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Using COS Funding Alert
Step 1: Each individual must create a profile with COS. Go to www.cos.com and fill out personal information (cv, research area of interest, keywords, language preference, etc.)
Step 2: Using the information in your expertise profile, COS creates an introductory search for you to match your COS keyword, location, and eligibility. Email results arrive every Monday
COS introductory search can be modified and each individual can add up to 4 additional searches. Individuals can view and download each week's results from their COS workbench. Simply log on to www.cos.com and enter your name and password and then click on introductory search. You can view your alerts and add additional searches under the View Your Funding Alerts Section.
Email notification is sent weekly with the funding alerts to the email address specified in the COS expertise profile. You have the capability to turn email delivery on and off within your profile.

Controlling and Using your Alert Account
Modifying and existing search
Step 1: Log into your COS workbench from the www.cos.com website with your username and password.
Step 2: To change a search, click 'Modify Alerts'. You will have the options to modify or delete searches that you were asked to name in your profile, for example: departmental research funds, funds for my research assistant and funds for my next project.
The alert search form is similar to the COS Funding Opportunities form. The difference is that the saved COS Funding Alert search will run only against those rcords that are new and updated each week and will not run against the entire COS Funding Opportunites database that contains archived alerts.
Step 3: Modify the search parameters. Change the keywords, rquirements, citizenship or residency requirements. If you click on the 'browse' button this opens a new window listing the COS Keywords hierarchy. Keywords are used to label each record. You can access the keyword hierarchy by clicking on folders or + symbols.
Helpful Tip: Selecting the Explode option includes all terms in the hierarchy underneath the chosen keyword(s). For example: If you choose the keyword 'education' and then click the explode option, the search will include the 150+ terms withing the catergory, such as Higer Education, Special Education, and Women's Education.
Step 4: Preview this search to test-run it against the entire COS Funding Opportunities database. Once you save this search, the alert will run only against opportunities that are new and updated each week.
Step 5: Save the search. When you are completely satsisfied with the results to you on Monday. Once you save the search, COS will prompt you to answer if you would like to save the changes and display this keyword in you COS expertise profile and use it in the funding alert, or if the keyword should be used in your funding alert account and not displayed in the COS expertise profile.

Adding a New Search
Step 1: Click 'Add an Alert' to add a new search
Step 2: Set your search parameters. You have the capability to add keywords or root words in all fields and this will search any field (sponsor, abstract, keyword etc.) looking for the specified key or root word.

Adjusting Your Options
Step 1: Click 'Options' to change your account details and preferences.
Step 2: Click 'User Defaults' to create default settings for your eligibility information in alert searches. You can utilize these settings to change such categories as citizenship and activity locations.
Step 3: Click 'Displaying Results' to specify which information is displayed in your results. This option will allow you to choose what information you want delivered in you alert email.
Step 4: Click 'Number of Results' to specify how many of the records in your alert should be displayed on your COS Workbench home page
Step 5: Click 'Keywords' this feature will allow you to delete COS Keywords from your COS Expertise profile and/or your COS Funding Alert Searches
Accessing Your Funding Alerts
Step 1: Click a search name under the topics heading to list and download this week's alert search results. you also have the capability to search archived alerts, get help if you're having trouble or view the tutorial for additional tips.
Step 2: Remote access: You will have received a list of these records in your alert email. You do not need to log into your COS Workbench to see them unless you are off-campus or wish to download the full records. Otherwise, you can access the alerts via your email.

Tips for Individuals Using COS

Set your user defaults to pre-set your alert searches with the correct citizenship(s).
In addition to finding "standard" funding in your field, create alert searches to find funding to:

- attend a particular upcoming conference
-support your research student's work
- pay for new equipment
Take advantage of all five possible searches
Experiment to refine your results; for example, set up one search by Keywords and another by terms in All Fields to find the results most relevant to you.

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