Pivot-RP
Turn research funding opportunities into outcomes
Get the right funding opportunities to the right researchers
Pivot-RP is an expert-curated source of global research funding opportunities with powerful workflow, intelligence and discovery tools.
Curated data
Optimize discovery by relying on timely and accurate research funding opportunity data.
Strategic intelligence
Strengthen proposals by matching researchers to opportunities using artificial intelligence and by staying abreast of policy news.
Time-saving tools
Lift administrative burden with effective workflow, communication and reporting tools.
Turn opportunities into outcomes
Billions of dollars in research funding
Discover global research funding opportunities worth billions of dollars across the widest variety of funding types.
Editorially curated funding database
A dedicated team of editors ensure timely discoverability and accuracy of eligibility criteria and deadlines.
AI-powered funding recommendations
The AI-driven Pivot-RP Funding Advisor® recommends funding opportunities based on a researcher’s profile.
Institution-specific customization
Promote the research office’s services and resources by customizing the Pivot-RP interface with institutional branding.
Efficient communication tools
Communicate effectively and efficiently across your organization with built-in features for sharing funding information.
Research policy news
An additional resource, Research Professional News™ provides timely and trusted global news on research funding and policy.
Pivot-RP by the numbers
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Benefit from a trusted global funding database
Take research forward
Search tens of thousands of funding opportunities and thousands of conferences requesting “call for papers.“
Strengthen proposals
Inform your proposal strategy with intel from over 5 million previously awarded grants, from dozens of international global funders.
Advance research collaborations
Discover potential collaborators among millions of scholarly profiles that include publication data from the Web of Science Core Collection™.



Pivot-RP workflow tools
Lift administrative burden with time-saving workflow tools to help the research office deliver more funding.
Easily customize the Pivot-RP interface to reflect your institution’s logo, branding and color scheme. This customization will also be reflected across newsletters, funding alert emails and internal and limited submission opportunities to help you better promote your services. Also customize the right column with text, links and images to promote your research office.
Add and publish internal funding opportunities, set internal deadlines and make all funding discoverable in the same tool.

Save researchers time and effort by presenting curated lists of funding opportunities and pre-scoped searches to guide users to the most topically relevant content for their specific research interests. Easily embed direct links to curated lists and searches in emails, newsletters, department web pages, social media, or any other communication channels.

Researchers can create private groups of users to share funding information with frequent collaborators. Admins can also set up public interest groups on any topic and make them visible to all users at their institution.
Administrators can scale their reach by setting-up reoccurring newsletters that deliver the most current funding opportunities to relevant audiences with minimal effort.
Create in-app announcements to remind users about internal deadlines, resources, or procedures for funding applications.

Ready to learn more about Pivot-RP?
Talk to our experts about global research funding opportunities.
Pivot-RP is a one-stop-shop for funding opportunities. When I train my faculty on how to use Pivot, it blows their mind.
Sangita Pawar Pawar, Assistant Vice President for Research University of Arizona
Pivot-RP helps me to manage and send large amounts of targeted funding information. It’s easier for researchers to find it, and act on it.
Ryan Champagne Grants Development Coordinator, Office of Research, University of Pittsburg
With the Pivot-RP embedded search feature, the research department no longer has to manually collect and maintain ever-changing lists.
Nicole Noel Research Coordinator University of Windsor
Funding is a central concern for faculty and graduate students. As such, Pivot-RP is like waves spreading in water, and graduate students are often the first wave.
Paul Barrow Foundations and Grants Librarian University of Michigan
When we first got Research Professional, we developed our own internal matching software using the API and our researcher data. Now that we have moved to Pivot-RP, we don't need that tool anymore, it is doing all of the personalized matching for and I believe it is doing a better job.
Kalmer Lauk Analyst of Research and Development, Grants Office, University of Tartu
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, promote your research funding opportunities to millions of Pivot-RP worldwide.
Yes, promote your conference’s call for papers and presentation proposals by visiting Conferences and Papers Invited. Complete the form to submit your requests.
Our enhancement ideas and prioritization is heavily influenced by our users.
Use on-demand videos and resources to start using the platform today. For more in-depth training, institution-specific training sessions can be scheduled.
Find the most up-to-date information, release notes and resources for Pivot-RP in our Knowledge Center. The website is broken down into easy to navigate sections.
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Pivot