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Using NIH’s Research Portfolio Online Report Tool (RePORT) to Your Advantage
June 2013
Megan ColumbusDirector, Division of Communications and OutreachNIH Office of Extramural Research
Providing access to reports, data and analyses on
NIH supported research activities
RePORT.nih.gov
Launched in 2008, new features continually implemented since then!
Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool
RePORT: Opening the black box…
report.nih.gov
Which ICs fund
research like yoursNIH
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NIH grantees in your area
Success rates
Organizational
funding information
Award trends
Providing a wide range of reports & data
NIH staff contacts
Main navigation bar
Let’s run through an example that show’s the power of RePORT
Let’s say I am interested in obesity research...
Start big picture. Any NIH reports on obesity research?
Let’s look at strategic plans
Here’s a strategic plan for obesity research!
Can provide long term view of NIH interests
Let’s search to learn who and what NIH funds on this topic
Text search for obesity (would be best to narrow the search…)
obesity
4,302 active projects - yikes!
How to understand our result? Try the Data and Visualize tab.
Now it is more clear which ICs fund obesity research!
Or maybe you’d like the data in a pie chart to export for a presentation
Circles tab helps visualize specific scientific areas
Drill down to narrow field of science and find individual grants
Mapping tools show us where the research is being done
Input state to drill down
Search results screen also provides info on clinical studies,
patentspress releases and stories
and publications
Back to hit list to delve deeper into an individual project
Description tab – project abstract, terms and more
Details tab provides PI contact info and profile(if this is you, add profile info by clicking on icon)
NIH program official for this grant
FOA
Review panel
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PI profiles – one example
Results tab provides publications and patents resulting from the project(Pubs missing? If you are the PI, add them!)
Use Nearby Projects tab to locate others who may be working locally on your topic of interest
Is this project very close to your area of research interest? Use similar projects tab to find more projects like this one!
Text mining. Higher match scores = more similar projects
RePORTER allows you to search on many criteria.
Award notice date, FOA, study section are just a few!
Look what happens when you select study section
Expand a category to drill down
Learn more by browsing the NIH portfolio – filters narrow your view
Pick an IC and see who and what they are funding.
Maybe you are interested in what they do intramurally.
Want to monitor what NIH is funding in your field, in response to an FOA, or at your institution?
Save portfolios or queries.
Set email alerts for updates to queries
Email results
Interested in funding data for your institution or state?
Want to know what types of organizations NIH funds?
Interested in who at your institution has NIH funding?
Sort by headingDrill down to grant level data
Select criteria Select output
Enter an institution name in the search box…
Find total funding, PIs, location, etc.
Using this drop down can get you data by department or by activity code
Quick access to stats
Funding FactsQuick access to facts on NIH apps, awards, funding, and success rates
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Aggregate or by year, IC, mechanism, activity, new/continuing
Funding Facts
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Quick searches for
a single answer…
…Or retrieve all years and analyze trends over time
Find yearly summary stats on who and what NIH funds.
Drill down for information on the following topics
Produced annually!
Export graphs directly to PowerPoint
Learn how much NIH spends on various disease areas
Use ExPORTER to get the data to do your own detailed analysis
RePORT tutorials available under About Report link
Let’s go live and see how RePORT does at answering some of your questions…
RePORT.nih.gov
I encourage you to explore. Information is power!
