This hands-on workshop will introduce you to two funding databases available to the UConn community: Pivot and Foundation Directory Online. Pivot is the most comprehensive search engine for grant funding available - with 26,000 funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion. Learn how to use Pivot to search for funding opportunities, and establish funding alerts to automatically let you know when new grants become available in your field. Pivot:
- contains research, travel, postdoctoral, and other funding opportunities available through federal, state, corporate, and non-profit sponsors
- includes funding opportunities for faculty as well as graduate & undergraduate students
- features Scholar Profiles to identify expertise and potential grant collaborators across all UConn campuses
Foundation Directory Online is a comprehensive database of U.S.-based private and corporate foundations, funding national and international projects. FDO helps you identify foundations that provide funding in your field of interest, and provides information on projects that have been funded in the past, and previous award recipients. Sign up for weekly newsletters for updates on new and existing foundations, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and notable deadlines.
A workshop will be held Wednesday Feb. 11 from 10-11:30 in Homer Babbidge Library, and at other times throughout the semester. To register, go to http://workshops.lib.uconn.edu/
For more information, contact: Steve Batt at steve.batt@lib.uconn.edu