Custom Funding Alerts

Pivot is a web-based tool that enables the UC San Diego community to find, track and share funding opportunities. Through an institutional subscription, users can create targeted searches based on custom criteria.

Features

• Advanced searches (by sponsor, discipline, keyword, amount, career stage, citizenship, funding type)
• Saved searches
• Automatic email notifications of new matches
• Individual opportunity tracking (deadline changes, etc)
• Custom groups (allows units to request creation of public groups around shared research interests)
• Publishing opportunities (calls for papers with deadlines)
• Scholar profiles (collaborator identification and personal funding matches)

Creating your account

• Visit the Pivot homepage to create an account
• Click the blue "Sign up" link in the upper right corner
• Select the option to "Use email address/create password"
• Use your UC San Diego email (@ucsd.edu addresses only) to ensure access to subscription features
• Check your inbox for an account verification email
• Log in to create and save searches. Optional: For personalized funding matches, faculty and researchers can claim and update individual scholar profiles

Helpful resources

• Pivot start guide (article)
• Tips for setting up searches (article)
• How to create basic and advanced searches (YouTube playlist)