SciVal Funding: Search and Retrieve Funding Opportunities

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1 SciVal Funding: Search and Retrieve Funding Opprtunities The University f Texas System has an institutinal subscriptin t SciVal Funding, an nline funding pprtunity database wned by Elsevier. As part f this institutinal subscriptin, anyne (faculty, staff, student r pstdc) can create a SciVal prfile using their UT address and can access the site when lgged n t the restricted.utexas.edu netwrk. SciVal indexes mre than 19,000 active funding pprtunities, and includes bth federal and private fundatin funding pprtunities. It allws yu t search fr federal and private funding all in ne place. Other Key SciVal Features: Saved Searches: Yu can save yur search settings within yur SciVal prfile, r even set up a schedule t have SciVal run searches fr yu and the results t yu n a daily, weekly r mnthly basis. Favrites: Yu can bkmark specific funding pprtunities as Favrites s that yu can quickly retrieve them whenever yu lg in t SciVal. The fllwing pages ffer tw quick tutrials, cmplete with screenshts: A. Perfrm Advanced Searches and Have Results ed t Yu Autmatically B. Bkmark a Specific Funding Opprtunity Additinal tutrials fr using the database appear n the right-hand side f the SciVal hme page and n the Elsevier SciVal Funding prduct page. Fr additinal infrmatin r assistance, send t: vp-research-sr@austin.utexas.edu

2 A. Perfrm Advanced Searches and Have Results ed t Yu Autmatically By setting up an advanced, filtered search just nce, yu can save the search and have SciVal run it fr yu n a recurring basis, with results ed t yu. This SciVal feature can help yu answer questins such as: What types f pstdc fellwships are available fr nn-u.s. Citizens? Are there any currently active funding annuncements in respnse t the BRAIN Initiative? 1. G t 2. Type yur desired keywrds int the Search Funding bx at the tp center f the page.

3 3. Yur initial search results will be returned. Narrw yur search by using search filters. Search results are srted by tabs int Active Opprtunities, Inactive Opprtunities and Awarded Grants. Active Opprtunities are shwn by default. Yu may filter yur search results by using the clumns n the left side f the page. Yur chsen filters will appear at the tp f the page, and search results will refresh autmatically as yu select filters. Filter categries include: Subject Area Eligibility (e.g., citizenship status) Award Amunt Award Type (e.g., fellwship) Prpsal Deadline RFA psting date Spnsr Agency / Type f Agency Text bx t enter mre keywrds Yur selected search criteria will appear here. Apply search filters t refine yur results.

4 4. T be ntified by when new funding pprtunities that match yur search criteria are released, select Save search / Set alert frm the Search Results page. A pp-up dialg bx will appear. Name yur search and select Yes fr Set alert. Then select the frequency (daily, weekly r mnthly) that yu wuld like SciVal t re-run this specific funding pp search. Enter an address and select the frmat (HTML r plain text) in which yu d like search results t be sent t yu. Click the green save buttn t exit the dialg bx. SciVal will nw run this search at the frequency at which yu requested, and will any matching results t yu. T mdify the search r t stp receiving updates, lgin t yur SciVal prfile, select Saved Searches and delete the saved searches that yu n lnger want t run. 1. Select Save search/set alert. 2. Cmplete the pp-up dialg bx inf t have updated search results ed t yu.

5 B. Bkmark a Specific Funding Opprtunity This SciVal feature can help yu answer questins such as: Has NSF annunced this year s Majr Research Instrumentatin prgram yet? When is the next deadline fr Packard Fundatin Fellwships? What s the award size? 1. G t 2. Type yur desired keywrds int the Search Funding bx at the tp center f the page. Typically the name f the funding prgram (e.g., NSF MRI, DOD MURI, Packard Fellwship) shuld be sufficient.

6 3. Yur search results will be returned. Search results are srted by tabs int Active Opprtunities, Inactive Opprtunities and Awarded Grants. Active Opprtunities are shwn by default. If the funding pprtunity yu are searching fr is nt currently active, it will nt shw up under Active Opprtunities. Instead, past funding annuncements will shw up under Inactive Opprtunities. Click n the Inactive Opprtunities tab t view thse past RFAs. Yu may refine the search further using the clumns n the left side f the page. Current funding pps are shwn by default. Click n the Inactive Opprtunities tab t view past funding annuncements. Refine yur search t view mre relevant results.

7 4. Frm the list f search results, select the funding pprtunity f interest t view full infrmatin including deadlines, award size, general prgram guidelines and a link t the agency s funding annuncement/rfp. Yu can save the funding pprtunity in yur Favrites list by clicking n the gld star icn. (Nte: t create a Favrites list yu must first create a SciVal prfile using yur utexas.edu address.) Yu may save up t 50 favrite funding pps in yur prfile. If the funding pprtunity is nt currently active, yu can set an alert t receive an when the pprtunity is annunced again (see step #5). Click t save this funding pp t yur Favrites list.

8 5. T be ntified by when an inactive funding pprtunity becmes active again, select Save search / Set alert frm the Search Results page. A pp-up dialg bx will appear. Name yur search and select Yes fr Set alert. Then select the frequency (daily, weekly r mnthly) that yu wuld like SciVal t re-run this specific funding pp search. Enter an address and select the frmat (HTML r plain text) in which yu d like search results t be sent t yu. Click the green save buttn t exit the dialg bx. SciVal will nw run this search at the frequency at which yu requested, and any matching results t yu. T mdify the search r t stp receiving updates, lgin t yur SciVal prfile, select Saved Searches and delete the saved searches that yu n lnger want t run. 1. Select Save search/set alert. 2. Cmplete the pp-up dialg bx inf t have updated search results ed t yu.