SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) provides up-to-date information on current national and international government and private funding sources, including fellowships, research grants, publication support, sabbatical support, curriculum development, and more. All of the data on SPIN is obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies to ensure the integrity of the information.

SPIN supplies all of the information necessary to make an informed decision whether or not to pursue a funding opportunity. Programs are summarized in helpful abstracts and links are provided to the detail. The flexible search engine allows users to customize their queries and design their own reports on programs in ways that are meaningful to them.

SPIN provides one click access to new funding opportunities based on predefined queries. In addition, Quick Searches enable spontaneous free-text queries against the SPIN database.

The Advanced Search function allows users to intricately refine their queries to ensure a high degree of program relevance. The Advanced Search page supports Boolean logic and enables users to specify the database fields to be queried.

Users can save an unlimited number of queries and run them on-demand. In addition, users can automate their queries and set them to run at a pre-set frequency - daily, weekly, monthly. Saved queries can be edited at any time.

Search results can be browsed on the web, printed, and saved to hard drives. Individual programs can be deleted from search results and the remaining items can be reformatted for reports. SPIN includes a opportunities report layout tool that allows users to customize their reports to show only the fields they are interested in and display them in any specific order. Multiple report templates can be saved for formatting SPIN results. The report templates themselves can function as pre-formatted queries generating current results in a preferred layout.