COS

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The University at Albany maintains a subscription to the Community of Science (COS), a web-based search network for scholars, scientists and R&D professionals in all fields. Anyone using a computer with an albany.edu domain is allowed access to COS Funding Opportunities. University at Albany faculty, researchers, and graduate students can Join COS and take advantage of free access to all COS databases, from any computer, through their personal workbench. COS’s mission is to help you find funding, collaborate with colleagues, and promote your research. COS has been publishing on the Web since February 1994 and currently contains more than 500,000 researcher profiles from around the world.

If you have any questions regarding COS, please contact Linda Nuzback at 437-4559 or email Lnuzback@uamail.albany.edu

COS Expertise

Maintains a 500,000 member Worldwide Research Expertise Database which includes 1600 universities, government agencies, and other R&D organizations.
Contains profiles submitted by individual researchers. Make your expertise known to a worldwide audience by Registering your profile, if not already included in the Expertise Database. Profiles include biographical information, expertise, and research interests.
Profiles can be viewed by educational institutions, corporations and government agencies, who are members of COS, allowing potential research funding and collaboration.
Find collaborators and experts in all disciplines.

Search the COS Expertise Database

COS Funding Opportunities
The most comprehensive database of funding opportunities that contains up-to-date: Grants, Awards, Fellowships, and other funding opportunities.

Freedom Funds
Pre-set searches for funding opportunities related to security and anti-terrorism research.

COS Funding News
A sampling of new and updated award information from COS Funding Opportunities.

Funded Research
Searchable database of research grants awarded by NIH, NSF, USDA, SBIR, MRC-UK.

AGRICOLA
Searchable bibliographic database of records related to agriculture from 1979 to the
present.

Commerce Business Daily
Searchable database of current notices for proposed:

Government procurement actions
Contract awards
Sales of government property

Federal Register
Searchable database of federal agency announcements, such as:

Presidential documents
Agency meetings
Grant opportunities
Proposed federal regulations

U.S. Patents
Searchable bibliographic database of the 1.7 million U.S patent records since 1975.