Transcript Document 9657896

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Using COS Funding Opportunities
the world’s largest funding information database
COS Funding Opportunities
This database helps you find the funding information
you need quickly and easily.
• Comprehensive – contains tens of thousands of 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 by a team of technical
editors every working day.
• Quality data – sourced directly from the sponsoring
organizations to ensure quality and reliability.
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
- main search
- simple search
- search or browse by sponsor name
- search by COS Keyword
- search geographically
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities
Main Search option
for searching entire database
e.g., Search by entering phrases in All Fields and by Deadline; this
search will find records that contain the word EDUCATION and the
word GENDER anywhere in the record and have deadlines that are
continuous or are after the 1st of April 2002.
The Main Search interface
e.g., Search by Keyword; this opens a Keyword browser window.
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Search or Browse Sponsors
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database by sponsor.
COS Record Share
You can e-mail any record to
colleagues, even if they do not have
access to COS Funding Opportunities.
Fill out the form, listing up to
five recipient e-mail
addresses, then send.
They will each then receive an e-mail with your cover note and a link
to the record. The link will be active for 14 days.
Download Your Results
To download and save your results, click on
“Download Citations” to jump to the form at
the bottom of the results page.
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Refine Your Query
Start with a broader search, then narrow
it down by searching within your results.
This example shows a search within the
305 results listed.
This is set to search for the root word “peptide*” or the phrase “peptic
acid” in the abstract field. It will only search within the 305 records
found by the initial search.
Query Track
This feature keeps all searches during a
session. Use it to save your searches to run
against updated data in the
future.
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COS Funding Opportunities
• This database opens up a new world of funding
information; it covers not only the well-known national
and international sponsors, but also small and
obscure sources you have never heard of before.
• It covers the humanities and arts as well as the
sciences.
• You can send opportunities to colleagues, download
your results to review later, and save your searches.
• Graduate and undergraduate students can also find
funding here.
• The search interfaces let you filter out all irrelevant
records to find the funding that is relevant to you.
COS Funding Opportunities
http://fundingopps.cos.com
Find Funding Fast!