1. Community of Science Funding Opportunities and Funding Alerts

2. W HAT I S COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES ? Community of Science (COS) is an online, subscription database of announcements for grants, fellowships and awards from around the world Provides general phrase searches or detailed advanced searches, specifying a wide range of criteria from grant amount to location to deadline Don’t let the name fool you! COS provides opportunities in all disciplines: physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health & medicine, arts & humanities.

3. W HAT COS CAN PROVIDE Over 25,000 records representing over $33 billion in funding. Sponsors throughout the world for recipients throughout the world. Access to private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations and more. Funding for research, collaborations, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, postdoctoral positions, equipment acquisitions, capital or operating expenses. Timely information that is verified with sponsor, edited for consistency and optimized for accurate searching.

4. A CCESSING COS Method 1 – Without a Password Access is granted from any on-campus computer without a username or password at http://fundingopps.cos.com/ http://fundingopps.cos.com/

5. A CCESSING COS Method 2 – With a Password Username and Password Access is necessary when: A user is off-campus A user needs to save a funding record or search (which you need to do to set up a Funding Alert)

6. S ETTING UP A U SERNAME AND P ASSWORD Go to http://www.cos.com/ andhttp://www.cos.com/ click the “New User? Register Free” icon near the top left of the screen.

7. S ETTING UP A U SERNAME AND P ASSWORD Click “Join”

8. S ETTING UP A U SERNAME AND P ASSWORD Fill in the Required Information Ensure you select American University from the dropdown list of institutions, so that you will be authenticated properly and be granted access to all services to which we subscribe

9. S ETTING UP A U SERNAME AND P ASSWORD Click “Create Account”

10. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Method 1 - Free-Text Simple Search (http://fundingopps.cos.com/)http://fundingopps.cos.com/ Enter Keywords

11. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Results shown using “OR” logic

12. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Results shown using “OR” logic Shows previous searches from current session

13. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Results shown using “OR” logic Allows for a downloaded list of selected records within the search

14. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Method 2 - Detailed Advanced Search

15. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Advanced Search

16. S EARCHING COS F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES Advanced Search Allows for keyword search by Sponsor, Abstract or Title Results sortable by relevancy, amount, deadline and more

17. COS F UNDING A LERT Utilizes user defined criteria to check COS Funding Opportunities database for updated information about funding in the user's area of interest. View tutorial at http://www.cos.com/alert_tutorial/http://www.cos.com/alert_tutorial/ Saves up to 40 funding searches as alert searches Specify for which searches to receive email updates Review an archive of weekly alert results Receive email alerts when any tracked records are updated--up to 200 Your weekly results include the Title, Sponsor, Deadline, Amount

18. G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD 5 Step Guided Search

19. G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD 5 step process 1- Who are you?

20. 2- Citizenship/Residency G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD

21. 3- Type of Funding G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD Notice the number of opportunities changing as you move through each step

22. 4- Sponsor type G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD

23. 5- Field of Interest (Keyword) G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD

24. Results (Look like all other searches) G UIDED S EARCH W IZARD

25. Q UESTIONS ? More information about COS Funding Opportunities is available at http://fundingopps.cos.comhttp://fundingopps.cos.com