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SPIN/SMARTS

Neale YatesOffice for ResearchMarch 2008

http://research.vu.edu.au

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Creating a new Profile/login

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SPIN and SMARTS search the same database and offer similar ways to filter the data.The interfaces for the two systems are slightly different.

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SMARTS

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Selection of keywords is the main way to identify discipline specific funding opportunitiesMultiple keywords can be included

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Opportunities are categorised by a large number of funding types. Often it will bepreferable to leave this blank so that all options are searched.

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Generally you will want select ‘no restrictions’ and ‘Victoria’

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Usual selections will be ‘Any/no restrictions’ and ‘Australian Institution’

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Once settings have been selected, you have to ‘save’, (re-)’load’ the profile, and then ‘run’ the search.

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Links to extended Information on the program.Make sure you check the ‘home’ URL for the programto make sure you are eligibleto apply.