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About:

Pivot is an excellent, user-friendly subscription database of more than 25,000 funding opportunities from sponsors across all disciplines. UGA faculty, postdocs, students, and staff can search the database and create custom email funding alerts. Funding opportunities can be shared with individuals or groups. Pivot also enables researchers to identify others with particular research expertise inside or outside UGA. The Pivot database includes pre-populated profiles for many UGA researchers. Sign up for a Pivot account to claim and update your research profile, and to set up your funding opportunity alerts.

Training:

Pivot video tutorials show how to search, track, share and tag funding opportunities, and update and search researcher profiles.

The UGA Libraries and the Office for Proposal Enhancement offer Pivot training sessions several times per year to get you set up with tailored funding searches and email alerts. Contact Dr. Rebecca Terns at terns@uga.edu to sign up for the next training session.

For general assistance with Pivot, contact Ian Thomas at ithomas@uga.edu.

FAQ's

Is this service free?

Yes, all UGA researchers have access through a subscription provided by the UGA Office of Research.

Is Pivot the same as COS (Community of Science)?

Pivot is the next generation of COS. It has an improved interface and additional functionality: funding opportunity search capability is enhanced and user profiles are integrated with funding opportunities so that you can find related expertise at your institution or elsewhere.

If I had a COS account do I need to set up a new one in Pivot?

You will use the same username and password to login to Pivot.

How do I set up an account?

Sign up for a Pivot account at https://pivot.cos.com/register using your UGA email address.

How do I learn how to use Pivot?

Pivot video tutorials show how to search, track, share and tag funding opportunities, and update and search researcher profiles.

The UGA Libraries and the Office for Proposal Enhancement offer Pivot training sessions several times per year to get you set up with tailored funding searches and email alerts. Contact Dr. Rebecca Terns at terns@uga.edu to sign up for the next training session.

For general assistance with Pivot, contact Ian Thomas at ithomas@uga.edu.

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