We are pleased to announce that we have just added a new capability to our list! This web application (which is available at www.nihmaps.org) provides a “topic map” that enables all grant proposals funded by NIH in a particular year to be queried in several ways. The map shows the similarity of topics between grants, providing an intuitive, interactive clustered representation. Users may view grant patterns based on changing coloring schemes, overlays and other viewing options. Future developments will include creating subject-specific MEDLINE maps for specific scientific communities and comparing these maps with others derived from CRISP.
The project is lead by Ned Talley (a program officer at NINDS) with support from Chalklabs, Indiana University, UC Irvine, U Mass and BIRN. For an overview of the methodology, see Database of NIH grants using machine-learned categories and graphical clustering, published in Nature Methods, May 2011.
To use this capability, go to www.nihmaps.org and click “Database”.
