This Research Professional training session for academics is being delivered by Research Professional to provide an introduction to the platform, demonstrate how to search for funding opportunities in the Funding database, and show how to set up email alerts and interact with the content. In addition to the Funding database, the session will also cover the News and Funding Insight services as well as the Awards and Conferences databases.
The training will be taking place via Teams and a link will be sent to you in advance of the session.
Agenda
Introductions
- Who are we? What is *RP?
- Overview of session structure
How do we access *RP?
- Guest access and self-registration
- Account access and single sign-on
Funding opportunities database
- Navigating simple search – free text, discipline, funder etc.
- Overview of funding opportunity profile
- Navigating advanced search options
- Interacting with searches – Save or Save & Alert
- Advanced configurations for email alerts – Email Alerts
- Interacting with content – Bookmark, Email, Download, Deadline Calendar and Expressions of Interest
Miscellaneous functionalities – News, Funding Insight, Awards and Conferences
- Browse news content along geographical and topical lines
- Browse funding insight content along disciplinary hubs
- Navigating awards database
- Find conferences and similar events organised by topic
Our Institution
- Start page – key info and contacts
- Our Hierarchy – joining workgroups
- Viewing shared funding or news content
Help Section/CKC and Q&A