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Welcome. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at the Grant/Sponsorship field of PsycINFO
and demonstrate four ways to search for different types of information included in the subfields.
The Grant/Sponsorship field can include the sponsor names, recipient names, grant/contract/award information,
funding amounts, funding dates, and other details about the sponsorship.
When we index an article for the PsycINFO database, we look for this information in the article's author note
and we include it in the Grant/Sponsorship field of the PsycINFO record.
This means you can research where grant money is being applied and discover what organizations are funding.
There are a variety of ways you might find information in the subfields of the Grant/Sponsorship field.
In this tutorial, I'll demonstrate four.
Let's start with the most basic example.
If you want to find out what research has been funded by a particular organization, you can search for that organization's name.
It may also be useful to limit to recently published works.
So, for example, let's say you're interested in what Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals has funded recently.
I'll just type "Johnson Pharmaceuticals" in the search box, choose the Grant/Sponsorship field, and limit to the last 3 years.
The results show all records in the database with Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals funding
in the Grant/Sponsorship field for the last 3 years.
You could broaden your search to find any mention of the word "Pharmaceuticals" in the Grant/Sponsorship field.
This would help you find other pharmaceutical companies funding recent research.
A second approach builds on this idea.
You can combine a search for an organization with your specific research topics to quickly find useful grant information.
Let's say you're doing research on the mental health benefits of owning pets.
We can create a search that looks for and combines two ideas:
records that include the National Institute of Mental Health in the Grants/Sponsorship field and also "pets" as an Index Term.
This is a quick way to find out what recently published research the NIMH has funded on this topic.
Note that it's best to spell out the organization's name and its acronym.
We capture the information exactly as it appeared in the author note.
When you look at any individual record, scrolling down to the Grant/Sponsorship field
shows the grantee and often the grant numbers and other information.
Let's look at another search strategy that you might find useful.
If you know or have found the grant number for research that was done in your area of interest,
you can search for that grant number to find out who else received funding from that grant and what the research topics were.
So I'll just copy this number and return to the first search screen.
Pasting that number into the search box and choosing Grant/Sponsorship as the field
quickly returns a number of other research articles that included this grant number.
Likewise, you can search for grant recipients. This might be useful for finding potential research partnerships!
Just look for the person's name in the Grant/Sponsorship field
and you'll find all the records where he or she is included as a grantee.
These are just a few of the ways you can search the Grant/Sponsorship field.
For more about PsycINFO and search tips and strategies, please see our YouTube channel or the APA website. Thank you!