Databases Tutorials: Pivot-RP

• Access the broadest global coverage of available funding opportunities in a single, editorially curated database 
• Discover tens of thousands of funding opportunities worth billions of dollars from across the widest variety of funding types 
• Track and share funding opportunities with colleagues, get alerts and updates on deadlines and other significant changes 
• Enable the Pivot-RP Funding Advisor that automatically recommends funding based on a researcher’s specific profile 
• Locate potential collaborators from within and outside your institution across millions of scholarly profiles 
• Include internal funding opportunities to promote additional funding available for your institution 
• Communicate effectively and efficiently across your organization with built-in groups, recurring newsletters, and many features to share funding information 
• Search thousands of conferences requesting “call for papers” to present and publish with the built-in Conferences and Papers Invited database

Pivot accelerates the research process by integrating funding, collaborator discovery, and publishing opportunities into one powerful tool. It connects researchers to financial support by leveraging the most comprehensive global source of sponsored funding opportunities and provides scholarly profiles to match researchers with financial partners and collaborators.

This video explains how to create a new account in Pivot-RP, and how to claim your Pivot-RP Profile. These are the first steps you need to take to use Pivot-RP to find sponsored financial support available to researchers at your institution. Recommended article, Getting Started With Pivot offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to update your Pivot-RP profile, to get increased funding matches targeted to you; get discovered as a potential collaborator; and get relevant funding alerts directly to your inbox. Recommended article, Pivot Profiles offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to discover funding opportunities using the basic search system in Pivot-RP. You can find opportunities by searching and by browsing through opportunities that have been reviewed and curated by Pivot-RP editors. Recommended article, Searching for Funding Opportunities offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to use Advanced Search to find funding opportunities in Pivot-RP. Advanced search allows you to use a variety of pre-search filters to find funding opportunities that match your interests. Recommended article, Searching for Funding Opportunities offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to navigate Pivot-RP's Funding Results page, which appears when you conduct either a Basic Search or an Advanced Search to find funding opportunities in Pivot-RP. Recommended article, Viewing and Managing Funding Opportunities offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to manage funding opportunities in Pivot-RP. We discuss keeping track of interesting opportunities, working with saved searches, monitoring opportunities you've shared with other researchers, and more. Recommended article, Viewing and Managing Funding Opportunities offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to use the Profile Discovery tool in Pivot-RP to search for potential collaborators at your institution and beyond. Profiles include biographical information about researchers, as well as publications and awarded grants, and links to recommended funding opportunities. Recommended article, Pivot Profiles offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how to create and manage User Groups in Pivot-RP. Groups help you share information between Pivot-RP users with similar interests. Groups can share funding opportunities, newsletters, and more. Recommended article, User Groups offers the same helpful information as the video below.

The Awarded Grants feature is a way to find grants and projects that were previously awarded. You can search by funder, by recipient, or by any other keyword. All this information about Awarded Grants can help you apply for funding opportunities that match your research. Recommended article, Awarded Grants offers the same helpful information as the video below.

This video explains how researchers can use Pivot-RP to search for current conferences and special journal issues where they can present their work. Recommended article, Conferences and Papers Invited offers the same helpful information as the video below.