SPIN (Sponsored Program Information Network) is a comprehensive, web-based searchable database of funding opportunities from all sources (federal, state, local, private and foreign). This
commercial database from Infoed, Inc. is updated daily and contains information on approximately 11,000 different funding opportunities from more than 1,200 different sponsoring agencies. Over 4,000 opportunities are in health-related, behavioral, or biomedical fields.
You must access SPIN from a computer logged on to the Internet via a CU/CUMC connection. The system allows you to do a quick search by keyword as you would a bibliographic or library
database. The advanced search feature allows you to refine your search by specifying other criteria and has the added functionality of allowing you to save your search criteria and receive updates on a periodic basis of your choosing.
In order to take advantage of this feature, choose the "advanced search" option near the bottom of the SPIN screen. This will take you a page that allows you to specify criteria for each of 20 or so fields contained in the entries for each funding opportunity. Most of the time, you will want to do a search by keyword (the upper leftmost field). You can either do a free text keyword search, or click on "keywords" to bring up a list of words by broad subject area that the system uses to index entries. In order to bring up the most relevant "hits," we suggest also specifying criteria in the next two fields, "Applicant Type" and "Award Type." For example, if you're a faculty member doing research into the effectiveness of substance abuse intervention programs, you can use these two fields to filter out grants to non-profits to provide such intervention services.
Run the search to make sure you get results that are useful, and adjust the search criteria if you come up with too few or too many hits. Once you are satisfied with your search results, click "save search." You will be asked to provide an email address and to specify the frequency of your updates.
SPIN WEBSITE SPIN (Sponsored Program Information Network) is a comprehensive, web-based searchable database of funding opportunities from all sources (federal, state, local, private and foreign). This
commercial database from Infoed, Inc. is updated daily and contains information on approximately 11,000 different funding opportunities from more than 1,200 different sponsoring agencies. Over 4,000 opportunities are in health-related, behavioral, or biomedical fields.
You must access SPIN from a computer logged on to the Internet via a CU/CUMC connection. The system allows you to do a quick search by keyword as you would a bibliographic or library
database. The advanced search feature allows you to refine your search by specifying other criteria and has the added functionality of allowing you to save your search criteria and receive updates on a periodic basis of your choosing.
In order to take advantage of this feature, choose the "advanced search" option near the bottom of the SPIN screen. This will take you a page that allows you to specify criteria for each of 20 or so fields contained in the entries for each funding opportunity. Most of the time, you will want to do a search by keyword (the upper leftmost field). You can either do a free text keyword search, or click on "keywords" to bring up a list of words by broad subject area that the system uses to index entries. In order to bring up the most relevant "hits," we suggest also specifying criteria in the next two fields, "Applicant Type" and "Award Type." For example, if you're a faculty member doing research into the effectiveness of substance abuse intervention programs, you can use these two fields to filter out grants to non-profits to provide such intervention services.
Run the search to make sure you get results that are useful, and adjust the search criteria if you come up with too few or too many hits. Once you are satisfied with your search results, click "save search." You will be asked to provide an email address and to specify the frequency of your updates.
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