Our Accomplishments

2022-2023

goals_2022-3, listing some of the achieved goals by the Research Analytics staff

INNOVATE:
Provided leadership and guided development of the CERES datamart in partnership with Sponsored Research and Northwestern IT, leading to a successful system launch in April 2023
CONNECT:
Added research data records to Northwestern Scholars and connected them to authors and publications, to allow for easier discovery and compliance with new federal guidelines around data sharing
ENGAGE:
Built partnerships with schools, libraries, and other OR units to coordinate analytics usage and best practices regarding Northwestern faculty research output
COLLABORATE:
Partnered with Research IT and the Materials Research Center to develop a website that displayed publications and research data, meeting sponsor requirements for a renewal application for a high-profile award
STREAMLINE:
Worked with five OR units to simplify and streamline reporting and analyses through creation of automatically-refreshing dashboards, saving significant manual effort
DESIGN
Redesigned OR homepage and updated ten other OR-related sites to allow the research community to find answers about OR services that enable Northwestern research