---
title: "Search federal awards"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/usaspending/awards"
tags: ["Public Finance & Government"]
---

# Search federal awards

`GET /api/v1/usaspending/awards`

Search contracts, grants, loans by keyword. Returns individual awards with amounts.

## Query parameters

- `keyword` string — Search keyword.
- `award_type` string — USAspending award type (contracts, grants, loans, direct_payments).
- `fiscal_year` integer — US federal fiscal year.
- `limit` integer — Maximum number of records to return.

## Response `200`

USAspending federal contracts, grants, and loans matching the keyword with amounts.

- EnvelopeUsaspendingAwardsData
  - `data` UsaspendingAwardsData, required
    - `fiscal_year` integer, required — Fiscal year.
    - `award_type` string, required
    - `keyword` unknown, required
    - `results` UsaSpendingResult[], required — Array of result records.
      - `internal_id` integer, required
      - `Award ID` string, required
      - `Recipient Name` string, required
      - `Award Amount` number, required
      - `Awarding Agency` string, required
      - `Award Type` unknown, required
      - `Description` string, required
      - `Start Date` string, required
      - `End Date` string, required
      - `awarding_agency_id` integer, required
      - `agency_slug` string, required
      - `generated_internal_id` string, required
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header. JSON body with a stable `code` distinguishing `missing_api_key` (no header sent) from `invalid_api_key` (header sent, key not accepted); any other 401 source carries the generic `unauthorized` with its detail as `reason`. Plus `hint`. `plan` is always null on 401 - an unauthenticated request has no plan; quota exhaustion is 429, not 401.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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