Get the US federal money trail for a technology term — returns USAspending oblig
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.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
325 msmedian answer time
$0.02listed price per call
$0.02price it asked us
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Endpoint
GET https://answerpool.io/v1/funding/signals
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | answerpool.io |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.02 | 325 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"term": "quantum computing"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$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",
"typ