| name | grant-monitor |
| description | Monitor research grant opportunities and funding calls in epidemiology, dengue, global health, and AI for science. Automatically checks FAPESP, CNPq, NIH, Wellcome Trust portals for new editais and alerts about deadlines. Use when user asks about finding grants, editais de pesquisa, funding opportunities, or wants to track research funding calls. |
Grant Monitor
Monitors research funding opportunities for:
- Epidemiology and dengue research
- Global health and public health
- AI for science and health
- Infectious disease surveillance
- Mathematical modeling and data science
Supported Portals
🇧🇷 Brazilian
- FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de SP
- CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico
- FAPERJ - Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho (RJ)
- FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas Gerais
🌍 International
- NIH - National Institutes of Health (EUA)
- Wellcome Trust - Global health research (UK)
- ERC - European Research Council
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Global health
🇨🇳 China
- NSFC - National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会)
- MOST - Ministry of Science and Technology (科学技术部)
- CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院)
- Belt and Road Initiative - International cooperation programs
- CMB - China Medical Board (funding for health research)
Quick Start
Check Specific Portal
python scripts/check_fapesp.py --keywords "dengue,epidemiologia,arboviroses,saúde pública"
python scripts/check_cnpq.py --keywords "dengue,doenças infecciosas"
python scripts/check_nih.py --keywords "dengue,epidemiology,arboviral"
Check All Portals
python scripts/check_all.py --keywords "dengue,epidemiologia"
Add Monitoring Job
python scripts/schedule_monitor.py --frequency weekly --day monday --time 09:00
python scripts/schedule_monitor.py --frequency daily --time 08:00
View Tracked Grants
The system maintains a local database of tracked grants at:
~/.nanobot/workspace/grant-monitor/grants.db
List Active Grants
python scripts/list_grants.py --status open
Check Deadlines
python scripts/check_deadlines.py --days 30
Grant Database Schema
See references/database-schema.md for full schema.
Key fields:
portal: Source portal (fapesp, cnpq, nih, etc.)title: Grant titledescription: Brief descriptiondeadline: Submission deadline (ISO 8601)url: Link to full editalstatus: open/closed/upcomingkeywords: Matched keywordseligibility: Who can applyamount: Funding amount (when available)
Adding New Keywords
Edit references/keywords.txt to add search terms.
Current Keyword Categories:
Epidemiology & Disease:
- dengue, epidemiologia, epidemiology
- arboviroses, arboviral, zika, chikungunya
- doenças infecciosas, infectious diseases
- vigilância epidemiológica, disease surveillance
- transmissão de doenças, disease transmission
Global Health:
- global health, saúde global, international health
- one health, planetary health
- saúde pública, public health
- health systems, sistemas de saúde
- digital health, saúde digital, mHealth, telemedicine
AI for Science:
- artificial intelligence, inteligência artificial
- AI for science, AI for health
- machine learning, aprendizado de máquina
- deep learning, redes neurais, neural networks
- computational biology, bioinformatics
- data science, ciência de dados
- predictive modeling, modelagem preditiva
Methods:
- modelagem matemática, mathematical modeling
- bioestatística, biostatistics
- forecasting, previsão
- sistemas de informação em saúde, health information systems
Manual Portal Checks
When web search is unavailable, guide user to:
🇧🇷 Brazil
- FAPESP: https://fapesp.br/oportunidades/
- CNPq: https://www.gov.br/cnpq/pt-br/edicitais
🌍 International
- NIH: https://grants.nih.gov/funding/searchguide/index.html
- Wellcome: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes
🇨🇳 China
- NSFC: https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/ (English: https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/english/)
- MOST Programs: http://www.most.gov.cn/
- CAS: https://www.cas.cn/
- China Medical Board: https://www.chinamedicalboard.org/funding-opportunities
