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Overview
This article contains information about managing research interests in Faculty Information System (Scholars@Pitt).
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Location of Research Interests
Research Interests show up as part of Professional Activities. To access Research Interests:
- Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements). Select Profile & work.

- Access My Professional Activities

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

- Your research interests are displayed.

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

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

- For System Search: Enter your search term. Select Advanced.
- 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.

- Click Search.
- 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.

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

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

- 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