Challenge.gov is gone. Here is an open feed of U.S. federal prize competitions (JSON, CSV, Atom, calendar)

Description and use

Challenge.gov is gone, but an open feed of U.S. federal prize competitions is now available in JSON, CSV, Atom, and iCal.

Problem

The federal portal for prize competitions, Challenge.gov, was retired on March 30, 2026, leaving no API, RSS, or export for active challenges, and some agencies post challenges only on their own sites.

Outcome

The feed held 19 open or upcoming challenges with about $36.7 million in stated cash prizes on October 14, 2026, including challenges only on NASA’s pages.

Workflow

• 1. Read USA.gov active‑challenge listing
• 2. Crawl each challenge page honoring 10‑second crawl delay
• 3. Merge in hand‑checked list of agency‑only challenges
• 4. Publish data/active.json and data/active.csv with sponsor, dates, types, prize lines, cash total, contact, application link, status and source
• 5. Publish data/feed.xml Atom feed
• 6. Publish data/deadlines.ics iCal file
• 7. Publish data/federal‑register.json with last 12 months notices

Evidence

Challenge.gov, the federal portal for prize competitions, was retired on March 30, 2026.

Source

Active challenges are now ordinary web pages on USA.gov, one page per challenge, with no API, no RSS and no export, and some agencies post challenges only on their own sites.

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I built a small open replacement: federal-prize-feed.

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It reads USA.gov's active‑challenge listing plus each challenge page (slowly, honoring the site's 10-second crawl delay), merges in a hand‑checked list of challenges that only agency pages show, and publishes:

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On October 14, 2026 the feed held 19 open or upcoming challenges with about $36.7 million in stated cash prizes.

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