- Dietary Supplement or Ingredient
Use this box to specify the dietary supplement or ingredient being studied. To find and highlight the dietary supplement or ingredient you wish to include in your search, you can use either the up and down arrows in the box on the left or type the name of the supplement or ingredient into the box at the top. Once you have highlighted the supplement or ingredient you wish to include, double click on it or use the > to move it to the box on the right. Only the supplements/ingredients listed in the box on the right will be searched. You can include more than one supplement/ingredient in your search by repeating the process above to move multiple supplements/ingredients to the box on the right. Use the < or << to remove one or all supplements/ingredients from the box on the right. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all dietary supplements and ingredients.
- Health Outcome or Biological Effects
Use this box to specify the health outcome or biological effects being studied. Use the up and down arrows at the right of the box to find the health outcome you wish to include in your search and click on it to make your selection. You can select multiple health outcomes by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on your selections. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all health outcomes or biological effects.
- Type of Study
Use this box to specify the research methodology used by a project or program. Use the up and down arrows at the right of the box to find the type of study you wish to include in your search and click on it to make your selection. You can select multiple types of studies by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on your selections. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all types of studies.
- Keywords in Abstract or Title
Use these boxes to search by keywords or text found in the project's title or abstract. Enter the word or first few letters of the word for which you wish to search. Use the Boolean operator buttons (AND, OR, AND NOT) to specify how you wish to link the terms. You can leave these boxes blank if you do not want to search for a particular word.
To search for project abstracts or titles that contain both the words "chemopreventive" AND "biomarker", type the following into the keywords boxes:
![Keyword One is chemoprevention, logic operator is AND, keyword two is biomarker, 2nd logic operator is AND, keyword three is blank](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_keywords-and08.jpg)
To search for project abstracts or titles that contain either the words "estrogen" OR start with "phyto", type the following into the keywords boxes:
![keyword one is estrogen, logic operator is OR, keyword two is phyto, logic operator is AND, keyword three is blank](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_keywords-or08.jpg)
To search for project abstracts or titles that contain either the words "retinal" AND "macular", AND NOT "vitamin", type the following into the keywords boxes:
![keyword one is retinal, logic operator is AND, keyword two is macular, logic operator is AND NOT, keyword three is vitamin](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_keywords-andnot08.jpg)
- Fiscal Year
Use this box to specify the fiscal year in which the project was considered active. A fiscal year begins October 1st and ends September 30th. To choose a particular fiscal year, click on the desired year. You can select multiple years by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on each year. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all fiscal years.
- Funding Agency
Use this box to specify the Federal agency awarding the project. Use the up and down arrows at the right of the box to find the agency you wish to include in your search and click on it to make your selection. You can select multiple agencies by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on your selections. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all agencies.
- Project Identifier
Use these boxes to specify a project's activity code, administering organization, serial number and suffix/support year. You can leave these boxes blank to include all projects.
The Project Identifier consists of four parts:
- First Box is Activity Code: 3 alphanumeric characters identifying a specific category of research activity (e.g., research projects, fellowship programs, cooperative agreements)
- Second Box is Administering Organization Code: 2 alphabetic characters identifying the organization awarding the project.
- Third Box is Serial Number: 5-7 numeric characters generally assigned sequentially to a series within an NIH Institute, Center or Division
- Fourth Box is Suffix and Support Year: 2-4 alphanumeric characters comprising the following:
- Grant Year – 2 numeric characters indicating the actual segment or budget period of a project. The grant number is increased by one for each succeeding renewal year. The grant year number (e.g. 01, 02) is usually preceded by a dash to separate it from the serial number
- Supplement – the letter "S" and related number identifying a particular supplemental record (e.g., S1, S2)
- Amendment – the letter "A" and related number identifying each amended application (e.g., A1, A2)
- Allowance – the letter "X" and related number identifying a fellowship's institutional allowance record (e.g., X1, X2)
Example:
![Example of the use of the Project Identifier fields](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_projectidentifier08.jpg)
- Researcher
Use these boxes to specify the researcher, also known as the principal investigator or PI. The researcher is the individual who directs the program or project. You can leave these boxes blank to include all researchers.
Researcher consists of three parts:
- First Box is the researcher's LAST NAME: Enter the researcher's last name or the first few letters of their last name.
- Second Box is the researcher's FIRST NAME: Enter the researcher's first name or the first few letters of their first name.
- Third Box is the researcher's MIDDLE INITIAL: Enter the researcher's middle initial.
Example:
![Example of the use of the Researcher input boxes](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_researcher08.jpg)
- Researcher's Institution
Use this box to specify the institution with which the researcher (principal investigator or PI) is affiliated. Enter the institution's name or the first few letters of the name. You can leave this box blank to include all institutions.
Example:
![Example use of Principal Investigator's Institution Name field](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130216152420im_/http://ods.od.nih.gov/images/cards_piinstitution08.jpg)
- US State or Territory
Use this box to specify the state or territory of the institution with which the researcher (principal investigator or PI) is affiliated. Use the up and down arrows at the right of the box to find the state you wish to include in your search and click on it to make your selection. You can select multiple states by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on your selections. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all states and territories.
- Country
Use this box to specify the country of the institution with which the researcher (principal investigator or PI) is affiliated. Use the up and down arrows at the right of the box to find the country you wish to include in your search and click on it to make your selection. You can select multiple countries by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on your selections. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects for all countries. Most of the research institutions for projects in CARDS are located in the United States.
- Office of Dietary Supplements Direct or Related
Use this box to specify if you want to retrieve research projects that are directly related or indirectly related to dietary supplements. For example, a clinical trial comparing bone density in women given a daily calcium supplement versus a placebo would be classified as directly related to dietary supplements. Conversely, a study examining the activation of steroid hormone receptors by supplemental vitamin D in cell culture would be classified as indirectly related to dietary supplements because the direct physiological or health effects of vitamin D supplementation are not being studied.
Click on the desired option to include it in your search. If you do not make any selection, you will retrieve projects that are both directly and indirectly related to dietary supplements. Most of the projects in CARDS are coded as directly related.
- Records per Page
Use this box to specify the number of projects to be displayed on each result page. If you do not change the selection, 10 records will be displayed on each result page.
Example:
To view 5 projects on each results page, enter a "5" into the Records per Page box as pictured below. If your search retrieves 20 projects, there will be 4 pages, each containing 5 projects.