Scope
| Comprehensive database of funding opportunities that contains up-to-date grants, awards, fellowships and other funding opportunities. |
| Access Restrictions: | Students, Faculty, Staff may use. Alumni and Visitors may not use. |
| List of Titles: | |
| Years of Coverage: | |
| Number of Simultaneous Users: | Unlimited |
| Durable links: | Not Available |
| Customer Support: |
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| Online User Documentation: | Use help tab, also check out printable version of instructions for database. |
| Not connecting? Check out our troubleshooting tips. Questions or continued problems, call the Library Information Desk at 781-239-4596 or submit a Problem Report. |
Basic Steps | Start with Main Search screen and fill in all appropriate fields. Be as general as possible with search terms as many grant sponsors do not mention specific kinds of research they will fund. Take advantage of their quickstart guide.
For descriptions of the fields available to search. |
Advanced Search TipsSearch Syntax | Search Type | Format | Example |
Boolean Searching
| AND
OR
( ) to group synomyns or similar terms | entrepreneur* and educat*
entrepren* or intrapren*
(entrepren* or intrapren*) and educat* |
| Truncation | * (asterisk) | entrepreneur* (searches for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, etc.) |
| Proximity - Same order | wX | market w2 share |
Viewing, Printing & Saving
| Downloading Results
Select the records you want to download and select format and click on button.
If you chose the HTML display format, the records you selected will be displayed. See next section for printing instructions. If you chose the ASCII or Tagged Text formats, a box will appear asking you to either "save to disk" or open with a program of your choice (Word, Notepad, etc.) (Extra step for Internet Explorer: records will be displayed on your screen in the format chosen. To proceed, use the File menu on your browser and select 'Save As').
Printing Results
Select the records you want to print and select format and record content you wish to print and click on button.
Use the 'Print' button, usually located at the top of your Web browser window, to send the displayed results to a printer.
For instructions on downloading to Endnote, click on this link. |
Updated December 4, 2007
By Kate Buckley
Connect to Community of Science Funding Opportunities