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3. Adobe Reader 9.0

4. COS Search Wizard is a Real Time Saver

5. The Table of Contents of the July 11, 2008 NIH GUIDE

The June 13, 2008 issue of Science (www.sciencemag.org) provided the following information.

Resubmitted applications are claiming a growing share of the overall pool of funded R01 research grants (top), and the success rate for first-time proposals, which make up about two-thirds of all applications, has plummeted to single digits.

Starting with the new fiscal year, UT RSP has selected one subscription database of research and program funding opportunities.  With its advantages in the number of records (largest of its kind with over 23,000 records), off-campus accessibility, and flexible user interface for email alerts, saved and tagged searches and records, COS is the premium subscription service in its field. COS provides users with a personalized workbench which serves as a home base for information. Each user can create CV’s, expertise profiles, weekly searches and store and monitor funding opportunities.  In addition, COS Expertise offers a richly featured knowledge management system for individuals and institutions, containing more than 480,000 first-person profiles of researchers from over 1,600 institutions worldwide.

RSP is confident that UT's community of researchers and scholars will find COS a worthwhile tool to stay informed about funding opportunities in their fields. If you don't yet have an account, please go to www.cos.com and take a few minutes to join. Creation of an account must be from any UT computer domain; you may then use the account from anywhere.  RSP will be happy to help you at any stage of your use of COS. Call or email Rick Francis (rick.francis@utoledo.edu), 419-383-4253.

Adobe released the latest version of their Adobe Reader software (9.0). Grants.gov is currently testing the Adobe Reader version 9.0 for compatibility with Adobe Reader application packages. Until testing is completed, Grants.gov still requires the use of Adobe Reader version 8.1.2 until further notice.

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 is available to download for free on the Grants.gov website. For more information on Adobe Reader please visit the Help section.

4. COS Search Wizard is a Real Time Saver

Are you familiar with the Search Wizard for COS Funding Opportunities? This tool guides you in setting up your Funding Opportunities search, with a 5-step process that prompts you to fill out some of the most commonly used search fields.

The Search Wizard offers the ease-of-use of the Simple Search, which is appealing to those unaccustomed to online databases. At the same time, it allows you to create a complex, targeted search that combines numerous criteria. It is the best of all worlds! We encourage you to try the new search out, especially if you are timid about using a detailed search form.

You'll find a link to the Search Wizard to the right of the text box on the main COS Funding Opportunities page.

The previous static listings for browsing published NIH Guide announcements have been replaced with real-time database query listings that retrieve only active Requests for Applications ( RFAs ) and Program Announcements ( PAs ), based on the expiration dates stated in those announcements. The new listing for NIH Guide Notices displays Notices published over the last two years, by default, since expiration dates are not currently assigned to these announcements. Links to these new resources are available from the main NIH Guide Funding Opportunities and Notices page ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html ).

All announcements (active plus inactive) in each category may also be viewed by using selections in the drop-down box at the top of each listing page. Clicking on header links allows re-sorting of lists. In addition, a new Ad Hoc NIH Guide Database Search page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_guide.htm is available, which allows for individualized queries with various selection criteria.

If you have any difficulty obtaining the information you need from the Guide, contact Carol Wilkerson, carol.wilkerson@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252, or Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at MC extension 6193.

NIH Guide For Week Ending July 11, 2008

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of Guide]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=7-11-2008