Research Excellence with Advanced Research Intelligence Solutions

What is Research Intelligence?

Research intelligence provides insights and analysis to inform decision-making and strategy. It can also provide intelligent workflows and automation. It involves using data from various sources, such as publications, funding, and collaborations, to gain a deeper understanding of research trends, performance, and impact. Research intelligence helps institutions identify strengths and weaknesses, allocate resources more effectively, foster collaborations, and set strategic priorities.

Essentially, it transforms raw research data into meaningful information that can guide strategic planning and enhance the overall research performance of an organization.

The challenge of Research Intelligence is to provide overwhelming value to the university’s leadership, faculty, and staff, commensurate with the significant investment in Research Information Management and Data Governance that is required to support it.

How does it fit with RIM?

Great Research Intelligence is only possible if it’s built on top of great Research Information Management. If it’s built solely on top of publicly accessible data sources, then the intelligence is “thin” — it doesn’t capture the unique, confidential information that only the university knows about itself. This is the case when faculty activities or pre-award grant information isn’t included in research intelligence — how could those answers possibly reflect the unique strengths and opportunities of the institution?

Our suite of Research Intelligence offerings are specifically designed to integrate with a rich RIM ecosystem that lets you securely leverage all of your university’s intellectual property and research information, in a way that off-the-shelf software can’t do alone.

Our Research Intelligence Solutions

Grant Compass

Navigating a clear route to research funding.

Our flagship Research Intelligence product. Grant Compass applies artificial intelligence across your complete RIM ecosystem, to provide competitive recommendations on how your institution can win more grants. It draws from your faculty activities, publications, pre- and post-award grant information, facilities, and equipment to recommend the diverse “dream team” and resources for each grant opportunity, across your entire university.

Streamlined Workflows

Automating processes to empower research productivity

Every university has areas where the faculty and administration need to manually enter data, often in multiple places. West Arete constructs automated workflows and data synchronization that ease the administrative burden on faculty and staff, allowing them to focus more on their research.

Open Access Content Capture

Simplifying access to open content, enhancing compliance.

Our solutions make it easy for faculty and your university library to capture Open Access content that adheres to your institution’s policies, all while keeping the process simple for faculty members.

Dimensional Analysis with PowerBI and Tableau

Unlocking deep insights through secure data visualization.

Connect analytics tools to your RIM information for real-time dimensional analysis, while properly handling data security and authorization. Our integration services make it easy to leverage these powerful tools to analyze your research data in-depth.

Research Intelligence