The specialized Grants Index database was created as an innovative tool for tracking and forecasting financial support for scientific projects and grant awards. The new product from Web of Science provides quick access to the most extensive information on grants and research funding from major government organizations and private foundations.
Grants Index - history and reason for its creation
The Grants Index is the best analytical tool for tracking science funding trends, created by Clarivate Analytics as part of the Web of Science index collection.
Grants Index combines data on:
- 5 million research grants previously awarded
- 400+ public and private fundingagencies worldwide
- from 1953 to the present
The database allows you to learn about all major research projects indexed by Web of Science Core Collection that have been funded in the past and form your own strategy for obtaining grants for future projects.
The idea of creating a database to track sponsorship programs emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the founders of Web of Science began to actively develop the analytical capabilities of the service. As a result, a new product from Clarivate - Grants Index - was launched on January 29, 2024. This tool is designed to help researchers optimize their strategies for finding funding for projects by providing a comprehensive view of the global sponsorship landscape.
Today Grants Index is an important resource for the scientific community, allowing to effectively track and analyze information about grants, fellowships, financial support and their impact on the development of scientific research.
How is Grants Index useful to a scientist?
The Grants Index database is the best resource today for tracking previously awarded grants and other types of funding for various fields of science. The tool allows you to:
- Improve publication plan planning and examine the published results of previous research that has been awarded grants
- become familiar with the disciplines and fields of study that receive the most funding from sponsoring organizations
- optimize your research process
- track trends in grants awarded in relation to research topics
- Establish contacts with potential sponsors and grantors
- Find sources of funding, analyze trends in scientific sponsorship
- Analyze the effectiveness of funding and its impact on the development of scientific directions
- to get acquainted with all types of available funding: grants, scholarships, awards, prizes, scientific events (conferences, seminars, webinars), exchange programs, training programs, opportunities for cooperation, material support, etc.
- Analyze the main sources of funding: public organizations and private foundations
Grants Index integration with the Pivot-RP platform
Grants Index is integrated with the Pivot-RP platform, which provides insight into the global research funding landscape across several categories:
1. Available funding opportunities for researchers by country of residence
On the Pivot-RP website, you can select your country of residence and track the number of possible sponsorship programs and their total budget.
2. Funding by discipline
3. Main sources of public funding
4. The world's best private foundations
A ranking of the best private agencies that provide funding to scientists and research organizations, as well as their total budget for sponsoring research projects.
5. Types of funding available
*Other: creative activity, clinical trials, industry or business funding, scientific publications, tenders.
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