COS, a ProQuest brand that offers research tools, has unveiled a new service called COS Pivot. The service seeks to streamline the workflow in university research offices by unifying the COS Funding Opportunities database and the comprehensive profiles in the COS Scholar Universe database. COS Pivot is stated to be designed specifically for research administrators, managers and research development professionals. With the ease of a single interface, users can expect to quickly identify available financial support along with research partners.
The foundation of the Pivot service is the Funding Opportunities database, which is supposedly enriched with COS' thesaurus and combined with pre-populated scholar profiles and indexed faculty web pages. This content is tightly integrated with COS' proprietary connector algorithm, enabling users to search for funding and instantly view matching collaborators from inside or outside their institution.
In addition to the connections Pivot makes between funding and profiles, it includes tools that seek to make the management of funding opportunities in the pre-award phase more efficient. Users can add internal deadlines to build effective timelines for seizing critical funding opportunities - especially useful for limited submissions. Funding opportunities can be tracked and organised so that highest priorities take centre stage. Users can easily stay on top of the funding landscape by saving and organising their searches, monitoring action steps, and getting weekly updates on active projects.
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