University Library offers 'Research Funding Online' workshop

9:29 a.m., June 26, 2013--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop on research funding on Thursday, July 18. The workshop is co-sponsored by the UD Research Office.

“Research Funding Online” will focus on two library databases, Foundation Directory Online and COS Pivot, which faculty, staff and graduate students can use to identify potential funding resources, such as grants from private foundations, corporations and government agencies. 

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The workshop will cover strategies for searching the databases, procedures for using alerting services, and ways to locate additional grant information on the Internet. 

The workshop is scheduled from 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday, July 18, in the Library Instruction Room (116A) on the first floor or Morris Library.

Presenters will be Carol Rudisell, librarian, and Michael Gutierrez, associate librarian, both of the Reference and Instructional Services Department.

This workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD faculty, staff and students. Seating is limited and registration is required. To register online, go to this website.

Call 302-831-2432 or email lib-workshops@udel.edu with questions regarding the workshops.