Grants

There are two ways to enter your grants:

• Add each grant as a separate item using the Grant item.
  • Advantage: Each individual grant is captured by the Web site database as a separate item, which allows us to use them in other ways and other locations. This also adds a Grants box to the right column of your profile, listing your most recent presentations.
  • Drawback: Time consuming if you have a lot of grants to add.
  • Copy and paste an entire list of grants into a regular page.
    • Advantage: Easy and quick.
    • Drawback: The individual entries are not captured as database items, thus this would essentially be a static page. Also, there will be no navigation links in the left column of this page as there are on other pages under your profile. This is a programming limitation. Finally, you won’t have the box in the right column listing your recent grants.

To add each grant as a separate item

• While you’re logged in, go to your profile page. Click the Add New button and select “Grant” from the dropdown menu.
• Fill in the fields on the ensuing editing screen. If you don’t have a specific month or day for the grant, just list January 1, since the Web site requires that each field under Date Awarded and End Date be filled in.
• Click the Save button at the bottom of the page.
• Last but not least, after the information is saved, click the State button and pick Publish. Until you do this, the information is not visible to the public.

• Repeat the process for each grant you wish to add. The entries will all be displayed on a page in your profile titled Grants, and there will be a link to that page in the left navigation column. The grants will be displayed according their date. There will also be a box in the right column of your profile page displaying the most recent entries, and people can click on each one to see the details about it.

To copy and paste all your grants into one page

• While you’re logged in, go to your profile page. Click the Add New button and select “Page” from the dropdown menu.
• Fill in the Title field and then copy and paste your list of grants into the Body Text box. You can use the editing buttons in the toolbar at the top of the text area to format your text, much like in Word.
• Click Save at the bottom of the page when you are done.
• Last but not least, after the information is saved, click the State button and pick Publish. Until you do this, the information is not visible to the public.

Note: You can use the same approach for adding publications, presentations, and honors/awards, adding a big list as a page instead of as individual entries.

To update an existing Grant entry

From your profile page, click the Content button. This brings up a list view of all the items under your profile.

Click on the item you wish to update. Then click on the Edit button. Make your changes and then click Save at the bottom of the page.