Using COS Funding Opportunities The World’s Largest Funding Information Database

March 2008 COS Funding Opportunities Helps you find the funding information you need quickly and easily. Comprehensive – contains over 24,000 records from numerous sponsor types across all disciplines, making it the world’s largest funding database. Easy to use – offers varied and intuitive search interfaces, downloadable search results, direct links to records, and search tracking/saving. Current information – updated daily by a team of specialized editors. Quality data – obtained directly from the sponsoring organizations to ensure quality and reliability.

March 2008 Contents A COS Funding Opportunities Record Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces COS Search Results Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

March 2008 Contents A COS Funding Opportunities Record Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces COS Search Results Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

March 2008 Sample Record Information in the record includes the date the record was last revised, sponsor, award amount, deadline, and activity location and professional requirements…

March 2008 Sample Record …as well as an abstract, eligibility information, the COS Keywords assigned to the record, the type of funding, as well as sponsor contact information.

March 2008 Contents A COS Funding Opportunities Record Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces Advanced Search Simple Search Search Wizard View by Sponsor View Opportunities With Deadlines in the Next Six Weeks COS Funding Opportunities Results Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

March 2008 Advanced Search Advanced Search: Use this option for creating custom searches with a variety of search fields from which to choose.

March 2008 Advanced Search This search will look for records that contain the terms “brain” or “cancer” in any field, records with a deadline on or after 9/1/08, and for which research conducted in the District of Columbia is eligible.

March 2008 Advanced Search You can add subtract search fields necessary to your search. You can also limit your search results by using the Exclusion Fields. You can filter out information in which you are not interested.

March 2008 Advanced Search Click the hyperlinked keyword name of the keyword to add it to your search. Browse the COS Keyword hierarchy or search for a specific term Choosing the “explode” option will include all terms in the hierarchy underneath your keyword.

March 2008 Advanced Search You can also choose which requirements you meet, your citizenship, and the type of funding for which you’re looking. Tip: hold the `control’ (PC) or `open apple’ (Mac) key to select more than one item from a picklist.

March 2008 Advanced Search Note that you can switch back to “Classic View” at any time.

March 2008 Simple Search The Simple Search interface is for basic searching. Entering free text in the text box will search all of the Funding Opportunities fields for your search criteria.

March 2008 Search Wizard Use the Funding Opportunities Search Wizard for a step-by-step process to help you set up your funding search.

March 2008 Search Wizard First, indicate which of the choices best describes you or your employer.

March 2008 Search Wizard Next, specify the country or countries of which you are a citizen or permanent resident.

March 2008 Search Wizard Now select which sponsor types interest you. Note: As you fill in your search criteria, the Search Summary on the left side of the screen will show what you’ve chosen so far. It will also tell you how many opportunities your search currently returns. You may choose to see those results at any time.

March 2008 Search Wizard Now select which sponsor types interest you.

March 2008 Search Wizard Click on ‘Show Results’ to see the list of funding opportunities for your specified criteria.

March 2008 Records with Deadlines in the Next 6 Weeks You can view a current list of all COS Funding Opportunities with deadlines in the next six weeks.

March 2008 View by Sponsor Search the Funding Opportunities database by sponsor.

March 2008 View by Sponsor Search for a sponsor using the text box, or browse for one by clicking on a letter.

March 2008 View by Sponsor This brings you to a list of all sponsors starting with ‘N’. Click a sponsor name to find all current opportunities from that sponsor, e.g., National 4-H Council.

March 2008 Contents A COS Funding Opportunities Record Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces COS Search Results Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

March 2008 Search Results This search returned 498 results. This search returned 635 results. Click “Hide query” to hide your search criteria. Then show them again by clicking “Show Query.”

March 2008 Search Results By default, the results list is sorted by relevancy, but you can choose to sort by Grant Title, Sponsor, Deadline, or Amount. Click on the hyperlinked column headings to sort the list accordingly.

March 2008 Search Results Faceted search results take the results set from your search and break it down into "facets" according to key categories. From your results list, you can see at a glance how many opportunities are for “Training or Scholarship or Fellowship.” You can then click on any of these "facets" to see opportunities with those criteria only.

March 2008 Search Results Notice the new list of results.

March 2008 Search Results Mouse-overs help you view more information about each record without having to click on each title. Grant Title, Sponsor, Deadline, and Amount all have mouse-overs.

March 2008 Search Results Click on any of the hyperlinked Grant Titles to view the entire Funding Opportunities record.

March 2008 Contents A COS Funding Opportunities Record Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces COS Search Results Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities - search language - share a record - download your results - refine your query - save & share your search - track, tag & share your records

March 2008 Search Methods You can use the `Match Any Field’ or `Match All Fields’ options at the top of the Advanced Search screen. `Match Any Field’ will act as an “OR” operator –e. g.: selecting “match all fields” and typing “brain” in the top field and “cancer” right beneath it, will find records containing the words “brain” and “cancer” somewhere in the field(s) you are searching `Match All Fields’ will act as an “AND” operator – e.g.: selecting “match any field” and typing “brain” in the top field and “cancer” right beneath it, will find records containing the words “brain” or the word “cancer” somewhere in the field(s) you are searching

March 2008 More Search Methods Within the rows are “or” operators that function within the broader “match all” or “match any” options. You can add any number of exclusion fields. Instead of using the “NOT” operator, you can choose specific fields where you don’t want a term to appear.

March 2008 Search Language – Other Tricks You can use these special characters to connect your search terms for specific results: Wild Card * – find variations on a word – e.g., ENVIROMENT* finds profiles with words such as ENVIRONMENTAL and ENVIRONMENTS. Proximity w/# – find words used together but not necessarily in an exact phrase – e.g., WIND w/2 ENERGY finds profiles where these two words are separated by not more than two words, such as those with the phrase WINDTURBINE ENERGY.

March 2008 Search Language – Other Tricks Exact Phrase “ ” – find a precise phrase – e.g., WIND ENERGY in quotation marks finds profiles where these two words appear together as a phrase. Precedence ( ) – execute a series of search commands in a particular order – e.g., (HIV OR AIDS) NOT EDUCATION finds profiles with the terms HIV and/or AIDS, then excludes those with the word EDUCATION.

March 2008 Record Share You can any record to colleagues, even if they don’t have access to COS Funding Opportunities.

March 2008 Record Share Fill out the form, listing up to 5 recipient addresses, then send.

March 2008 Shared Record Your colleague will receive an e- mail with a link to the funding opportunity. That link is good for 14 days.

March 2008 Citation Manager To download and save your results, click ‘Download Citations’ to see a window allowing you to do so.

March 2008 Citation Manager This example is set to download all records on the page in HTML format with the full record content.

March 2008 Citation Manager Results This is the download of the full records in HTML format. Go to ‘File’ then ‘Save as’ to save it to open and read later offline.

March 2008 Refine your Query Start with a broad search, then narrow it by searching within your results. This example shows a search with 1217 initial results.

March 2008 Refine your Query You will be taken back to the main search form that will show you your previous choices. Add “genetic*” to your original search of “brain” or “cancer” to search within the initial 1217 results.

March 2008 Refine your Query Your results have been narrowed to 315.

March 2008 Save a Search The Save Search option will allow you to save searches that you have created to your COS Workbench.

March 2008 Save a Search If not logged in, you will be prompted to enter your username and password.

March 2008 Save a Search You will then be asked to choose a name for your search. If you are at an institution that subscribes to COS Funding Alert you will also be asked if you would like to receive about this alert.

March 2008 Share a Search You can also “Share” your search with other COS subscribers.

March 2008 Sharing a Search

March 2008 Shared Search Your colleague will receive an with a dynamic search link. She can click on that link to run the search anew. She can then save it to her COS Workbench. She can also save the link or use it on a webpage.

March 2008 Save a Search If you were already logged in when trying to save a search, you will get a window asking for the same information. When you save it, you can continue working.

March 2008 Track Records You can track individual Funding Opportunities on your Workbench and be notified when those records are updated.

March 2008 Track Records If not already logged in, you’ll be prompted to log in (just like in the “save search” section). Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your tracked funding records to help you organize and remember them. Tagging lets you categorize your tracked records in your own words. If you put a space in your tag name, a new tag is created.

March 2008 Saved Records The “Cancer Research/Clinical Fellowship Awards” opportunity has been added to my tracked opportunities. Whenever the opportunity is updated by the COS editors, it will be marked as “Recently Updated” on your COS Workbench. Tip: You can track up to 200 opportunities at a time on your COS Workbench.

March 2008 Record Share You can sort your records by clicking on a tag. This will display only those records that you have so tagged. You can then share those records with other COS users.

March 2008 Record Share This is a stable url. When you update your tags, your colleagues will see your updated results too.

March 2008 COS Funding Opportunities Includes lesser-known funding sources, such as new or highly specialized sources, as well a conventional sources Covers all disciplines: humanities and arts as well as the sciences You can send opportunities to colleagues, download your results to review later, and save your searches. Opportunities for many professional levels : faculty, post- docs, graduate students Search tools help you target funding that is relevant to you, filtering out irrelevant records Tools to help you manage your search effort and to communicate valuable information to other COS searchers

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