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http//fundingopps.cos.com
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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 worlds 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 obtained directly from the
  sponsoring organizations to ensure quality and
  reliability.

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• Contents
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities

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• Contents
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities

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Every COS Funding Opportunities record contains
the information you need to decide if you might
wish to apply.
Information in the record includes deadline,
award amount, and citizenship, location and
organization-type requirements
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as well as abstract, full contact information,
the date the record was last revised
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a URL for bookmarking the record, and a short
form for finding other, similar opportunities.
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• Contents
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• main search
• simple search
• search wizard
• view by sponsor
• search geographically
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities

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Main Search option for searching the entire
database.
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The main search interface
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This search found 708 results
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From the Main Search form you may also choose to
search by COS Keywords. Clicking on Browse
opens a Keyword browser window.
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COS Keyword Browser
Search or Browse for terms in the Keyword window.
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Tip Hold the Control (PC) or Open Apple
(Mac) key to select more than one item from a
pick list
The terms you choose will appear on your search
form.
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If you click on Grant Title, the entire results
list will be re-sorted.
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Click on the hyperlinked Grant Title to see the
full Funding Opportunities record.
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An individual record. Sponsor contact
information is also included.
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The Simple Search interface for basic,
Google-type searching.
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Use the Funding Opportunities Search Wizard for a
step-by-step process to help you set up your
funding search.
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First, indicate which of the choices best
describes you or your employer.
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Next, specify which country or countries of which
you are a permanent citizen
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Then indicate which funding type you are
interested in receiving.
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Now, select which Sponsor Types interest you.
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Finally, enter which terms best describe your
field of interest.
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There are 5 results that match your search
criteria.
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Search the COS Funding Opportunities database by
sponsor.
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Search for a sponsor, or browse for one by
clicking on a letter.
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This brings you a list of all sponsors starting
with U. Click a sponsor name to find all
current opportunities from that sponsor, e.g.,
United Nations (UN).
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These search results list all current U.N.
opportunities
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Use the Search Geographically option to limit
searches to citizenship or activity location
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The Geographic interface for the funding and
expertise databases. Choose a country from the
picklist or click the map to zoom in.
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Choose to see funding from Australian based
sponsors.
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See a list of Funding Opportunities from
Australia based sponsors with deadlines in the
next 6 weeks.
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A list of the 144 funding opportunities from
Australia based sponsors with deadlines in the
next six weeks.
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See Funding Opportunities by sponsor.
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A list of all Australian based sponsors. Click
the hyperlinked sponsor name to see the open
funding opportunities from that sponsor.
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View funding opportunities from Australia based
sponsors by subject area.
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Click View next to the subject area for which
you are interested in seeing Funding
Opportunities.
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A list of 68 Arts and Humanities funding
opportunities from Australia based sponsors.
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View funding opportunities by popular sponsor
types.
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Click view for the funding type that interests
you.
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220 Artistic Pursuit funding opportunities from
Australia based sponsors.
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Search for funding for Australian citizens.
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You are taken to a page identical to the Funding
Opportunities main search page, but you will see
that the citizenship has been pre-selected to
Australia. Use this search form the same way you
would use the main search form.
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Search for funding for your research to be
conducted in Australia.
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Use this search form to search for funding for
research activities to be conducted in Australia.
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• Contents
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• - search language
• share a record
• download your results
• refine your query
• save your search
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities

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• Search Language and/or/not
• Use AND, OR and NOT both within and between
  fields
• AND find all words. E.g., WIND ENERGY finds
  records that contain the word WIND and the word
  ENERGY somewhere within the field.
• OR find one or both words. E.g., ENVIRONMENT OR
  ECOSYSTEM finds records that contain the word
  ENVIRONMENT, the word ECOSYSTEM, or both.
• NOT exclude words. E.g., ECONOMICS NOT APPLIED
  finds records that contain the word ECONOMICS but
  excludes those that contain the word APPLIED even
  if the word ECONOMICS also appears.

Tip Searching databases is a transferable
skill. You will be able to apply most of what you
learn about finding what you need in COS Funding
Opportunities to searching other databases as
well.
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• Search Language other tricks
• Wild Card find variations on a word. E.g.,
  ENVIROMENT finds records with words such as
  ENVIRONMENTAL and ENVIRONMENTS.
• Exact Phrase find a precise phrase. E.g.,
  WIND ENERGY in quotation marks finds records
  where these two words appear together.
• Proximity w/ find words used together but not
  necessarily in an exact phrase. E.g., ECONOMIC
  w/4 FELLOWSHIP finds records where these two
  words are separated by not more than three words,
  such as the Economic Research Fellowship Program.
  
• Precedence () execute a series of search
  commands in a particular order. E.g., (HIV OR
  AIDS) NOT EDUCATION finds records with the terms
  HIV and/or AIDS, then excludes those with the
  word EDUCATION.

Tip See http//fundingopps.cos.com/docs/rules.sh
tml for full information about searching. This
help documentation is available via the
instructions link on every COS Funding
Opportunities page.
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COS Record Share You can e-mail any record to
colleagues, even if they dont have access to COS
Funding Opportunities
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Fill out the form, listing up to 5 recipient
e-mail addresses, then send.
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Your colleage will receive an e-mail with a link
to the funding opportunity that is good for 14
days.
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Download Your Results To download and save your
results, click download citations to jump to
the form at the bottom of the results page.
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This example is set to download 4 records in HTML
format with the full record content.
Pick the records, format and content you want to
download. Then download.
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This is the download of the full records in HTML
format. Go to File then Save as to save it
to open and read later offline.
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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 with 895
initial results.
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You will be taken back to the main search form
that will show you your previous choices. Add
skin to your original search of cancer to
search within the initial 895 results.
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Your search has been narrowed to 37 results.
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Query Track This feature keeps all searches
during a session. Use it to save your searches
to run against new and updated data in the
future.
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Clicking any query link will re-run that search
again. Save this page to open later and run the
same searches again against updated data.
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• Contents
• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• Applications of COS Funding Opportunities

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• COS Funding Opportunities
• This database opens up a new world of funding
  information, covering not only conventional
  sponsors, but also sources that may be new,
  highly specialized or otherwise less well-known.
• 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
  irrelevant records to find the funding that is
  relevant to you.

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