The University of Bath has an account with Research Professional which includes thousands of funding opportunities for all disciplines from over 12,000 funders. You are invited to a Research Professional training session for academics at the University of Bath.
This training session will provide an introduction to the Research Professional 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.
The session will cover:
How to 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, and Deadline Calendar
Miscellaneous functionalities
- browse HE and 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/Knowledge Centre and Q&A
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- create and save your own bespoke funding searches
- sign up to funding alerts and stay up to date on relevant funding opportunities
- save funding opportunities into personal bookmarked folders
- share funding opportunities with colleagues
- interact with the policy news content – save and share articles related to your area of interest
- find relevant conferences and calls for papers
- join workgroups and explore curated funding and news resources