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The International Aging Research Portfolio (IARP) is an independent joint initiative of government, academic, corporate, patient advocacy and charitable funding organizations. AgingPortfolio.Org system is a flexible system to enable funding organizations to collaborate, track, analyze, structure, make decisions and set directions for future research efforts in aging and also address the needs of research investigators, health care policy makers, government officials, interest groups and general public.

The goal of the International Aging Research Portfolio is to become a centralized portal for aging research providing highly granular relevant information to scientists, funding organizations, policy makers and providing a platform for collaboration and research.

At present, IARP incorporates databases of grants from multiple sources such as the NIH, European Commission, CIHR, and MRC. It also incorporates MEDLINE publication abstracts under a license from the National Library of Medicine.

The database contains millions of research projects with funding information and is fully searchable. The system also provides a categorized directory for the aging research projects. In addition to the manual classification by the SAB members, the system uses semantic classification algorithms to automatically classify projects into research areas related to aging.

See the report “Maximising Online Resource Effectiveness” for “producing, promoting and developing content most effectively.”

• Toolkit Part 1: About this Toolkit and how it can help you
• Toolkit Part 2: Using a reader-centered approach to develop and test written material
• Toolkit Part 3: Summary List of the “Toolkit Guidelines for Writing and Design”
• Toolkit Part 4: Understanding and using the “Toolkit Guidelines for Writing”
• Toolkit Part 5: Understanding and using the “Toolkit Guidelines for Graphic Design”
• Toolkit Part 6: How to collect and use feedback from readers
• Toolkit Part 7: Using readability formulas: A cautionary note
• Toolkit Part 8: Will your written material be on a website?
• Toolkit Part 9: Things to know if your written material is for older adults
• Toolkit Part 10: “Before and after” example: Using this Toolkit’s guidelines to revise a brochure
• Toolkit Part 11: Understanding and using the “Toolkit Guidelines for Culturally Appropriate Translation”

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General Updates:

• MyRePORTER feature has been added allowing users to create a MyRePORTER account to save and manage queries. When users are logged into their account, the Hit List page now has a ‘Save Query’ button so users can save their search criteria.
• Printer-friendly version of the RePORTER Manual made available.
• Created nicely-formatted report printout for each project that includes all information found on the Description, Details, Results, History, and Subprojects tabs.
• Added ‘Help’ feature to Hit List, Publications, Patents, and Visualize tabs.
• Added font size increase option to printout of Description page.

Query:

• New frequently-requested search fields added to Query Form: Project Start and End Date and Award Notice Issued Date.
• ‘Other’ added as a category in the NIH Recovery Act Projects select box on the Query Form.
• Updated ‘Visualize’ charts to make colors more consistent.

Search Results:

• New frequently-requested information added to Project Details: Award Notice Issue Date.
• Improved sorting of organizations for intramural projects.
• Added a hyperlink to Project Details from project numbers on the Project History page.
• Provided full name of study sections on Results page, as opposed to just the acronym .

Export to Excel:

• Funding Mechanism and Award Notice Issue Date have been added as downloadable data elements for Export to Excel.
• Added a hyperlink to Project Description page from project titles exported to Excel.
• Reorganized downloadable fields into a hierarchical structure.