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Funding Opportunities Database
This is a comprehensive database of
international and Australian funding opportunities, and includes opportunities
in all academic discipline areas. Many of the international schemes are open to
Australian researchers, and most Australian schemes are included. Any UWA staff
member or postgraduate student with an expertise profile on COS can access this
database from any internet connected computer in the world via their
workbench. Staff who do not have a profile can access the database from
any UWA networked computer.
Expertise Profiles
These profiles are maintained by individual staff, and are required to receive
funding alerts. They provide comprehensive information on past, current and
emerging research interests, together with contact details, keywords,
publications, grants and patents. Each profile has a unique URL, and can be
used to generate a Word formatted CV. Any UWA staff member or postgraduate
student without a profile is welcome to establish
one.
Expertise Database
For UWA, information held in the profiles provides a searchable database of all
UWA expertise. This expertise forms part of a
global database, which can be used to identify research interests of
colleagues from within UWA and internationally. This
global database is used by universities, and organisations that fund
research, to identify potential collaborators or research expertise.
Funding Alert Service
This is a customised email alert service: Individual staff are notified of
funding opportunities based on the keywords and other criteria specified in the
searches they set up. Staff have full control over their alerts and can revise
them at any time to make them broader or more precise. Results of the searches
are delivered in a single email each Monday: the email contains links into the
relevant COS database records. These can also be viewed from within one’s own
COS web-based workbench.
Individual Workbenches
Each profile has its own web-based workbench, which provides full access to the
Funding Opportunities and the Expertise
databases as well as other services. (If you do not have a profile these
services can only be accessed via a UWA networked computer.) The workbench
provides full assess to your saved searches and funding alerts, and can be
customised.
Training Sessions
Training sessions will be run to provide support to users of these services. To
arrange a session for yourself, school, centre, discipline group, etc please
contact Liz Davey or Olivia Langensiepen: cos@uwa.edu.au;
tel: 6488 3702/4708.
Instructions
The following PowerPoint tutorials can be downloaded:
Note: These documents can only be downloaded if you are accessing the Internet
from a UWA networked computer.
The Research Grants Office welcomes feedback and will
pass comments onto COS, who are keen to optimise their services. Feedback and
queries can be emailed to cos@uwa.edu.au.
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