# CitePulse Funder Impact Brief

> CitePulse Funder Impact Brief is a paid API for AI agents from citepulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a research-impact brief for a specific funder, summarizing highest-impact papers, field distribution, and grant output grounded in OpenAlex funder-linked works.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://citepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/funder-impact
- Price: $0.2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/citepulse-funder-impact-brief-c52d633c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_O7tpK0Wj06WhL3vKBR5fV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability citepulse-funder-impact-brief-c52d633c
```

Example prompt: Pull a funder impact brief for the National Institutes of Health — I want to see their highest-cited grant-linked papers, which research fields they fund most, and their overall track record before I submit a grant proposal.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a pre-application funder intelligence brief grounded in actual publication outcomes rather than stated priorities. Prefer this over general web search when you need citation-backed, field-distributed evidence of what a funder's grants have produced. Best for grant-strategy agents, program officers, or research partnerships teams doing due diligence on a specific funder.

## Known failure modes

- Funder not found in OpenAlex — returns empty result or 404 if the funder ID is invalid
- Funder has no grant-linked works in OpenAlex — returns empty paper list
- Ambiguous funder name with multiple matches — may return wrong funder or require more specific identifier
- OpenAlex data lag — very recent grants may not yet have linked publications
- Rate limit or payment failure — 402 response if x402 payment not processed

## How this service works

Funder research-impact brief — what a funder's grants have produced, grounded in OpenAlex's grants.funder-linked works (highest-impact papers, field distribution). Built for grant-strategy agents and program officers scoping a funder's track record before applying or partnering.

## Output

A structured research-impact brief containing: a list of highest-impact papers linked to the funder's grants (with citation counts), a distribution of funded research across scientific fields, and a summary of the funder's overall research output — all grounded in OpenAlex funder-linked works data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "e.g. en, es, fr, de, ja, zh, ko, pt, ar (default: en)"
      },
      "years": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Lookback window in years (default: no limit — all indexed funded works)"
      },
      "funder": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Funder name, e.g. \"National Science Foundation\""
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "funder_name": "National Science Foundation",
  "impact_summary": "NSF-acknowledged works span computing, materials science, and ecology...",
  "standout_works": [
   {
    "doi": "10.xxxx/yyyy",
    "why": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "cited_by_count": 4200
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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