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Welcome to Pivot!

Welcome to Pivot!. The Office of Grant & Contract Services. Research administration. What is Pivot?. Pivot is a powerful tool that will help you to: F ind and track potential funding opportunities

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Welcome to Pivot!

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  1. Welcome to Pivot! The Office of Grant & Contract Services Research administration

  2. What is Pivot? • Pivot is a powerful tool that will help you to: • Find and track potential funding opportunities • A global database packed with 28,000 records of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion & updated daily; Pivot uses an advanced algorithm to help you find grants and other monies from public and private sponsors • Find potential collaborators from UTA and worldwide • Over 3.2 million faculty profiles and growing, with over 200 disciplines represented from 75+ countries and 2,100 universities

  3. Accessing Pivot • Go to http://pivot.cos.comfrom anywhere–automatic association with UTA on campus • Don’t forget to log in to save your searches, track funding opportunities, and more • Compatible Browsers include Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari 3

  4. Creating a Pivot Account 4

  5. Using Pivot • My best advice: • USE THE ADVANCED SEARCH FUNCTION! 5

  6. SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES • Use keywords! • Check the “Explode” box to get more matches • Activity Location – United States / Unrestricted • Filter by deadlines or sponsor requirements • Don’t forget to use the “Exclude Opportunities” section to further refine your search • Use Truncation (Asterisk), Proximity Operators (pre/#, w/#), Exact Phrase Searching (Double Quotes), and Precedence (Parentheses) to give your search more flexibility. 6

  7. SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES 7

  8. Saving Searches • Once you’ve added your keywords and other search criteria, you can save it. Pivot can send you weekly emails with new opportunities that match your saved search. 8

  9. Tracking Funding Opportunities • Step 1 is to search; Step 2 is to track. 9

  10. Tracking Funding Opportunities • Now your tracked opportunities show up in your home screen. You can add the deadline to your calendar, add tags & email reminders, and share with your collaborators. Under Options menu 10

  11. Active Opportunities • If you’re pretty certain that you want to apply to a given opportunity, you can add it to “Active Opportunities” to set it aside from your longer list of Tracked Opportunities. 11

  12. Active Opportunities • Active Opportunities have all the same options as Tracked Opportunities, but they are set apart for easy access. 12

  13. Building your Profile for Better Results • Log in to your Pivot account and click on your name • Click “Claim Profile” • You can either click “This is me” if your name pre-populates, or click “Create your Profile” if no match is found 13

  14. Building your Profile for Better Results • Pivot allows users to update the following profile information: • Name • Email Addresses • Webpages • ORCID ID • Expertise • Affiliations • Education • Keywords • Languages • Associations • Honors Pivot updates publications and faculty bios automatically on a periodic basis.

  15. Additional Pivot Functionality • Funding Advisor (based upon profile information) • Using Pivot to find potential collaborators – both at UTA and external institutions • Quick Searching by Sponsor / Text • Customizable deadline notifications • Creating a group for easy sharing of funding opportunities (non-users can view for 14 days) • Tracking Limited Submissions • Curated Lists

  16. Need Help With Pivot? • Call or email your OGCS Pre-Award Specialist at (817) 272-2105 & preaward@uta.edu • Visit Support / Help – https://pivot.desk.com • Visit Pivot’s Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/ProQuestPivot

  17. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! • Alyson StearnsPre-Award Specialist, Office of Grant & Contract Services(817) 272-2105 / preaward@uta.edu

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