SPIN/SMARTS/GENIUS DATABASE
A central component of the funder identification process at OSP is the use of a web-based database and matching service.
• SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) is a listing of national and international government and private funding sources, updated daily. SPIN searching is used for one time searches of the database.
• SMARTS (SPIN Matching and Research Transmittal System) matches investigator profiles with the funding opportunities in the SPIN database and delivers automatic daily updates by email.
• GENIUS (Global Expertise Network for Industry, Universities and Scholars) holds profile data, both for use in SMARTS, and if desired by the investigator, for use by other investigators. If you complete the optional fields in the GENIUS profile, and release your profile for public searching, researchers seeking collaborators will be able to use GENIUS to match their interests to yours and to contact you.
To use SPIN, SMARTS, or GENIUS:
• Go to http://www.infoed.org/officemenu.asp and select either SPIN, to do a one time search from any computer on campus, or GENIUS, to create or update a SMARTS/GENIUS profile from any internet capable computer.
• Instructions for database use and profile creation and editing are available on the InfoEd website.
• You can also access SPIN, SMARTS, and GENIUS from the OSP home page at http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/provost/osp/osphome.htm
Things to remember:
To select more than one keyword from a list of keywords, hold down the control key on your PC or the command key on your Mac as you select.
The only required pages for SMARTS matching are general information and keywords.
You can turn off email for vacations or sabbaticals.
Navigate using the buttons inside the page, not your browser controls.
SPIN searching can only be done from an on-campus computer.
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