OPopenalex
Funders

Get a single funder

Retrieve a single funder by OpenAlex ID or Crossref Funder ID.

get/funders/{id}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.openalex.org
  • URL
    https://api.openalex.org/funders/{id}
  • Auth
    API key in query parameter api_key

Path parameters

idstring required

OpenAlex ID (e.g., F4320306076) or Crossref Funder ID

Query parameters

selectstring

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_keystring required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

idstring

The OpenAlex ID for this funder.

display_namestring

The primary name of the funder.

alternate_titlesstring[]

A list of alternate titles for this funder.

country_codestring nullable

ISO two-letter country code where this funder is located.

descriptionstring nullable

A short description from Wikidata.

homepage_urlstring nullable

URL for this funder's primary homepage.

image_urlstring nullable

URL for an image representing this funder (usually from Wikimedia).

image_thumbnail_urlstring nullable

Smaller version of image_url.

grants_countinteger

The number of grants linked to this funder.

works_countinteger

The number of works linked to this funder.

cited_by_countinteger

Total citations to works linked to this funder.

works_api_urlstring
created_datestring date

When this funder was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_datestring date-time

When this funder was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).

Example response

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/F4320306076"
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 6 revisions of this API.