Federal Information Exchange Announces its new, free E-Mail Service targeting research and education funding opportunities within your area of interest. Simply: 1. Register on FEDIX at http://www.fie.com/ 2. Select the keywords that identify your area(s) of interest. - and - You will automatically begin receiving E-Mail announcements on new federal funding opportunities within your interest area. No Registration or Access Fees -- No User Costs!!! FEDIX/MOLIS is sponsored by the following Federal Agencies: Department of Energy * National Aeronautics & Space Administration * Office of Naval Research Department of Transportation * National Institutes of Health * Department of Air Force Agency for International Development * Department of Veterans Affairs Environmental Protection Agency * Interagency Learning Technology Office Department of Agriculture * DISA Center for Software, Software Management Support Department FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! is a Free Service Provided by Federal Information Exchange, Inc. 555 Quince Orchard Road * Suite 360, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (301)975-0103 Phone * (301) 975-0109 FAX Frequently Asked Questions Here are the answers to questions frequently asked about the FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! system. 1. What is FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! ? 2. What is the Grants Keyword Thesaurus. ? 3. What is FEDIX ? 4. How often is FEDIX searched by FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! ? 5. How often can I update my personal interests profile ? 6. How many keywords can I choose ? 7. I'm not receiving many opportunity announcements. Is something wrong ? 8. I'm receiving too many opportunity announcements from too many broad categories. What should I do ? 9. Will I receive opportunity announcements that appeared on FEDIX before the date I register ? 10. If I register for FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!!, does it mean I no longer have to search FEDIX for federal opportunities ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! ? FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! is a new service in the FEDIX family of free services. FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! enables you to create a personal interests profile using the Grants Keyword Thesaurus.. Beginning with the next business day, the results of a daily search of federal opportunities that match your profile will be e-mailed directly to you. In brief, every business day the system compares your personal interests profile with all new and/or updated opportunity announcements on FEDIX. A short introduction and the URL of each announcement matching your interests profile is then e-mailed to you. 2. What is the Grants Keyword Thesaurus. ? The Grants Keyword Thesaurus. is the standard set of keywords used by agencies of the Federal Government to categorize opportunties. The thesaurus creates a content based index that you can use to quickly find opportunities in your interest area. The Grants Keyword Thesaurus. is Copyrighted and Trademarked. 3. What is FEDIX ? FEDIX provides comprehensive on-line information on federal agency opportunities to the research and higher education communities nationwide. With twelve federal agencies participating in our on-line service, along with 150,000+ individual users and 220,000+ web servers, (and growing at a rate of 5,000 new users per month) FEDIX has become the key entity in the U.S. bridging the research and educational programs information gap between government and academia. A recent survey of university Research Officers conducted by Oak Ridge Associated Universities found that "the most common on-line database used by research administration offices is FEDIX/MOLIS (84% of offices)". 4. How often is FEDIX searched by FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! ? Every business day the system compares your personal interests profile with all new and/or updated opportunity announcements on FEDIX. 5. How often can I update my personal interests profile ? As often as you like. However, you need both your e-mail address and PIN number to access your personal intrests profile. This information is included in the confirmation message we send you when you first register. 6. How many keywords can I choose ? As many as you like. However, the number and type of keywords you choose effects the number of annoucements you will receive. (See questions 7 and 8 below.) 7. I'm not receiving many opportunity announcements. Is something wrong ? No. But please remember that the more specific you make the keywords in your personal interests profile, the more selective and therefore the less opportunity announcements you will receive. For example: If you choose 'All Chemical Science Categories' you will receive more opportunity announcements than if you choose one of the highly specific subcategories like 'Ocean Chemistry'. 8. I'm receiving too many opportunity announcements from too many broad categories. What should I do ? You should replace your broad keywords such as 'All Chemical Sciences' with more specific keywords such as 'Ocean Chemistry'. Remember, the more specific you make the keywords in your personal interests profile the less opportunity announcements you will receive. 9. Will I receive opportunity announcements that appeared on FEDIX before the date I register ? No. You will begin receiving opportunity announcements matching your personal interests profile starting from the day you register. You can always use FEDIX to search for and list opportunity announcements that became available before you registered. 10. If I register for FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!!, does it mean I no longer have to search FEDIX for federal opportunities ? No. FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!! is not meant to be a substitute for conducting your own searches on FEDIX. It is a value added service that is meant to supplement -- not replace -- periodic searching of the FEDIX database. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grants Keyword Thesaurus. is a registered trademark of Rodman & Associates, Inc. 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