_3y",
"top_recipients",
"nih_projects_by_fy",
"nih_growth_3y",
"nih_recent_projects",
"flags"
],
"title": "FundingOutput",
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://answerpool.io/v1/funding/signals" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://answerpool.io/v1/funding/signals");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://answerpool.io/v1/funding/signals")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
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