Northwestern Research Portal

Research Management. Made Easy.

What is the Research Portal?

All of your research management in one place.

Get the Big Picture

Answer questions like, What’s my balance? Do I have enough money to hire an extra grad student? When is my human subjects protocol expiring? It's like online banking for research administration.

Manage Projects and People

View your portfolio by project or view salary sources and percentages organized by person

Responsive and Intuitive Design

Mac or PC, phone or tablet, we've got you covered - the Research Portal will function well and look good, whatever device you're using. Research faculty and RAs helped shape the design - we want to know what you think! Use the Provide Feedback button to share suggestions or report issues.

Save Time

Researchers see their own portfolios immediately upon login – no searching required. Move from summary to transaction detail in three clicks. No need to run multiple reports for different time periods.

Portal Statistics

3,656researchers

6,159sponsored projects

11,179pending proposals

4,758active protocols

Research Faculty and Staff Feedback

The information I can access at any time makes it easier for me to manage my lab and research, without constantly having to ask staff members to give me up-to-date information as I used to do.”

Faculty Researcher

This is a very powerful and useful addition to the Portal. Staffers don’t always have access to the tools I use. Using this will let me walk them through the issues on a common platform.”

Central Administrator