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The Community of Science (COS) Database is a comprehensive database of international and Australian funding opportunities, and includes opportunities in all academic discipline areas. UWA staff and postgraduate students can use COS to set up their own expertise profile, to search the expertise database, to set up funding opportunity alerts and to search for funding opportunities. A series of "Webinars" provides training in best use.

To learn more about COS and to set up a COS profile go the UWA COS webpage .

COS WEBINARS

Researchers who are COS users are invited to participate in a series of externally run Webinars, being organised by Nicola Giles, Customer Education and Training Specialist at COS.

The next webinar will be held on 14 September 2009.

The aim of the course is to enable researchers to find the funding they need to conduct their research and learn how to promote their own personal profiles.

During the course participants join an online session with one of the trainers to get an introductory overview of the platform and databases.

This course covers content, functions, and features of, as well as tips for using, COS Scholar Universe and COS Funding Opportunities on the COS interface.

The participants will be also shown how to access support options such as help pages, factsheets and tutorials.

The session is scheduled for 90 minutes to cover:

• Creating and managing profiles, producing CVs,
• Finding scholar profiles with COS Expertise,
• Seeking funds, grants, awards using COS Funding Opportunities,
• Tracking funding and using saved searches on COS Workbench.

To register for the training, please follow the instructions:

• go to the website ,
• select the option 'COS Research Databases on the COS Platform' and click on the search button,
• select your time-zone from the drop-down menu on the following page to determine what time the sessions will be in your location,
• click on the Register button, and follow the on-screen instructions.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the training Webinars, please contact [email protected] .

For other questions concerning COS please refer to the UWA COS webpage or contact ECM Research Development Officer Debbie Thackray .

Media references

Debbie Thackray / [email protected] / 6488 4765
Magdalena Matuszczyk / [email protected] / 6488 4277