COS Funding Opportunities Search Quick Steps

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Create a COS Workbench

• On the COS homepage, click on "New User/Register Free."
• Click on "Join."
• Enter required information, as well as any other information you wish to share.
• Click on "Create My Account."
• Click on "Create My Profile."

Conduct a Funding Search

• Under the heading "COS Funding Opportunities," click on "Search COS Funding Opportunities."
• Click on "Advanced Search."
• Select search criteria under "More Search Fields."
• Add any additional keywords using the allotted space directly above "More Search Fields."
• Click "Search."
• To preview an opportunity, click on the grant title.
• To download the descriptions of one or more opportunities, check the boxes next to the grant titles and click on "Download Citations." The "Citation Manager" will then appear. Click on "Download."
• If you want to save the selections, go to "File/Save Page As," and save the file to your desktop or a location of your choice.
• To resume the search, click on "Go back one page" and close the "Citation Manager."
• To edit the search, click on "Refine Your Query."
• To save the search to your COS Workbench, click on "Save Search." If requested, enter your personal username and password.
• After logging in, the COS Workbench will allow you to run, edit, delete, or share your search. To have COS send possible funding opportunities to your personal email account, check the box under "Weekly Email."

For assistance with funding searches and proposal development, contact your Development Specialist in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.