What is COS?

COS (www.cos.com) is a website formerly known as the Community of Science. It is an aggregation of funding information, whose data base contains more than 25,000 funding opportunity records worth more than $33 billion. Funding opportunities located through COS are multidisciplinary and multinational. Researchers have the ability to create and save targeted searches to assist them in locating relevant funding opportunities. Additionally, those who establish an online profile may receive weekly updates to these targeted searches, as well as search for collaborators at other institutions. If you are interested in learning more about COS, please contact Andrea Britton (Email: britton.12@nd.edu, Phone: 574-631-6984).

Helpful Links

COS Website:   http://www.cos.com
This is the link to the homepage of COS. Here users can login or new users can begin to set-up a new profile.

Basic User Training:  http://www.cos.com/usertraining/
This link will help those new to COS learn how to run relevant funding opportunity searches as well as how to save results.

Funding News:  http://fundingopps2.cos.com/news/index.shtml
Recent news regarding major funding opportunities is posted on this website.

Find Funding

Basic Search: http://fundingopps2.cos.com/news/index.shtml
A basic search allows users to search for funding opportunities using simple keywords or phrases.

Advanced Search: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/search
An advanced search allows users to establish specific parameters for the funding search.

Search Wizard: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/wiz
The search wizard takes the user through a step-by-step search set-up, asking specific questions regarding targeted funding opportunities.

Opportunities with Deadlines within the Next 6 Weeks: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/sixweeks
This is a listing of all funding opportunities that have deadlines within the next six weeks.

Funding Opportunity by Sponsor: http://fundingopps.cos.com/sponsors/
Here, researchers may search for funding opportunities from a specific sponsor.

Search Enhancements: http://www.refworks-cos.com/GlobalTemplates/RefworksCos/pdffiles/COSFOppsEnhanceList.final.10-09.pdf
This document gives investigators useful tips on how to improve their COS searching.

Find a Collaborator

Investigators may also use COS Expertise (another aspect of the COS website) to locate other researchers in a wide array of disciplines and from institutions throughout the United States as well as internationally.

At Notre Dame: http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/searchexp?code=608
Users may search for collaborators at the University of Notre Dame.

At another Institution: http://expertise.cos.com/
All institutions using COS Expertise and their registered users are available to search using the COS Expertise platform.

COS Profile Management

COS users may manage an online professional profile, and even generate a printed CV from the information listed in COS.

Add your Profile: http://registration.cos.com/cgi-bin/register
For new users, registration for COS requires basic personal and institutional information.*

Update your Profile: http://login.cos.com/
Users may update their profiles at any time by logging into COS and utilizing the links found on the Workbench Home page.*

Example: http://myprofile.cos.com/rkornbluth
This is an example of a professional online profile.

Print your CV: http://expertise.cos.com/cv/
Users may print an updated CV directly from the COS website.*

*Note: Please contact the COS Liaison, Andrea Britton, if you need assistance with creating and managing your COS profile (Email: britton.12@nd.edu, Phone: 574-631-6984).  You may also contact the Office of Research (Email:  funding@nd.edu, Phone:  574-631-7432) if you need assistance.