README

GtR

This package provides a set of functions to search for UK research council funded projects from Gateway to Research.

The package can be installed using the following:

library(devtools)
devtools::install_github("MatthewSmith430/GtR")
library(GtR)

Updates on the GtR API (such as whether it is down/unavailable) are posted here. Please check this page if you encounter isses.

Please note that the README is incomplete and will be updated soon

Project Search

You can search for projects associated with a search term- in the following example I will search for projects associated with social network analysis

library(GtR)
library(kableExtra)


SNA_projects<-gtr_project_search("social network analysis")


kable(SNA_projects[1:3,])%>%
  kable_styling() 

project_title	grant_category	project_id	project_url	value	start_date	end_date	funder	lead_org
Social Media Analysis for Social Geography	Research Grant	A49CA721-687A-4D55-8FDF-9B60375B6EA8	https://gtr.ukri.org:443/projects?ref=ES%2FM001636%2F1	457888	2014-02-14	2016-05-31	ESRC	Newcastle University
Social Network Analysis in the field of Political Sociology Case: Brexit and Online Social Networks	Studentship	2962E379-1BE9-4ED1-AF22-FC5C79B7DC1B	https://gtr.ukri.org:443/projects?ref=studentship-2103467	0	2018-10-01	2022-06-30	ESRC	University of Oxford
ISIS: Protecting children in online social networks	Research Grant	BB70AE6C-8416-44DD-81A4-EEB5508CCD86	https://gtr.ukri.org:443/projects?ref=EP%2FF035454%2F1	260325	2008-10-09	2011-10-08	EPSRC	Middlesex University

Extracting Project infromation

The following functions extract information for projects.

Organisations

The first function extract information on the projects, and lists all of the organisational collaborators, including both academic and non academic organisations.

This is done for an example project:

library(GtR)
library(pander)
library(magrittr)
library(dplyr)
##Example URL
url<-"https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0501806"

##Taking out the abstract text from the data - as this is quite long
##Therefore this means the table is easier to read
PROJ<-gtr_project_extract(url)%>%
  select(-abstract_text)

pander(PROJ[1:3,], split.cell = 80, split.table = Inf)

org	project_title	project_ref	project_value	start_date	end_date	funder	topic	subject	num_collaboration_output	num_intellectual_property_output	num_policy_influence_output	num_research_material_output	num_artistic_creative_product_output	num_software_technical_product_output	num_research_database_model_output	num_spinout_output	num_impact_summary_output	num_further_funding_output	num_other_research_output	num_exploitation_output	num_dissemination_output	num_publications	org_role	org_region	org_postcode	start_year	end_year	duration_weeks	russell_group	uni	number_org	number_uni	prop_org	prop_uni	total_players	lead_org_russell
Cardiff University	Resubmission: Social network analysis of the dynamic relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and peer influence	G0501806	316629	2006-09-01	2009-02-28	MRC	unknown		7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	COLLABORATOR	Wales	CF10 3TE	2006	2009	130.1	1	1	3	2	0.6	0.4	5	0
Maastricht University (UM)	Resubmission: Social network analysis of the dynamic relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and peer influence	G0501806	316629	2006-09-01	2009-02-28	MRC	unknown		7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	COLLABORATOR	NA	NA	2006	2009	130.1	0	0	3	2	0.6	0.4	5	0
Pennsylvania State University	Resubmission: Social network analysis of the dynamic relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and peer influence	G0501806	316629	2006-09-01	2009-02-28	MRC	unknown		7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	COLLABORATOR	Outside UK	NA	2006	2009	130.1	0	0	3	2	0.6	0.4	5	0

Individuals

library(GtR)
library(pander)
##Example URL
url<-"https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0501806"

Impact & Publications

library(GtR)
library(pander)
##Example URL
url<-"https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0501806"

Project topic

Networks

Inter-organisational collaboration network

UKRI Links & Other Information

Details on the data and research council isn’t listed directly on the Gateway to Research website, rather is located on other UKRI sites. Here is a list of useful links and information:

• Diversity data
• Decisions on competitive funding 2019-20
• Regional distribution of funding
• UKRI Interactive dashboard
• UKRI Description