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Grant and Funding Searches at UW-Stout using Pivot

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

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Grant and Funding Searches at UW-Stout using Pivot

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  1. 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

  2. Today’s Agenda • Overview of Pivot Funding • Pivot funding search options: • Quick Search • Advanced Search • Saving, and Tracking searches and individual opportunities

  3. 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

  4. Where do I find Pivot??? • From UW-Stout homepage • 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

  5. On Campus Access

  6. Off Campus Access

  7. 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

  8. Creating Your Account

  9. Quick Search • 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

  10. 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 Transgender- Records containing each individual word • Transgender NOT Lesbian NOT Gay NOT Bisexual- Records containing transgender without the other words

  11. Quick Search

  12. 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

  13. Applied Quick Search by Sponsor or Funding Source • Lesbian gay bisexual transgender common sponsor or funding sources • Williams Institute • American Psychological Association • National Institute of Mental Health • National Institute of Health • United States Department of Health and Human Services

  14. Quick Search

  15. 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

  16. Applied Advanced Search by Field • “Refine Search” or start with Advanced Search of • Marriage and Family Therapy • Family Therapy • Counseling • Mental Health Counseling • Professional Counseling • Psychology • Clinical Psychology • Human Development and Family Studies

  17. Narrow down search to specific region PhD, New Faculty, Graduate Student

  18. 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

  19. Saved Searches • Found the your Pivot home page

  20. Tracked & Active Opportunities • Active opportunities- ones that are more important to you • Tracked opportunities- ones that you want to monitor

  21. 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

  22. Contact Information • Jon Ruger- Graduate Assistant, Research Services • rugerj2003@my.uwstout.edu • 715-232-2656 • Pivot Instructional Videos • https://www.youtube.com/user/ProQuestPivot?feature=watch

  23. Contact Information • MarkieBlumer- Associate Professor, HDFS • blumerm@uwstout.edu • (715) 232-2194 • Twitter: @Markie_Blumer

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