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If you need assistance, we're here to help!

Your questions might be answered in our FAQ section or in our instructional videos below. You may also download one of our cheat sheets, linked below, for quick reminders.

You can also Chat Live for additional assistance, call us at ‪636-395-0485‬, or email Tomy@ResearchEnabled.org. 


Cheat Sheets

For Industry Partners
For Researchers/University Faculty
For University Administrators

 

How-to Videos

For Industry Partners
For Researchers/University Faculty
For University Administrators


For Industry Partners

1. How Industry Partners Use the Research Enabled Portal

  • An explanation of how the Research Enabled portal works.
  • Brief overview of submitting Challenges and Requests for Expertise and Services.
  • How to search for Investigator-initiated Projects.
  • Directions for responding to Investigator-initiated projects.

2. How Partners Create a Challenge

  • Explains how to create and submit a Challenge.
  • Describes the required fields and best practices.
  • Reviews the options for responding to proposals.

3. How Partners Request Resources or Expertise

  • Overviews the process of submitting a request for resources or expertise.
  • Describes the kinds of resources, including laboratories and facilities, which can be requested.
  • Shows how to find discipline- or interest-based researchers that meet your needs.
  • Moves through the process of reviewing proposals and moving into the contracting phase.

For Researchers/University Faculty

1. How Researchers Use the Research Enabled Portal

  • An overview of the capabilities for researchers to find and correspond with industry partners.
  • Signing-in and completing your researcher profile.
  • How the information in your profile is used to match you to opportunities.

2. How Researchers Find and Respond to Industry Challenges

  • Explains how industry challenges work.
  • How to find industry challenges.
  • The process for generating a proposal in response to an industry challenge.
  • The approval process a proposal must go through by university administration.
  • How industry partners will respond to your proposal.

3. How Researchers Find and Respond to Requests for Resources or Expertise

  • Explains how industry requests for resources or expertise work.
  • How to find requests for resources or expertise.
  • The process for generating a proposal in response to an industry request.
  • The approval process a proposal must go through by university administration.
  • How industry partners will respond to your proposal.

4. How Researchers Submit an Investigator-initiated Project

  • Explains what an investigator-initiated project (IIP) is.
  • Describes the required fields for an IIP.
  • Approval process for IIP by university administration.
  • How an industry partner will find and respond to your IIP.

For University Administrators

1. Portal Overview and Signing-on Industry Partners

  • Overview of the portal from the university administrator's perspective.
  • How to sign-on new industry partners.

2. How to Approve Researcher Proposals and Projects

  • How to find and evaluate researcher proposals and projects.
  • Explains the options an administrator has for each proposal and project.
  • Describes the process of asking a researcher for more information prior to approval.