Overlap Check

Overlap check

By comparing incoming applications against your portfolio and the portfolios of other agencies, SciVal’s Overlap Check helps you identify applications that closely resemble already funded and unfunded projects.

Overlap Check answers the following questions, helping you make more informed decisions about whether to fund proposals:

  • Which applications like this have we funded?
  • Which applications like this have we received and not funded?
  • Which applications like this have other agencies funded?
  • What research like this has been published?

Your institution can also use Overlap Check as a starting point to evaluate new project and program ideas, and to provide information back to applicants in order to help them refine their research focus.

Powered by the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine Overlap Check produces a visual semantic index, or Fingerprint, of the incoming proposal and compares it against your portfolio of funded projects, your unfunded applications, published literature in the Scopus® database and awards from SciVal® Funding.

Scopus is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, including 45.5 million records and over 19,000 titles. The most comprehensive source of funding intelligence, SciVal Funding provides over 2.46 million awarded grants and 14,000 active funding opportunities from more than 4,500 sponsors worldwide.

Support your funding decisions with meaningful information

Copy and paste the details of an application into Overlap Check, and instantly view similar research, applications and awards funded by your agency and other funding bodies.


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Is Overlap Check a stand-alone tool or can it be integrated into a grants management processing system?

Like the other SciVal solutions for funding bodies, Overlap Check can function as a stand-alone tool or it can be integrated with your systems. For more information on how Overlap Check can be integrated into an existing system, please contact us.

Are trials of Overlap Check available?

Yes Elsevier offers trials of Overlap Check. For more information contact us.

Was Overlap Check originally developed by Collexis?

Yes, Overlap Check was originally developed by Collexis. Elsevier acquired Collexis in 2010 in order to expand the SciVal suite of performance, planning and funding solutions. By combining Elsevier’s content with Collexis’ semantic technology, Elsevier has been able to provide institutions and researchers with new ways to collaborate, showcase accomplishments and improve grant related workflow efficiencies. The acquisition of Collexis accelerates Elsevier’s ability to help researchers and decision-makers establish, execute, and evaluate research and funding strategies as well as improve their return on investment.

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