The University of Worcester provides all staff with access to Pivot-RP – a searchable database of research funding opportunities.
Pivot-RP is a new and improved version of Research Professional, with enhanced functionality designed to save time and increase the likelihood of finding suitable funding opportunities. This includes receiving a weekly funding opportunities newsletter uniquely matched to individual research profiles.
Users can also:
- track and share specific funding opportunities
- identify potential collaborators
- view previously awarded grants
- search for opportunities to disseminate research through conferences and special journal issues
GETTING STARTED
Create an account here by selecting the ‘Use Email Address / Create Password’ option (this must be your institutional email address). Note that existing user accounts for Research Professional will not be transferred to Pivot-RP. All users will need to create new user accounts in Pivot-RP.
Once you have created an account and logged in, you will be prompted to ‘claim your profile’. In practice, this links your Pivot-RP account to your real-world research profile for the purpose of generating bespoke funding opportunity information relevant to your personal research activity and interests.
In most cases, Pivot-RP will use publicly available information to create and populate a profile ready for you to claim, but users can and should edit these to ensure they are accurate. If you can’t find a profile that matches you, a profile can easily be created from scratch.
Claiming/creating a profile is essential for unlocking bespoke funding opportunity information, receiving relevant funding alerts, and identifying potential collaborators.
TRAINING AND GUIDANCE
The Pivot-RP Knowledge Centre has a wealth of training and guidance materials including several bitesize video tutorials covering everything users need to know to get started with Pivot-RP:
- Setting up your account and claiming your profile (4 mins)
- Updating your Pivot-RP profile (7 mins)
- Basic searching for funding opportunities (4 mins)
- Advanced searching for funding opportunities (5 mins)
- Navigating funding search results (6 mins)
- Managing funding opportunities (5 mins)
- Discovering Pivot-RP Profiles (4 mins)
- Awarded grants (3 mins)
- Conferences (2 mins)
A lengthier third-party demonstration recording can also be viewed below, while written guides are also available.
Click here if you need to contact Pivot-RP directly.