Advanced Search allows you to refine opportunity searches using precise keyword logic. This helps you filter down results and find opportunities that closely match your capabilities and areas of interest.

Advanced Search is enabled by default. You can enable or disable it using the Enable Advanced Search checkbox located below the search bar.

If you enter multiple keywords without operators, NextStage will return opportunities that match any of those keywords.

Example: defense cybersecurity agriculture

This will return opportunities containing defense, cybersecurity, or agriculture.

Use quotation marks when you want to search for an exact phrase.

Example: "department of defense"

This will return opportunities containing the exact phrase department of defense.

Use the plus symbol (+) when you want results to include multiple keywords.

Example: "cybersecurity" + "cloud"

This will return opportunities that contain both cybersecurity and cloud.

Use the pipe symbol (|) when you want results that match one keyword or another.

Example: "cybersecurity" | "cloud"

This will return opportunities containing either cybersecurity or cloud.

You can group terms together to combine multiple search conditions.

Example: ("cybersecurity" | "cloud") + "department of defense"

This will return opportunities related to the Department of Defense that include either cybersecurity or cloud.

Use proximity search when you want to find keywords that appear near each other, even if they are not part of an exact phrase.

Example: "cloud cybersecurity"~10

This will return opportunities where cloud and cybersecurity appear within 10 words of each other.

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You can combine phrases and operators to refine your results further.

Example: "cloud cybersecurity"~10 | "department of defense" | "flight simulation"

This will return opportunities matching any of those conditions.