Setting Up Your Account and Claiming Your Profile
Researchers have a profile linked to their publications and funding opportunities. Claiming and configuring this profile enables personalized, automated funding recommendations based on research interests. The more detailed the profile the better the recommendations.
When you create an account and log in for the first time, Pivot-RP automatically searches for your profile and prompts you to claim it. If you skip this step, you can claim your profile later by following the procedure below.
To Claim an Existing Profile
- Select Claim Profile from the user menu.
- Pivot-RP will display a list of profiles that match your account information.
- If you see your profile, click This is me.
Email Verification:
- If the email on the profile matches your Pivot-RP account email, you’ll receive a verification link by email. Open the link to complete the claim.
- If the emails don’t match, confirm you have access to one of the listed addresses. Pivot-RP will then send the verification link.
No Email Access?
- Select the option to request access.
- Complete the form provided. Pivot-RP will review your request, update the profile, and send you a verification link once approved.
To Create a New Profile
- Select Claim Profile from the user menu.
- Pivot-RP will show any matching profiles it finds.
- Click Create Your Profile, then Continue in the confirmation dialog.
- The Create Your Profile page will appear.
- Follow the on-screen steps to create your profile. When you are done, select Return to Pivot-RP. The current tab/window closes and Pivot-RP refreshes, displaying your new profile.
Updating or Editing your Profile
Keeping your profile up to date and means you will receive more relevant automatic funding recommendations. Adding information such as Keywords, publications, grants, and patents.
Add a Photo
- Click + Add Photo (top left).
- Supported formats: .jpg, .png, .gif; max size: 10 MB.
- You can crop or resize after uploading.
Edit Name
- Update first, middle, last name, suffix, and previous names.
- Adding a name in Other Names automatically creates a new blank row for additional entries.
Manage Emails
- Add, edit, or remove multiple email addresses, including your display email and former addresses.
Add Links
- Include relevant websites (personal page, CV, publications).
- These links help Advisor, scholar search, and automated linking.
- Select appropriate icons for each link.
- You can also upload a file containing links.
- Enter your International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI).
Connect ORCID
- Link your Pivot-RP profile to your ORCID profile (or create one first).
- This keeps your profile updated and removes duplicate citations.
- You’ll be redirected to ORCID to log in and authorize the connection.
Expertise
- Add a description of your skills.
Affiliations
- Enter organization name, department, role, and date range.
- Mark current affiliations.
- Use Order to drag and arrange multiple entries.
Education
- Add institutions, degrees, year, and field of study.
- Use Order to arrange multiple entries.
Keywords
- Add one or more research topics (required for funding recommendations).
Languages
- Add languages you know.
Associations/ Honors
- Enter associations you belong to; new rows appear as you add entries.
- Add awards with title, organization, and date range.
- Use Order to arrange multiple entries.
Publications, Grants, Patents
- On each tab, click + Add to enter details.
- For publications, you can batch upload using RIS or BibTeX files.
- Uploaded files may take a few minutes to process; suggestions will appear afterward.
- Linking with ORCID will automatically pull publication data in to Pivot-RP