Press Releases & News Articles
ISTC to build Research Network across Illinois
Building on the model of Northwestern Scholars, the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) has committed to create an overarching network to connect researcher expertise and unique facility and equipment databases from research institutions throughout the state of Illinois - the Illinois Open Innovation Network (OIN). The OIN will serve as a portal to Illinois' research talent and facility assets. Through keyword, semantic, and conceptual searches, visitors to the site will provide solutions for their research needs.Such a network promises to ease collaborations for grants and core facilities and facilitate the understanding and planning for joint or collaborative projects and mentoring.
SOFI uses NU Scholars
The Solar Fuels Institute (SOFI) is a new global consortium based out of Northwestern University that unites universities, government labs, and industry to turn sunlight into a commercial liquid fuel in 10 years. SOFI aspires to deliver carbon-neutral, geopolitically-favorable fuels to mitigate climate change. The challenges with a geographically distributed team, vast parameter space to explore in solar fuels research, and the infancy of the science/technology necessitate strategic focus on project management and digital tools for collaborative data sharing, data-driven decision making, and team building. For that reason, SOFI is collaborating with Northwestern Scholars and Elsevier SciVal. Elsevier has generously created a dedicated SOFI instance, "SOFI Expert Team," that was demoed at the Launch Meeting in Telluride, CO in August 13-15, 2012. SOFI hopes to continue the development partnership with NUS and Elsevier and stay at the forefront of research networking and expertise mapping.
NU Scholars in the News
Northwestern Scholars Joins VIVO Network 
Northwestern University Research Newsletter, September 2012 (page 7)
Tracing Scholarly Fingerprints: Powerful New Tool Connects the Dots to Northwestern Scholars and Collaborations
Northwestern University News Center, April 11, 2012