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InfoEd Global / SPIN
is a web-based, comprehensive database of funding opportunities, as well as a worldwide database of scholar profiles to help you find collaborators and promote your own work. Updated daily, SPIN includes thousands of program announcements from around the world. The University subscribes to SPIN through our InfoEd Global proposal management program, and it is available for use by faculty, staff, and graduate students. To get started, launch , set up a profile, and once your profile is verified, you'll be able to click on SPIN from the InfoEd Global home page.
ORA periodically offers hands-on InfoEd/SPIN training for faculty, staff, and graduate students, or you can request to schedule training for your department. Contact ORA Information Specialist, Maurine Pace, as needed, at Âé¶¹´«Ã½É«Ç鯬-ORAFREEMississippi or (601) 266-5054.
Funding Announcements & The ORAcle
Periodic funding opportunity announcements are disseminated from ORA to our faculty and research support staff by way of our Constant Contact email platform. Be sure to contact the Information%20Specialist to subscribe to the appropriate contact lists, so that you will be kept in the know!
Our monthly digital newsletter - The ORAcle - features news about grant-funded research and other scholarly activities, as well as links to solicitations — from government, private, and corporate sources. Copyright restrictions limit access to The ORAcle to Âé¶¹´«Ã½É«Ç鯬 faculty, staff, and students. When a new issue is available, The ORAcle is emailed to a large list of faculty and staff. To receive The ORAcle, contact the Information%20Specialist to be added to the appropriate list(s). Back issues may be available upon request, as well.
Internal Funding Opportunities
Visit the University Research Council website to learn about URC's annual Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity awards. The Office of the Vice President for Research offers the Âé¶¹´«Ã½É«Ç鯬 Proposal Development Grant Program and the Âé¶¹´«Ã½É«Ç鯬 Research Development Travel Program. Additionally, the Office of the Provost maintains several funding opportunities for faculty.