1. Using NIH’s Research Portfolio Online Report Tool (RePORT) to Your Advantage June 2013 Megan Columbus Director, Division of Communications and Outreach NIH Office of Extramural Research

2. Providing access to reports, data and analyses on NIH supported research activities RePORT.nih.gov Launched in 2008, new features continually implemented since then!

3. Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool RePORT: Opening the black box… report.nih.gov

4. Which ICs fund research like yours NIH-funded workforce data Potential collaborators NIH grantees in your area Success rates Organizational funding information Award trends Providing a wide range of reports & data NIH staff contacts

5. www.grants.nih.gov/

6. Main navigation bar

7. Let’s run through an example that show’s the power of RePORT Let’s say I am interested in obesity research...

8. Start big picture. Any NIH reports on obesity research?

9. Let’s look at strategic plans

10. Here’s a strategic plan for obesity research!

11. Can provide long term view of NIH interests

12. Let’s search to learn who and what NIH funds on this topic

13. Text search for obesity (would be best to narrow the search…) obesity

14. 4,302 active projects - yikes! How to understand our result? Try the Data and Visualize tab.

15. Now it is more clear which ICs fund obesity research!

16. Or maybe you’d like the data in a pie chart to export for a presentation

17. Circles tab helps visualize specific scientific areas Drill down to narrow field of science and find individual grants

18. Mapping tools show us where the research is being done Input state to drill down

19. Search results screen also provides info on clinical studies, patents press releases and stories and publications

20. Back to hit list to delve deeper into an individual project

21. Description tab – project abstract, terms and more

22. 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

23. 23 PI profiles – one example

24. Results tab provides publications and patents resulting from the project (Pubs missing? If you are the PI, add them!)

25. Use Nearby Projects tab to locate others who may be working locally on your topic of interest

26. 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

27. RePORTER allows you to search on many criteria. Award notice date, FOA, study section are just a few!

28. Look what happens when you select study section Expand a category to drill down

29. Learn more by browsing the NIH portfolio – filters narrow your view

30. Pick an IC and see who and what they are funding. Maybe you are interested in what they do intramurally.

31. Want to monitor what NIH is funding in your field, in response to an FOA, or at your institution?

32. Save portfolios or queries. Set email alerts for updates to queries Email results

33. 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?

34. Sort by heading Drill down to grant level data Select criteria Select output

35. Enter an institution name in the search box… Find total funding, PIs, location, etc.

36. Using this drop down can get you data by department or by activity code

37. Quick access to stats

38. Funding Facts Quick access to facts on NIH apps, awards, funding, and success rates 38 Aggregate or by year, IC, mechanism, activity, new/continuing

39. Funding Facts 39 Quick searches for a single answer… …Or retrieve all years and analyze trends over time

40. Find yearly summary stats on who and what NIH funds.

41. Drill down for information on the following topics Produced annually!

42. Export graphs directly to PowerPoint

43. Learn how much NIH spends on various disease areas

44. Use ExPORTER to get the data to do your own detailed analysis

45. RePORT tutorials available under About Report link

46. 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!