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# Grant Portal Overview

Find grants, review funding context, and move from discovery to outreach.

### What is the Grant Portal?

The Grant Portal helps you find grant opportunities, qualify fit, and act fast.

You can review funding context, open source links, and move straight into outreach.

Click here to watch [video](https://screen.studio/share/cGq6bTr0).

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Grant Portal walkthrough
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### What you can do

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#### Search and filter grants

Filter by institution type, keywords, funding agency, and funding period.
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#### Review funding context

See the funded amount and how many years are left.
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#### Open source records

Jump to USA spending, state grant records, and private foundation sources to verify award history. Open the official grant link from the same view.
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#### Generate contacts and outreach

Find relevant contacts and draft outreach emails without leaving your workflow.
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#### Run automations

Create a new automation, scope it to clients only, and run your own workflows.

Start with [Create & run an automation](/nationgraph/help-center/readme/automations-overview/create-and-run-an-automation.md).
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Start with a tight filter set. Then expand by agency, period, or institution type.
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### Quick Start

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Guide</th><th>Description</th><th data-card-target data-type="content-ref">Link</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Find &#x26; manage contacts</td><td>Find decision-makers, generate emails, and add them to your workflow.</td><td><a href="/nationgraph/help-center/readme/workspaces/contacts.md">Contacts</a></td></tr><tr><td>Create &#x26; run an automation</td><td>Scope to clients, run your workflow, and review results.</td><td><a href="/nationgraph/help-center/readme/automations-overview/create-and-run-an-automation.md">Create &amp; run an automation</a></td></tr><tr><td>Browse all quick starts</td><td>The full library of guides across NationGraph.</td><td><a href="/nationgraph/help-center/readme/quick-starts.md">Quick starts</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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