Comprising about 6,400 sponsoring programs, SPIN has been found useful by members of the University community who are seeking research funding, student support, and for numerous other scholarly, academic, service, or demonstration projects. SPIN recently separated from the SUNY system and launched itself as InfoEd, Inc., an independent service provider with its own offices in Albany. Searches are possible within discipline or topic areas by the use of key words, and may be focused through selection fields such as individual or institutional applicant type, kind of award sought, duration, funding limit, etc. Sponsors represented include federal agencies, state and foreign governments, and private and corporate foundations. The database is updated every two weeks and therefore reflects very current information.
Search results are usually available to requesters within three or four days.