Introducing: COS/PIVOT
Pivot™ provides Research Administrators, Research Development Professionals, and their institutions the edge—by bringing together the right research opportunities, funding, and people—quickly and easily. It provides global and local connections that strengthen research by exploring new avenues for funding and collaboration—for faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students.
In order to faciltate ORSP's mission of "promoting all aspects of research and other creative endeavors" at SHSU, we have subscribed to PIVOT, a powerful tool that:
- Provides access to the most comprehensive global source of funding opportunities—totalingover $33 billion and growing
- Identifies researcher expertise from within or outside of our organization from millionsof profiles from leading research organizations worldwide
- Fosters collaboration by cultivating essential partnerships and alliances
- Enhances communication, monitoring, and tracking amongst individual faculty, teams,or researchers and the Research Development office
- Builds strong network connections for future opportunities
- Receive weekly funding alerts
Please note if you are not already signed up for a free Pivot account or accessing this link from a computer on the Sam Houston State network, you will not be able to get into the system. If you need more information, please contact Christi Walters in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
Funding opportunities are divided into three categories:
- Current Funding Opportunities from specific agencies (i.e. NSF, NIH, DHHS, etc.)
- Fellowships for graduate students and faculty
- Foundation Funding Opportunities
