NIH RePORTER for research portfolio reviews
Databasin helps research offices follow funding, compare institutions and examine the publications linked to funded projects. We maintain the selected NIH RePORTER records and can connect them to internal grant accounting. Our team prepares the views and applications, so colleagues can review the portfolio together and investigate further questions.
Public awards and institutional records
Public awards describe the funded research; internal grant accounts record its finances within your institution. NIH RePORTER adds the investigator, institution and publication context that helps a research office examine the wider portfolio. Connecting that context to the accounting lets colleagues follow a project through both sources.
We build the connections and matching rules into the view. Its records and definitions can then serve a recurring application and further questions raised during a review.
Research portfolios ready for review
Design, Build, Run
We take responsibility for the work from defining the outcome through implementation and ongoing support.
Design
We define the outcome, current processes and expected return with your stakeholders. A working example shows how Databasin would answer your business questions.
Build
We get your first use case live in 90 days. Communication, rollout, training and success measurement are included in the work.
Run
Choose the help you need after launch. We can run the solution for you, provide monthly support hours or stay on call.
Results from customer work
- 20+ systems unifiedDatabasin brought WashU Medicine's financial data together.
- Infrastructure costs at 1/3 of the traditional approachWashU Medicine's result from changing its data infrastructure.
18%
Higher grant proposal success
Measured at a research institution working with Databasin.
“What used to take weeks or sometimes even months now happens in minutes.”
Details for research portfolio analysis
Project fields
Award, institution, investigator and fiscal-year data are among the connector's 44 project fields.
Publication relationships
Project-to-publication links identify the recorded output associated with the funded research work.
Defined portfolios
A saved ingestion scope selects the institution, research field or peer portfolio.
Query evidence
The SQL attached to each answer shows how the portfolio result was calculated.
Shared filters
Changing an application filter updates its queries for another institution or period.
Review exports
CSV, Excel and PDF exports retain the filters used for the portfolio view.
Example: Reviewing a research portfolio
Following institutional funding
An institutional review follows awards by year and investigator, with the projects contributing to each measure available for further examination.
Comparing peer institutions
A peer review compares the selected institutions under a shared period and scope, then examines the projects behind their differences.
Examining research output
A research output review follows links from the selected awards to their associated publications, using the portfolio's defined project scope.
What happens next
We would like to hear where your team wants to make progress with data and AI. We can discuss a project you have in mind or explore where Databasin could help with the work.
What happens next
Book a demo
Book a conversation about your organization and the work you want to improve. Questions about where to start are welcome.
Explore the opportunity
We show a working example that answers your business questions, then discuss what it would take to deliver it for your team.
Get the first result
After agreeing the first use case, we implement it with your team. We train the people using it and measure how it performs.
FAQ
Does NIH RePORTER show opportunities still accepting grant applications?
RePORTER describes funded projects. It can support analysis of awards, investigators and associated research output. Finding opportunities still accepting applications requires a source for open opportunities. We select the sources according to the questions the research office needs answered.
Does this connector provide the full text of research papers?
The connector supplies project records and publication links. Those relationships support analysis of the output recorded against funded work. Reading or analyzing full papers requires a separately defined source and scope; this integration provides the portfolio records and links described here.
Do public awards make our internal grant records publicly accessible?
No. Internal accounting uses its own authorized connection and remains governed in the combined view. We establish the audience and data access for that application. The public award context does not expand the permissions for your institution's private records.
How do you make peer comparisons meaningful?
We define which institutions, projects and period the measure should include. Those choices determine the ingestion and calculation behind the comparison. Colleagues can examine the contributing projects during a review to understand how the selected scope affects the result.
Will a refresh show funding changes as soon as they happen?
A run retrieves the selected records NIH has published at that time. The pipeline schedule cannot change the source's update timing. We distinguish the reporting period from the latest refresh, so the review makes clear which records are available for comparison.
How are NIH projects matched to our grant accounts?
We implement the identifiers and matching rules between awards and grant accounts, then examine the joins with the report users. The prepared model retains those relationships. A combined measure can then be followed into the specific public projects and internal accounts it includes.
Can we begin with public portfolio analysis before adding accounting data?
Yes. The public connector can supply an institution or peer portfolio without an accounting connection. We prepare its project records and publication relationships for analysis first. Internal records can be added later, with the matching rules needed for the new questions.
Can colleagues change the portfolio view during a meeting?
Yes. A Data App's filters rerun the queries behind its measures, letting colleagues change the comparison during the review. They can pursue another question in Databasin One with the relevant tables already selected. Both use the person's access to the data.
Talk about your research portfolio
We can discuss the questions your research office needs to answer about funding, peers and research output. Our team can explain how public awards and internal records could support those questions in the applications your colleagues use.