COS Funding Opportunities is the largest and most comprehensive research funding database on the Web. Updated daily, COS Funding Opportunities includes more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.

Individual researchers and research administrators use COS Funding Opportunities to identify funding information as it relates to research, collaborative activities, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, post-doctoral positions, equipment acquisition, operating and capital expenses, and more.

In order to receive COS Funding Alerts, recipients must be registered users of COS and must set up searches in a Funding Alert account through their personalized COS Workbench. To join and set up a Workbench, from the homepage fundingopps2.cos.com click on "Create Your Own COS Expertise Profile Today."

1. Fill in all necessary information and click "Continue." Fill in all necessary information on succeeding pages. Finally, choose a username and password, and click "I Agree, Complete My Registration."
2. At the next page, click on the button labeled "Launch my COS Workbench Now." You should see the following page:



3. At this point, you may add a funding alert by clicking on "Add an Alert" and saving a search. You will then receive an email each week that contains information about funding opportunities that match your search criteria. You may save up to 5 searches.
4. Also, please click on "E-Mail Preferences" in the table on the left side of the screen to set your email preferences.