Transcript Pivot: Identifying Funding & Collaborators Date INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SUPPORT Kassie M. Obelleiro Funding Opportunities Program Coordinator.

Pivot: Identifying Funding & Collaborators
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SUPPORT
Kassie M. Obelleiro
Funding Opportunities Program Coordinator
Pivot (http://pivot.cos.com)
FEATURES
 Free user accounts with ucdavis.edu or ucdmc.edu email
address
 Funding advisor based on faculty profile in Pivot
 Search most the comprehensive, editorially maintained database
of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion
 Track specific funding opportunities
 View associated internal deadlines and notes
 Receive weekly email alerts on customized searches
 Find collaborators from UC Davis and other universities (over
million profiles)
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Pivot ACCOUNT BENEFITS
 Free user accounts with a UC Davis or UCDMC email address
 Claim your profile to utilize the advisor feature
 Track opportunities
 Add tags to specific opportunities
 Create and save unique funding searches
 Receive weekly email alerts
 Share opportunities or lists with others via email
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ADVISOR
Claim your profile to view funding opportunities & allow others to
identify you as potential collaborator based on your profile
Pivot editors create faculty profiles based on publication and award
history
Users can update their profiles or request a profile may emailing the
Pivot help desk
Soon users will be able to update their profiles online
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Pivot CREATING AN ACCOUNT
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SEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH
 Create a unique funding search
 Start with a broad search then refine to narrow results
 Identifying relevant keywords is great starting point
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: KEYWORDS
 COS keywords are broad funding/scientific areas
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: KEYWORDS
 Run search with only keywords being identified
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: KEYWORDS
 View results to determine if refinement is needed
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: REFINEMENT
• Be careful about narrowing too much too quickly
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: REFINEMENT
• Review results for relevance
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: REFINEMENT
• Review results for relevance
• Open an opportunity to determine if
relevant
• If not relevant, are there any
keywords or other items to exclude
in the search?
• For example: If I do not want to
study language, I would exclude
“Chinese Language or Literature”
• Return to search results and select
refine
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: EXCLUDE
• Exclude terms or criteria you identified
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: EXCLUDE
• View results for relevance
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: SAVE
• Save your search to view results later and/or receive weekly alerts
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ADVANCED FUNDING SEARCH: SHARE
• Share your funding search with others
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FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT
Track individual opportunities
View internal deadlines and
notes
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FIND COLLABORATORS
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FIND COLLABORATORS
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FIND COLLABORATORS
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