Find funding on Research Professional Training session

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1 Find funding on Research Professional Training session Gaelle Jolly Senior Information & Communications Officer Research Services Hilary term 2018

2 Research funding opportunities database available to everyone at Oxford: Search opportunities from thousands of UK and international funders Receive alerts when new funding opportunities match your criteria Access research policy news and articles on funders, grant programmes and other funding topics

3 Objectives At the end of the session you will be able to: 1. Log in to and navigate Research Professional 2. Carry out effective funding searches 3. Save searches and funding opportunities 4. Set up alerts to receive updates 5. Share information with colleagues 6. Access news and articles on topics relevant to you

4 Access Research Professional Navigate to Click on Log in, then select University of Oxford and log in with your SSO Follow instructions if prompted to log in with your RP account or to create an account

5 Simple search Simple search just type in keywords to get started Discipline (eg Philosophy ) Funder (eg AHRC ) Award Type (eg travel for research purposes ) Avoid free text search Possible pitfalls Free text (don t use instead of discipline category as it is too broad) Don t try complex searches in the simple search

6 Exercise 1 1. Type politics in the simple search box 2. Select Politics and international studies (discipline) and run the search 3. Sort the results by funder country 4. Look at the details of a funding opportunity

7 Advanced search (recommended) Search by combining criteria

8 Is not any of Example criteria Oncology and not CRUK, MRC, Department of Health : You will receive results for anything indexed at the level of Oncology, but nothing from CRUK, MRC or Department of Health.

9 Match all criteria Match all criteria in the advanced search is selected by default. Example criteria Oncology and Cancer Research UK : you will receive results that have been filtered by the criteria you have chosen (eg only funding opportunities at the level of Oncology offered by CRUK).

10 Match any criteria Example criteria Oncology and CRUK, MRC, Department of Health : You will receive results for anything for oncology, plus any funding opportunities (not necessarily for oncology) from CRUK, MRC and Department of Health. Avoid. Stick to default option.

11 Exercise 2 1. Search for funding opportunities in geography with a closing date more than 21 days away (or no closing date) 2. Sort your results by funder 3. Exclude one of the funders by adding a funder criterion to your search 4. Refresh the results 5. Repeat the exercise with your own choice of criteria

12 Thesaurus/discipline index The discipline index has four main levels of increasingly specific terms, below an Any discipline level at the top. Social Sciences [Hub] Geography, Environmental Studies & Archaeology [Unit of Assessment/UoA] Geography [Clump] Human Geography [Node] There can be in-between terms at any level.

13 Changing the discipline index level The default in any search is to look for funding opportunities exactly at the level of the chosen discipline index keyword. To broaden or narrow the search click the edit button. Then tick the boxes to refine your results.

14 Generally, Exactly, Broader, Narrower Exactly : you will get funding opportunities indexed at exactly the level of eg Arts & Humanities. Generally : you will get funding opportunities indexed above, exactly at the level of, and below eg Arts & Humanities. Advanced : you can choose any combination of: exact matches (exactly at the level of eg Arts & Humanities ) broader matches (at a level higher than eg Arts & Humanities, ie funding opportunities for any discipline, not subject-specific) narrower matches (at levels lower than eg Arts & Humanities )

15 Discipline keywords indexed under more than one parent term Be careful when choosing broader matches under the advanced option or when choosing generally if discipline keywords have been indexed under more than one parent term. Example: the discipline environmental management is indexed under two parent terms.

16 Exercise 3 1. Go to the discipline index, find a discipline relevant to your area, and select it 2. Browse the award type options and select one 3. Run the search 4. Go back to the discipline field, click on generally, run the search and compare results. 5. Go back to the discipline field, click on advanced, select exact and broader, run the search and compare results.

17 Sharing results You can a search or selected funding opportunities to colleagues: To share a search, either copy the URL, or click on the button. To share opportunities, place a tick in the box next to each one, and select from the Actions drop-down menu.

18 Saving results and searches You can: Bookmark funding opportunities Bookmarks are static, ie they are not automatically updated Save a search Saved searches are dynamic : the results are refreshed every time you run them

19 alerts You can set up alerts based on your saved searches to receive any new results by When first saving a search, select Save and alert At any time, click on alerts, and tick the saved searches you would like to receive alerts on

20 Exercise 4 1. Go back to your previous search or set up a new search that matches your interests, combining at least two criteria 2. Bookmark at least one funding opportunity 3. Save your search and set up an alert

21 Shared resources The Our institution page lists saved searches and bookmarked funding opportunities. You can: browse searches and bookmarks save searches and bookmarks to your own folders set up shortcuts to searches use searches as a starting point for your own searches

22 Funding Insight Funding Insight includes: know-how on research funding bodies, programmes and policy developments highlights on early career opportunities, niche funders and high-value sources in-depth interviews with successful researchers deadline calendars and saved funding searches the ability to set up daily alerts on topics of interest Funding Insight is accessed via the Funding tab.

23 Awards database The awards database lists successful grant applications for major funders. Search by year, funder, institution, PI, project title or amount View summary of funded projects Access data from within a funding opportunity The awards database is accessed via the Awards tab.

24 News The news content includes: authoritative news, analysis and comment on research policy, research funding and research politics UK, Europe and international coverage access to PDFs of Research Fortnight and Research Europe the ability to set up daily news alerts on specific topics News is accessed via the News tab. You can also search for news and funding insight articles and set up alerts based on your search.

25 Managing your alerts You can manage your alerts through the alerts link enable/disable alerts on saved funding/article searches (weekly s) select news/funding insight alerts (daily s) subscribe to publications change your default address create additional profiles

26 Exercise 5 1. Go to the Funding tab, select Know how, and then Early careers (or another section of your choice), and register for alerts 2. Go to the News tab, select UK, and then REF (or another section of your choice), and register for alerts 3. Run an article search on global challenges research fund, click save and select save and alert 4. Go to your alerts settings and untick any alerts you do not wish to receive

27 Additional resources General funding information, internal funding opportunities, co-ordinated bids, selected knowledge exchange and impact funding sources: researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/funding Horizon 2020 funding see Gateway to Europe: Subscribe to updates and RSS feeds from main funders links at: researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/applying/guidance/funders For updates on Research Professional and other research administration-related news: check our news pages or subscribe to RS News at researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/news Support for Researchers pages, including Research Staff mailing list:

28 Help Download our own Research Professional guides at researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/funding/rp Quick start guide Funding search guide Research Professional YouTube channel (see our website for link) Contact me: