ForagerOne at Baylor
Baylor has adopted ForagerOne, a university-wide research matching software platform, to facilitate connections between research faculty and aspiring undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral researchers.
ForagerOne is a first-of-its-kind platform designed specifically to match research faculty with aspiring student researchers at higher education institutions, and it has been adopted at Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, University of Kentucky, Cornell University, and Brandeis University, among many others. The Office of the Provost and the Office of Engaged Learning have partnered to bring ForagerOne to Baylor to enhance the university's research enterprise by streamlining the student–faculty match process and enabling greater collaboration among faculty.
The platform is live and available now—follow the steps below to get started!
For Students
Get started with ForagerOne by taking these steps:
1. Create your profile.
Go to ForagerOne, select Baylor University from the drop-down menu, and log in with your BearID, then complete your profile by filling out the following sections:
- About — Write a brief overview of yourself (150-250 words, 3-5 short paragraphs), including your academic interests, relevant experiences, career or academic goals, and reasons for wanting to do research.
- Supplemental Files — Upload a PDF of your resume, transcript, and/or any recommendation letters; you can make these private or publicly available to anyone at Baylor using ForagerOne.
- Areas of Interest — List areas of research you are interested in.
- Experience — Add any work, internship, or other experiences you have had, describing the skills you developed or utilized and your accomplishments.
- Presentations/Competitions/Performances — Add these involvements, including how you placed if appropriate.
- Publications — Include any publications you have authored or co-authored.
- Awards — Highlight awards you have received, such as scholarships, Dean's list, service awards, leadership awards, etc.
2. Explore research opportunities and find faculty of interest.
Search for faculty and student profiles to find people of interest and bookmark any projects of interest. As more faculty and students onboard to ForagerOne, you'll start seeing more projects as well as more faculty members who are accepting students.
3. Connect with a faculty member.
If you find a faculty member or project of interest, you can apply to work with them by submitting an interest statement.
For more resources and support documents to help you get started as a student user, click here. Need more help? Email EngagedLearning@baylor.edu.
For Faculty
Get started with ForagerOne with these steps:
1. Claim your profile.
Go to ForagerOne, select Baylor University from the drop-down menu, and log in with your BearID. Your profile has been auto-populated using information from Baylor's website; update any information that looks incorrect or outdated. If you are a newer faculty member, your profile may be blank; in this case, complete it by filling out each section with your information.
2. Add research projects to your profile.
If you have specific projects for which you would like to recruit students, post them to the Projects tab. To post a new project, select “Add a New Project” and complete the fields.
3. Select whether you are accepting students for your research.
If you are looking to engage students in your work, select the toggle under Profile > Accepting Students. This will indicate on your profile and on the Search > Faculty page that you are open to accepting students. Please note, you can select this toggle whether or not you have an active project added to your profile, but once you have posted an active project and noted you are accepting students, the toggle cannot be de-selected unless you archive the project.
4. Select whether you are seeking collaborators.
To indicate to other faculty or staff that you are looking for someone to join them on a collaborative project, select the toggle under Profile > Actively Seeking Collaborators. You must have at least one posted project in order to enable this option.
For additional resources and support documents to help you get started as a faculty user, click here. Need more help? Email EngagedLearning@baylor.edu.
ForagerOne Frequently Asked Questions
We recommend adding as much relevant and compelling information to each of the sections of your profile as possible. For more details on what to include in each section, read this support article from ForagerOne.
You can edit your profile by going to My Profile > View Profile and selecting "Edit Section" next to any section to which you wish to make updates.
All faculty profiles were auto-generated using available data from Baylor's website, so they may contain incomplete or outdated information, and newer faculty members will have blank profiles. In these cases, you will need to manually update or complete your profile.
When a student applies for a project, faculty will receive an email notification with a brief summary of their application. Full applications can be viewed in ForagerOne under Requests, where faculty can also filter the applications, message students, and ultimately accept or decline their application. This simplifies the application process for both faculty and students and ensures you as the faculty member receive the same information from each student, in the same format, in the same place.
You can view applications under the Requests tab and filter them by GPA, Major, and Project on the left side of the page. All submitted applications will appear under Pending until you accept or decline them. During this time, you can also message the student to schedule an interview or ask any relevant questions. Once you have made your decision, select “Accept” or “Decline” at the bottom of the respective application, and the application will then move to the relevant tab (Accepted or Declined). If accepting a student, the student will then be able to accept or decline your offer. During this process, you will also receive email notifications for submitted applications and students’ decisions.
You can archive a project in the Projects tab. This removes the project from student searches and deactivates the Accepting Students toggle on your profile.
Students, you can review ForagerOne's support documents for students here.
Faculty and staff members, you can review ForagerOne's support documents for faculty and staff here.
If you have further questions or believe something is functioning incorrectly in the system, please email EngagedLearning@baylor.edu and our implementation team will get back to you.