About Grantranslator
Grantranslator helps researchers find relevant federal funding opportunities faster. We summarize long announcements in plain language, flag hidden eligibility restrictions, and classify grants by research area — so you spend less time reading fine print and more time writing proposals.
Daily Updates
We monitor ~1,500 active NIH, NSF, and HHS opportunities every day. Only new or updated listings are analyzed — roughly 30 per day — so our AI insights are always current.
Change Detection
We check for new and updated opportunities each day. Unchanged listings are skipped; removed ones are marked as inactive.
Full Announcement Coverage
We retrieve the full text of each funding announcement — not just the Grants.gov synopsis — so our AI analyzes the complete requirements. Coverage: 97%+.
AI Analysis
Each grant gets a plain-language summary, up to 30 research keywords, funding details, and restriction flags — automatically.
Semantic Indexing
Every grant is indexed for concept-based search, so you can find relevant opportunities even when agencies use different terminology than you do.
Data Sources
Simpler.grants.gov
Primary source. Active NIH, NSF, and HHS funding opportunities via the US government grants API.
NIH RePORTER
Historical award data, program statistics, and success rates.
NSF Awards API
Historical NSF award information and directorate data.
Data is refreshed daily. The official record is always the FOA/NOFO on the issuing agency’s website.
Smart Search
Search combines concept matching with exact keyword matching, so you find relevant grants even when agencies use different language. Searching “cancer treatment” also surfaces oncology research that doesn’t use those exact words.
Concept Matching
Finds grants that match the meaning of your query, even when the terminology differs — “machine learning” matches “artificial intelligence” and “deep learning.”
Exact Matching
Precise results for grant numbers, activity codes (R01, R21, K99), acronyms, and specific terms when you need an exact match.
Results from both methods are merged and ranked together, balancing conceptual relevance against exact term matches for the best results.
Browse by Research Area
Every grant is tagged across multiple classification systems, so you can filter by your field regardless of how the funding agency categorized it.
OpenAlex Topics
Academic disciplines
MeSH Descriptors
Medical & life sciences
ANZSRC Fields of Research
International research codes
Agency Codes
NIH institutes, NSF directorates
Using multiple taxonomies means you can discover opportunities across the inconsistent labeling used by different agencies.
Restriction Flags
Important requirements buried in the fine print of funding announcements are automatically flagged — eligibility limits, letter-of-intent deadlines, budget caps, citizenship requirements, and more.
How it works
- Pattern matching catches common restrictions (LOI deadlines, new PI limits, budget caps, citizenship rules)
- AI analysis surfaces novel restrictions not covered by standard patterns
- Multiple independent AI passes with consensus filtering reduce false alarms while catching more real issues
Severity levels
Each restriction is classified by severity and category — covering eligibility, budget, submission requirements, timelines, compliance, and more.
These are flags for further investigation, not compliance determinations. The absence of flags does not mean no restrictions exist.
Quality & Limitations
Multi-pass consensus
Each opportunity is analyzed multiple times independently. Only findings that appear consistently are retained, filtering out noise while catching restrictions that a single pass might miss.
Regular quality checks
We regularly evaluate extraction quality using multiple AI systems and repeated testing. Results are used to calibrate thresholds and improve accuracy over time.
Structured categorization
Restrictions are organized into consistent categories based on analysis of thousands of historical funding announcements, so you can quickly scan for the types of issues that matter most to you.
Known limitations
AI analysis may produce inaccuracies or miss restrictions in referenced documents and attachments. Cannot parse non-text content (tables, figures, fillable forms). Funding amounts and agency codes are highly reliable; summaries and restriction descriptions vary with document complexity.
AI output is not human-reviewed. Use as a starting point, not a substitute for reading the original announcement.
Premium Features
Grant Alerts
Never miss a relevant opportunity. Describe your research interests and get personalized email digests of the best-matching grants — top 5 or top 20, daily or weekly.
Status Tracking
Track opportunities through your pipeline: watching, planning, drafting, submitted, awarded, declined. Track up to 3 for free, or 50+ with a subscription.
Change Notifications
Get notified when tracked opportunities are updated — deadline changes, NOFO amendments, or status changes. Only available with a premium subscription.
Notices
Grantranslator is an independent, privately-operated platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Grants.gov, NIH, NSF, HHS, or any other US government agency. This product uses the Grants.gov API but is not endorsed or certified by the US Department of Health and Human Services.