Community of Science Database

COS Funding Opportunities

What is Community of Science?
Community of Science (COS) is a tool for researchers. WPAHS has licensed access to the Funding Opportunities and Expertise databases. Other available services include establishing a personal workbench, access to the Funded Research database, and a listing of meetings and conferences. Bibliographic databases are not available via COS and we do not currently subscribe to Funding Alert.

Search for Funding Opportunities
COS Funding Opportunities identifies funding information relating to research, travel, curriculum development, and conferences. Funding sources are international in scope and include federal and regional government, foundations, societies and associations, and corporations.

• From the Services tab on the COS home page , select COS Funding Opportunities.
• Click on Simple Search to do a broad search across all fields or click on Main Search to search for funding by title, words in the abstract, amount, or select keywords from a pull down menu to search for your areas of interest.
• Check the box next to each title of interest to compile a list for printing. Or click on a grant title to display a COS funding data sheet with summarizing grant information. At the end of each COS document is a url for additional information.

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How do I get to COS?
Using a pc on the WPAHS network, select the Library button from the AGH intranet or go directly to http://www.allhealth.edu/library.

Do I need to login?
You do not need to login to search licensed COS databases. You must login to your personal workbench in order to establish or edit a personal profile.

Can I use COS from home?
Not at this time; this is a limitation of the current system and solutions to the problem are being identified

How often is COS updated?
Daily.

Developed by the staff of the Allegheny General Hospital Health Sciences Library.