Transcript Grant and Funding Searches at UW

Grant and Funding
Searches at UW-Stout
using Pivot
Jon Ruger- Graduate Assistant, Research Services
Markie L. C. Blumer-Center for Applied Ethics Scholar, Associate
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies Department
Today’s Agenda
 Overview of Pivot Funding
 Pivot funding search options:
 Quick Search
 Advanced Search
 Saving, and Tracking searches
and individual opportunities
What is Pivot?
 Global database
 Provides access as a source of
funding opportunities for research
grants, post-doctoral research,
fellowships
 Can also be a resource for
undergraduate and graduate student
research
Where do I find Pivot???
 From UW-Stout homepage
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Click on Research
Scroll down to Funding Opportunities
Click on databases tab
Find Pivot; click on link http://pivot.cos.com/
 Off Campus access- will need to register
for Pivot
 On campus access- do not need to
register, but still recommended
On Campus Access
Off Campus Access
I’m on Pivot… now what?
 Highly recommended signing up for Pivot
account
 Will allow you to get email alerts and track funding
opportunities
 From home page, click on “Sign up” link
in upper right hand corner
 Will ask for name, email address, and password
 Default member institution is UW-Stout
Creating Your Account
 Can search by text to give broad results
 Can use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) within search
box for multiple word searches
 Examples
 Baseball football- Records containing the exact phrase
“Baseball football”
 Baseball AND Football- Records containing both words
 Baseball OR Football- Records containing either words
 Baseball NOT Football- Records containing baseball
without the word football
Applied Quick Search by
Text
 Lesbian gay bisexual transgender- Records
containing the exact phrase “Lesbian gay bisexual
transgender”
 Lesbian AND Gay AND Bisexual AND
Transgender- Records containing all of the words
 Lesbian OR Gay OR Bisexual OR TransgenderRecords containing each individual word
 Transgender NOT Lesbian NOT Gay NOT
Bisexual- Records containing transgender without the
other words
Quick Search
Quick Search
 Can search by sponsor or funding source
 Used when you have a particular source in mind
 Can type in full name of sponsor or acronym
 National Science Foundation or NSF
 Can search by
 All sponsors
 US Federal Sponsors
 Non US Federal Sponsors
Applied Quick Search by
Sponsor or Funding Source
 Lesbian gay bisexual transgender
common sponsor or funding sources
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Williams Institute
American Psychological Association
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Health
United States Department of Health and Human
Services
Quick Search
Advanced Search
 Allows you to search by specific fields to
provide a narrower list of search results
 Two ways to do this:
 Can narrow down results from Quick Search
by clicking “Refine Search”
 Can start with Advanced Search
Applied Advanced
Search by Field
 “Refine Search” or start with Advanced
Search of
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Marriage and Family Therapy
Family Therapy
Counseling
Mental Health Counseling
Professional Counseling
Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Human Development and Family Studies
Narrow down
search to specific
region
PhD, New Faculty,
Graduate Student
Saving your Search
 Helps you keep track of your search
history
 Also gives you option to set up email
alerts for new opportunities within your
search
 After saving your search, you can share
search with others by providing their
email addresses
Saved Searches
 Found the your Pivot home page
Tracked & Active
Opportunities
 Active opportunities- ones that are more
important to you
 Tracked opportunities- ones that you want
to monitor
Tracked & Active
Opportunities
 Two ways
 From search results list
 Check box next to program of interest
 Select either “Track” or “Active” from top
 From within an opportunity
 Select opportunity of interest
 Select either “Tracking” or “Active”
 Can also receive email alerts when opportunity is
updated
 Only available when you have created a Pivot profile
Contact Information
 Jon Ruger- Graduate Assistant,
Research Services
 [email protected]
 715-232-2656
 Pivot Instructional Videos
 https://www.youtube.com/user/ProQu
estPivot?feature=watch
Contact Information
 Markie Blumer- Associate Professor,
HDFS
 [email protected]
 (715) 232-2194
 Twitter: @Markie_Blumer