Pivot™搜索提示：活动位置

搜索提示：活动位置随着为联邦/国家层面的竞争资金分配给竞争资金的递减资源，研究人员需要找到替代途径，以获得他们所需的拨款，RDP需要成为救星搜索者。区域资助者 - 包括州/省级政府，基金会和协会/社会 - 为其覆盖范围内的个人和/或机构提供资金。这些赞助商的范围从小社区基础，这是跨国组织的。确保您正在搜索正确的区域可以大大提高搜索结果。

了解地理搜索工作原理：正确的活动位置您在哪里寻找资金？虽然这似乎是一个简单的问题，但通常用户在高级搜索中将其搜索参数设置为不受限制和所在的国家/地区。这产生了对世界任何地方或其所在国家/地区的任何人的任何人开放的资金机会。但是，如果您正在寻找您的大学的资金，则在本地使用，包括搜索参数中的州或省级的名称，打开一系列区域资金，只有在“选择州，省或分组”中，可以申请。您甚至可能会找到您不了解资金的赞助商。和超级实体开始在活动位置开始在高级搜索中键入，您将注意到的第一件事是自动完成功能提供下拉菜单。例如，G-E-R中的键入将为德国的一个系列选择提供一系列选择。在该国之前的字符串是该国在数据库中的不同政治/地理分组，例如联合国或欧盟。这些是超级实体。在层次结构中，这些是所选区域上方的级别。高级搜索上的活动位置的默认值会检查标有不受限制，子实体和超级实体的框。 This is our recommended means of searching to get the widest range of results that are valid for the location you have indicated. There is also a fourth box marked Unspecified, which is not automatically checked. Unrestricted and Unspecified are fairly straightforward. Checking Unrestricted will return all opportunities in which the sponsor has indicated that the activity may occur anywhere in the world. Checking Unspecified will return all opportunities where the sponsor has not indicated a geographical restriction or editors were unable to determine any based on sponsor literature. Checking Super-entities will search up the hierarchy in addition to searching the location you selected. In the example of Germany, selecting Super-entities will look for opportunities marked with the Activity Location Germany and/or European Union (if that’s the string you selected). Sub-entities work in the opposite direction. For example, if you select the country Canada and check Sub-entities, the search result will yield all opportunities in which the Activity Location is tagged as Canada and/or any of the provinces or territories within Canada. Search Smart Be specific. Honing in on your region in addition to your country can return regional opportunities that country searches alone miss. Your chances of receiving a grant from these organizations may also be better than from a national/federal sponsor because the competition may be less intense. Current Pivot Sub-entities include the nations within the UK, provinces in Canada, and the states within the US and Australia.Remember to look at the big picture. There are many multinational sponsors within Pivot. Be open to new sources of funding. Super-entities offer these possibilities.Good searches give good results. If you select European Union as the Activity Location and check Sub-entities you’ll get back all opportunities tagged European Union and all those tagged with any of the 28 countries within the EU. This is great if you are willing to do the research in any of those countries, but if you are looking for funding in France specifically, you’ll have to wade through a lot of irrelevant opportunities.Pivot Funding Opps team