National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) AI Supported Searches, Information Systems and Tools
System Acronym: NIGMS ASSIST)

NIGMS program staff often need information that is available through IMPAC or QVR to perform their daily tasks. In order to provide such information, DIMA and IRMB have collaborated to develop functions that utilize artificial intelligence and natural language processing methods to produce data relevant to the program staff’s mission. These tools are collected into a single system to make them available to the NIGMS community for use on a day-to-day basis. ASSIST provides a secure interface supported by Oracle, SQL server and Python analytics. The individual components of ASSIST provide the following functions:
- FLIP module (Development), provides the ability to identify investigators by PPID from Federal RePORTER based on user input of investigator PPIDs.
- TPAL module (Production), provides the ability to lookup potential matching program officers, including their corresponding predicted Program Area Codes, and ICs based on the input of unstructured scientific data.