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Alliance Research Indicators — also known as the STAR platform — is where researchers, center administrators, and MEL specialists across the CGIAR ecosystem capture, review, and analyze structured evidence of research outcomes. This guide walks you through everything you need to do from first login to submitting your initial result.
You need an active CGIAR organizational account to access the platform. Alliance Research Indicators uses your existing institutional credentials — there is no separate password to create or manage.

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Before you begin

Make sure you have:
  • An active CGIAR organizational email address (e.g., yourname@cgiar.org or an Alliance institutional address)
  • Been granted access to the platform by your center administrator or IT contact
  • A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari)
If you are unsure whether your account is provisioned, contact alliance-itsupport@cgiar.org before proceeding.

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Step-by-step: from login to first result

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Navigate to the platform

Open the Alliance Research Indicators platform URL in your browser. You will land on the public landing page, which provides an overview of the platform and links to the indicator catalog.When you are ready to sign in, click Log in or navigate directly to the login page.
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Sign in with your CGIAR account

On the login page, click Continue with your CGIAR account. The platform will redirect you to the AWS Cognito authentication service, which uses your organizational identity provider.Enter your institutional email address and password in the Cognito-managed login screen. You will not be creating a new account — you are authenticating with credentials managed by your organization.After a successful authentication, you will briefly see a “Authenticating, please wait…” screen while your session is established. You are then redirected to the platform home.
If you are redirected back to the login page after entering your credentials, check that your account has been provisioned by your center administrator. See error states and support below.
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Explore the platform home

After signing in you will land on the platform Home screen. From here you can:
  • Browse My Projects to see the research projects your center is associated with
  • Open the Results Center to view, search, and filter existing results across your center
  • Access the Indicator catalog to understand the indicator framework you will report against
  • Check Notifications for any pending actions on results you own or are reviewing
The left-hand sidebar and top navigation are your primary means of moving between these areas. What you see adapts to your role — a Researcher sees their own results; a Center Admin sees their entire center’s portfolio.
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Create your first result

Navigate to Results Center in the sidebar and click Create result. The platform will ask you to choose an indicator type — this determines which metadata tabs appear on your result.The platform pre-populates your center, primary contact, and known project links from your profile. Review these defaults before continuing.
Not sure which indicator to choose? Open About Indicators from the sidebar for plain-language descriptions of every indicator type, including examples of what qualifies.
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Complete the metadata tabs

Every result is structured across a set of metadata tabs. The tabs available depend on the indicator type you selected. Common tabs include:
  • General information — title, description, reporting year, contributing centers
  • Partners — collaborating institutions, selected from the CLARISA controlled list
  • Geographic scope — countries and regions, also drawn from CLARISA
  • Evidence — uploaded files (PDFs, datasets, images) that substantiate the result
  • Alliance alignment — mapping to CGIAR impact areas, levers, and SDGs
CLARISA and controlled vocabularies — fields like institutions, countries, SDGs, and impact areas are drawn from CLARISA, the canonical CGIAR controlled-vocabulary service. You select from pre-defined lists rather than typing free text. This ensures your result is directly comparable to results from other platforms (PRMS, TIP, AICCRA) and reportable to funders against global frameworks. If an institution or country you need is missing from a list, contact your MEL contact — additions to CLARISA are managed centrally.Save your progress at any time using the Save button. Your result will remain in draft status until you explicitly submit it.
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Submit your result for review

Once all required fields across the tabs are complete, the Submit button becomes active. Submitting moves your result out of draft and into the review queue for your MEL Regional Expert or center validator.After submission you can still view the result but editing is restricted. If changes are needed, your reviewer can send the result back to you with comments.
Submission requirements vary by indicator type. Required fields are marked in the form. The platform will show a validation summary if any required fields are incomplete.

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What happens next

Once your result is submitted, your MEL Regional Expert or center validator will review it. You will receive a notification when the status changes. Approved results become part of the searchable, federated results record visible across STAR, TIP, PRMS, and AICCRA.

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Next steps

Creating results

Detailed guidance on every metadata tab and field

Core concepts

Understand the result lifecycle, versioning, and federation

Roles and permissions

See what Researchers, Center Admins, and MEL Experts can each do

Authentication

Learn how sessions work and what to do if sign-in fails

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