| Term | Description |
| Anticipated Deadline | The expected last date to apply for a funding opportunity. |
| Deadlines | Return relative or absolute deadlines based on the current or a specified date. You can also select optional or continuous/undefined deadlines. |
| Funding Alert | An email sent to remind a user about upcoming deadlines, or notify a user about recommended opportunities. |
| Funding Type | The type of activity or activities a sponsor is willing to support for a particular funding opportunity. For example, equipment, award, or research. See Funding Types. |
| Funding Opportunity | An opportunity to receive funding for research, a project, or another academic activity. |
| Internal Funding Opportunity | A funding opportunity local to your institution and added by an administrator at your institution. |
| Limited Submission | A funding opportunity that only accepts a limited number of applications/proposals. |
| Activity Location | Return only opportunities from a specific location, is unrestricted, or is unspecified. Note that an additional activity location restriction might appear at the top of the page. |
| Citizenship or Residency | Return only opportunities available to citizens or residents of a specific location, is unrestricted, or is unspecified. Note that an additional citizenship or residency restriction might appear at the top of the page. |
| Papers Invited | A collection of professional bodies, journal editors, and conference organizers actively seeking submissions. |
| Profile | Collected information about a researcher and/or user. |
| Profile Proxy | A user who is designated to manage another user's profile. |
| Profile Role | A description of a user's role at an institution. Used for grouping users in some areas of Pivot-RP. |
| Saved Search | A dynamic list of funding opportunities. The list presents the opportunities that match some search criteria, so the matching opportunities may change every time you access the list. |
| Sponsor | An entity that provides a funding opportunity. |
| User | A Pivot-RP user. A user is assumed to be a researched interested in funding opportunities and/or an administrator. |
| Artistic Pursuit | The presentation of artistic work, for example a performance, exhibit, or film or video production. |
| Collaboration or Cooperative Agreement | Any collaborative activity between people working at two or more institutions or in two or more disciplines. |
| Contract or Tender | An agreement to conduct a specific project or task with stated outcomes (as opposed to a general research effort or program development). |
| Dissertation or Thesis | Research or other activities related to the completion of a doctoral dissertation or graduate thesis. |
| Equipment or Materials Acquisition or Facility Use | The purchase or use of equipment, materials, or special facilities required to conduct research. Includes the purchase of computer equipment, payment for the use of a facility's telescope, leased time on a supercomputer, use of library facilities or special collections and use of art facilities (colonies, studios). |
| Facility Construction or Operation | Construct, remodel, or operate a facility. |
| Meeting or Conference or Seminar | Either to attend or organize a meeting, conference, or seminar. |
| Postdoctoral Award | Individuals who have recently received PhDs to perform research or study, usually under the guidance of a mentor, but sometimes not in the humanities or social sciences. |
| Prize or Award | In recognition of past or current accomplishments in the arts, sciences, or humanities. |
| Program or Curriculum Development or Provision | Develop or provide a program to benefit the public, or to develop or provide a curriculum, a course, or other types of training or instruction for the public or for those in a traditional educational setting. |
| Publishing or Editorial | Journals, manuscripts, texts, documents, and translations of works. |
| Research | Activity that increases overall knowledge about a field. |
| Training or Scholarship or Fellowship | scholarships, internships, fellowships, or specialized training that advances the individual's knowledge of the area, not the area itself. |
| Travel | Travel expenses arising from programs or activities such as (but not limited to) visiting lectureships or professorships, exchange programs, on-site observation, or research activities. |
| Visiting Personnel | Either to be or host a visiting expert. |