Manage Research Interests in Scholars@Pitt

Overview

This article contains information about managing research interests in Faculty Information System (Elements).

 

Detail

Location of Research Interests

Research Interests show up as part of Professional Activities. To access Research Interests:

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements). Select Profile & work.

  1. Access My Professional Activities

  1. Locate the Filters on the right-hand side. For Professional Activity type, select Research Interest.

  1. Your research interests are displayed.

Add a New Research Interest

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements).
  2. Select Profile & work, then access My Professional Activities
  3. Select the Plus sign icon to Add a new research interest. 


  1. Select the ‘Research Interest’ option from the ‘Add a new activity’ window.

Save Research Interest Search Results

Note: Advanced searches let you search Publications, Grants, Professional Activities, and Teaching Activities to identify faculty with particular expertise and interests.

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements), select Search & reporting, then select System Search.


  1. For System Search: Enter your search term. Select Advanced.
  2. Additional search criteria are displayed that you can use in your search. To search for Research Interests, make sure that Professional Activities is the item checked for Search.


  1. Click Search.
  2. At the top of the first page of search results, a message will be displayed indicating how many results were returned. You can select the Save this search link to save the search.


  1. You can review the Search results. They are displayed below your search criteria. Research interests will be indicated as Professional Activity: Research Interest.
     
  2. To save your search, click the save your search link, provide a description, then click OK.


  1. When you want to run a saved search, select Search & reporting > Saved Searches.


  1. Select the saved search link.

Edit or Remove Research Interests

To learn how to edit or remove your research interests, refer to the following video:

       Adding and Managing your Research Interests

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