As the leading Internet site for the global R&D community, COS brings together the world's most prominent scientists and researchers at more than 1,600 institutions worldwide. COS provides tools and services that enable these professionals to communicate, exchange information and find the people and technologies that are important to their work.

The COS Expertise database contains detailed, first person profiles of more than 465,000 university and R&D professionals representing participation by more than 1,300 institutions around the world. Tenured and tenure track faculty who add their profile to the Expertise database will have the option of receiving brief electronic funding notices once a week based on the expertise information that they input into their profile.

COS Funding Opportunities is the largest, most comprehensive source of grant information on the Web, containing more than 24,000 records representing over $33 billion in funding. It aids researchers and scholars in finding funding being offered by public agencies, national and local governments, corporations, private foundations, and more from around the world. The database is maintained and updated daily by a team of editors devoted full-time to researching new grant and award opportunities, and validating their content and accuracy.

COS Funding Opportunities enables researchers to find monies available for work in all disciplines including the physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health and medicine, and the arts and humanities. The provided information regards funding for many purposes such as research, collaborations, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, postdoctoral positions, equipment aquisitions, capital, or operating expenses. As with all COS products, COS Funding Opportunities is provided in a sophisticated online format for searching and tracking results.