# Government Research Award Lookup (NIH / NSF / SBIR)

> Government Research Award Lookup (NIH / NSF / SBIR) is a paid API for AI agents from x402helper.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.009/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Retrieves details for a specific government research award by ID and source (NIH, NSF, or SBIR).

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402helper.xyz/89e509/funding/award?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.009/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/government-research-award-lookup-nih-nsf-sbir-9a7e240b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_n_99c-pWxXOUGXBbRH64c

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 government-research-award-lookup-nih-nsf-sbir-9a7e240b
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the details for NIH project number R01CA123456? I want to know what this grant is about and who received it.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up structured details for a specific government research grant by its award ID across NIH, NSF, or SBIR sources. It is ideal for due diligence on funded research projects, competitive intelligence on grant recipients, or verifying funding details for a known award number. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, machine-readable grant data rather than unstructured descriptions.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown award ID returns an error or empty result
- Unsupported source enum value causes a validation error
- Missing required query parameters (id or source) results in a 400-level error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol causes a 402 response before data is returned
- NIH/NSF/SBIR upstream data unavailability may result in stale or missing records

## How this service works

X402 micropayments server — AI agents pay USDC for OFAC screening, rates, and billing verification.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with award details corresponding to the specified government grant ID and source, including information such as project title, funding amounts, recipient institution, principal investigator, and award period. The response includes a success flag and a result object with the structured award 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "id",
      "source"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "description": "Award identifier — NIH project number, NSF award id, or SBIR award number"
      },
      "source": {
       "enum": [
        "nih",
        "nsf",
        "sbir"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "description": "Which source the id belongs to"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "result": {},
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/government-research-award-lookup-nih-nsf-sbir-9a7e240b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402helper.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402helper.xyz/llms.txt)