PIVOT

What is PIVOT?

• COS PIVOT brings the best of COS Funding Opportunities and COS's two scholarly profiling systems together in one integrated package
• Access to over 26,000 funding opportunities
• Approximately 3 million profiles from around the word
• Suggests potential funding opportunities for you based on your PIVOT profile ( harvested and maintained by COS PIVOT editors)
• Gives you one place to manage and track funding of interest

Register

http://pivot.cos.com/register  New faculty can register here if they have not already done so.

The faculty member will gain access to PIVOT by indicating they are affiliated with Christopher Newport University. Faculty claim and update their profile, viewable by researchers around the world.  Profiles of potential collaborators and mentors are located within the profiles. Establish searches and save them. COS has developed an extensive ontology so that very specific searches are possible.

Accessing PIVOT - Faculty can access PIVOT one of two ways:

1)          IP Access

From any on-campus computer, a user can go right to http://pivot.cos.com.   Because your institution’s IP addresses will be recognized by PIVOT, one can start searching for funding or faculty profiles right away.

2)          Username and Password

Faculty can log in at http://pivot.cos.com with a PIVOT username and password anytime, anywhere. Logging in this way will take the user to his or her PIVOT homepage. From their homepage, they can manage active or tracked funding opportunities, saved searches, shared opps, etc., and start searching for funding or scholars. Username and password access is necessary when a) a user is off-campus, or b) when a user needs to save a funding record or funding search.

Learning To Use Pivot

COS Pivot YouTube Channel

Campus Workshops

Workshops are presented by OSP throughout the year to assist in the use Pivot. Click here for for instructions on the use of Pivot.

Webinars

Register for a webinar presented by COS or see previously recorded events

Instructional Links 

• Advanced Search

• Sharing Opps (and Opps Shared with You) 

• Managing Individual Funding Opportunities

• Funding Alerts 

Support

The PIVOT Technical Services Team is also available to assist users with any issues that come up while using COS PIVOT. Click on the Support tab from your PIVOT homepage to reach the support desk or email them at support@refworks-cos.com. Extensive help documentation is also available in the Support area. 

You can also call the CNU’s Office of Sponsored Programs at 757-594-7392 for assistance.