Piestar for COBREs
Easily collect, organize, and report data on your IDeA program's scientific products and cores to stakeholders, without wasting valuable research time and funds on administrative tasks.
NIGMS COBRE Programs you know use Piestar for Annual RPPR
Research teams like yours are tackling common problems:
You want to hit key deadlines and maintain compliance.
Gather complete data from your cores and project leaders, using dashboards that perfectly mirror NIH NIGMS IDeA reports, such as the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR).
You want to maximize use of valuable grant resources.
Automate time-consuming tasks, like email reminders and monitoring of data submissions, to repurpose time and funds toward more meaningful research and development activities.
You want to track and credit scientific outputs accurately.
Easily track and showcase your entire program’s scientific products and impact, from publications to junior investigator mentoring, to capacity building across your network.
WHY THEY CHOOSE US
Piestar vs. traditional methods
| Piestar | Manual | In-house | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Collection | ||||||||
| Data collection templates, built by other NIH programs | ||||||||
| Structured data collection forms, custom to your COBRE | ||||||||
| Real-time data validation and error checking | ||||||||
| Automated reminder emails and reporting summaries | Sometimes | |||||||
| Downloadable visual reports for progress analysis | Sometimes | |||||||
| Application Management | ||||||||
| Collect and review pilot or other applications | Sometimes | |||||||
| Score applications using NIH-based review rubrics | Rarely | |||||||
| Approval Workflows | ||||||||
| Manage team requests for seminar funding, equipment, travel | Rarely | |||||||
| Value Essentials | ||||||||
| Intuitive drag-and-drop interface | Rarely | |||||||
| Knowledge from COBRE experts | ||||||||
| Rapid and reliable tech support | Rarely | |||||||
| Regular platform upgrades | Rarely | |||||||
THE DELAWARE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
One COBRE administrator on Piestar
Explore how Piestar can support the impact and success of your COBRE
At Piestar, we don't just offer a platform—we invest in your research program's long-term success and scientific impact. Our team brings extensive knowledge of NIH NIGMS IDeA funding requirements and COBRE program intricacies.
We understand that each COBRE is unique, which
is why we take a client-centric approach:
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Rooted in understanding your COBRE's goals and challenges
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Perfect alignment with program structure and reporting needs
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Ongoing support to ensure program success in every phase
In short, your team's research goals become ours!
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Your questions, answered
Piestar is a complete research data management platform that lets you start, grow, and manage your COBRE program efficiently. With Piestar, you can:
• Create and customize data collection forms specific to your COBRE program needs
• Monitor, track, and report multiple research outputs, including publications, grants, and collaborations
• Manage application reviews, approval workflows, and resource allocation
Piestar is completely cloud-based and hosted, which means you don't have to worry about upgrading or maintaining software or web servers. This gives you the flexibility to access and run your COBRE program management from almost anywhere, including your mobile device.
You do not need to have a software developer to use Piestar.
Piestar is a no-code platform—meaning that you can customize the platform, add features, and enhance the functionality of your program as needed without any technical expertise. We also provide ongoing guidance from our COBRE-experienced implementation specialists.
Traditional reporting methods for NIH NIGMS Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) programs incur a significant administrative burden, including hidden expenses that often go unnoticed:
• Time-consuming manual data collection and reporting processes divert valuable resources from core research activities.
• Inefficient data storage and retrieval systems lead to wasted effort in report review and verification.
• Human error in data management increases non-compliance risks and potential penalties.
• As programs grow, manual processes require proportional increases in labor, hindering scalability.
• Personnel changes can result in critical knowledge loss and disruptions to data management.
• Dependence on a small team for system maintenance creates vulnerability to knowledge concentration risks.
By addressing these hidden expenses, COBRE programs can redirect resources towards high-value activities that drive research success and impact.
Piestar's pricing is tailored to each program's unique needs and data management requirements. We believe in providing a solution that offers the best value for your specific situation. Our process involves:
(1) An initial consultation to understand your COBRE program's goals and challenges
(2) A detailed assessment of your program's data management requirements
(3) A personalized demo of Piestar's capabilities relevant to your needs
Based on this information, we determine a pricing structure that is tailored to your data needs and program size. This approach ensures that you only pay for the features and capacity you'll actually use, maximizing your return on investment. To get a customized quote for your COBRE program, please schedule a consultation with our team. We're committed to finding a solution that fits your budget while meeting your research data management needs.
"One of the challenges for [COBREs] is that they involve a lot of people. Collecting data from all of these people and getting it in a unified format, in a timely way, is a big chore... Piestar has been an incredible time saver."
Dr. Melissa Harrington AVP for Research, DSU