The Act Tab (Opportunity)

Please select a button to learn more. Welcome to the Act Tab. The Act Tab provides for a way to share, send and receive feedback, and create project workspaces for a grant opportunity.

Creating a Project allows you to set up a secure workspace to build proposals.

After selecting Create Project determine a Project Owner. Select an Owner from your institution by selecting a name from the drop down list. Or, Select a Project Owner by entering an address. If ownership is delegated to someone else, that person will have to accept the Project before it can move forward.

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Information from a previous project can be used to create a new project by selecting Copy from existing project.

After a user clicks the Copy from existing project button they can name their new project. Once a new project name has been entered, select the previous project to copy. Begin typing the name of the project that you wish to copy and select from the drop down list.

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Share this opportunity allows you to share it with anyone internal or external to your institution.

Select an individual(s) at your institution from the drop down list. Or type in the address of the individual that would be interested in reviewing the opportunity. After clicking the Share this opportunity button, select the individuals that you would like to review this opportunity. Type any additional comments or instructions into the Comment field.

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Post a comment provides a way to share information or gather feedback about a grant opportunity.

All comments will appear in the Track Tab. To post a Comment, type a message in the Comment field and click the Post a comment button.

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View keyword tags provides a way to quickly find key words with the opportunity.

After clicking on the View keyword tags button a word cloud will appear. The word cloud will display the words that appear most often in the opportunity. Selecting the word will highlight every instance of that word within the opportunity.

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Bookmark this opportunity provides a way to save the opportunity for later viewing.

Once an opportunity is Bookmarked, it will appear on the Home Tab under My Bookmarks.

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The Opportunity Number for each grant provides a direct link to the original source. In addition to the opportunity number, a link at the bottom of the page will direct you to the source document.

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Voting provides for a way to give feedback on a grant opportunity.

To place a vote for an opportunity, click either the thumbs up or thumbs down button.

Voting results will be shown immediately after the vote is placed and can be viewed on the Track Tab.

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Clicking the Print button will allow you to print a hardcopy of a grant opportunity.

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