Community of Science — Resources for Research, Worldwide
Community of Science provides Virginia Tech with access to services that help publicize research online, locate potential collaborators, find funding, and conduct research online. COS provides a full range of Internet-based services for the world's researchers.
Universities, corporations, societies, private institutions, government agencies and individual researchers all depend on COS Web-based products and services to find funding, promote their work, identify experts, manage resources, and collaborate with colleagues.
- COS Funding Opportunities - an up-to-date database of announcements for grants, fellowships, awards and more from around the world, comprising more than 22,000 records worth over $33 billion.
- COS Funding Alert - a weekly e-mail notification with a customized list of funding opportunities based on specified criteria provided by the individual COS member.
- COS Expertise - a richly featured knowledge management system for individuals and institutions, containing more than 480,000 first-person profiles of researchers from over 1,600 institutions worldwide.
- COS Workbench - an easy-to-use Web workspace for Expertise profile holders, with many features to help you promote your work and manage your resume/CV.
- Reference Services - subscriptions to numerous bibliographic databases including MEDLINE®, GeoRef, Agricola, Federal Register, FedBizOpps/Commerce Business Daily, Funded Research and US Patents.
To join the Community of Science and set up an account, go to: www.cos.com/
If you already have an account and have forgotten your Username and Password, contact Larry Quisenberry at 231-5452 or by email at lquisenb@vt.edu, or COS will look it up at: http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/recovery/getInfo.
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