1. SciVal Funding SciVal Funding SciVal Funding is a licensed software product to help researchers find new funding opportunities, and to match researchers interests with re. SciVal Funding can be used in two ways Independent website – access on computer linked to MSU internet. http://www.funding.scival.com/home Connected to SciVal Experts faculty profile (for faculty and academic staff) http://scholars.opb.msu.edu/

2. Finding Funding Opportunities http://www.funding.scival.com/home Search for funding opportunities – start with Search on top bar (Advanced) or box next to “Search Funding” (will need to select citizenship – helps find opportunities available to you – less refined)  Select fields  Refined searches with key words: Subject areas, eligibility, citizenship, award type, award amount, deadline, sponsor issues  Further refine search – limited submission, etc.  Can sort by type, amount, deadline, etc.  Can save a search – log in to SciVal Funding. Need to provide an ID and password. Can add a search to your favorites  Can also set alerts that will send e-mail to you about opportunities that may be of interest to you.  Can Export data to Excel or print or e-mail a final search or selected parts of the search

3. Learn about Sponsors http://www.funding.scival.com/home Learn about Sponsors by starting with Sponsors on top bar  Select from bar on top – Sponsors  Select sponsor from first letter of name  Can find subject areas funded, top awardee institutions, amounts awarded and trends.  Can save a search – log in to SciVal Funding. Need to provide an ID and password.

4. Learn about Prior Awards http://www.funding.scival.com/home Learn about Prior awards by starting with Search on top bar – use this to see historic view of funding.  Select from bar on top – Search or use search box  Select terms and refinements of programs  Select either awarded grants or inactive opportunities.  Can further refine search  Click on opportunity to learn more about that opportunity including who else has been funded by this opportunity.  Can learn about history of funding of this program.

5. Help in using SciVal Funding http://www.funding.scival.com/home  Home page has three tutorials that can provide further guidance in using the tool. o Finding sponsors o Using awarded grants information o Creating a search profile - personalize recommendations  Help button on top bar provides further assistance o How to search for author publication profile (clicking publication profile in advance search). Takes you to publications of that author. Brings in publication profile for you from Scopus Database. o More on opportunities and recommendations, searching o Creating alerts o Printing emailing and exporting

6. Setting up your own profile http://www.funding.scival.com/home Based on your personal interests  Select Recommendations from the top navigation bar  Enter your name and a password or create an account  Select search profile from recommendations page.  Add or modify publications to use in finding funding opportunities  Can then see profile overview and finally review recommendations.  Can set up additional profiles.

7. Automatic funding alerts through Scival Experts – MSU Scholars http://scholars.opb.msu.edu/ For Faculty and Academic Staff  Type in your last name.  Select your profile.  At top select “manage your funding opportunities”  Login via MSU NetID  Select which publications to use in finding funding opportunities  Can modify the dataset  Set up e-mail alerts – can set frequency.

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