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Web Resources for Graduate Students

The Graduate Student Grant Services (GSGS) web page provides a central location for resources in support of research and scholarly activities for UMASS graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Some of these include links to:

• information on internal and external funding opportunities
• library resources
• workshop information
• proposal development tools
• tip sheets.

In addition, UMASS Amherst has subscribed to the following resources that are available to you with your UMASS computer account from our web page http://www.umass.edu/research/gsgs

1. Community of Science (COS) - provides information on funding opportunities and information on UMASS faculty expertise in all disciplines from the following web address http://www.cos.com
   • COS Funding Opportunities - an on-line resource of funding information. Access this extensive database by logging on with a UMASS account and selecting COS Funding Opportunities from the COS web page.

   • COS Expertise - research and scholarly activities of UMASS faculty members from all disciplines. Select COS Expertise from the COS web page.

2. The Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) - provides campus members another option for locating funding information and can be directly accessed at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
   • IRIS Funding Opportunities - a database of funding opportunities containing information of federal and non-federal funding opportunities for all levels of academic study and research.

   • IRIS Alert Services - allows any campus member to create individual search profiles that are run against the IRIS database of funding opportunities and sent via e-mail at intervals specified in your profile.

3. Opportunity Alert Services - e-mail notices with timely information on relevant funding opportunities. Register for one of the many additional e-mail funding alert services at http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs/alert.html

4. Nextwave - a weekly service particularly suited to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and new faculty in the sciences. Access Nextwave at http://www.nextwave.org for information on:
   • job market news
   • career transitions, career and job-hunting news
   • family and career issues
   • grant information
   • women in science
   • global networking opportunities.