AMSTERDAM, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —
Comprehensive Funding Tool
now Available in Canada, U.K.
and EU
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services, today announced the
expansion of SciVal Funding to regions
outside of the United States, enabling institutions to identify
international funding opportunities.
Through the international expansion of SciVal Funding,
researchers, research administrators and research development
professionals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union
will now have access to relevant funding opportunities and awarded
grant data under a single integrated solution. SciVal Funding will
be expanded to Australia in August and to Singapore, South Africa,
India, New Zealand and Ireland by the end of 2011.
“Increasing funding application success rates in today’s
increasingly collaborative and international research community
requires a global perspective and access to appropriate resources,”
said Niels Weertman, Vice-President SciVal, at Elsevier. “The
expanded coverage of funding opportunities and awarded grants
information of SciVal Funding highlights Elsevier’s ongoing
commitment to empower institutions worldwide to implement
performance, planning and funding strategies that are global in
scope and collaborative in nature.”
Recognizing the challenges of increased competition for funding,
Elsevier developed SciVal Funding to optimize the pre-award stage
of the research cycle. The tool leads researchers, research
administrators and research development professionals to grants
with the greatest potential for success by integrating current
funding opportunities with publication information and historical
award data. Updated daily, funding opportunities can be explored by
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