ForagerOne

ForagerOne for Undergraduates, Master’s Students, and Doctoral Candidates (PhD, MD, DMD, PharmD, etc.)

1. Navigate to https://foragerone.com/
2. Click Sign Up (or Log In if you have visited before) choosing Johns Hopkins University from the drop down. You will be automatically directed to sign in using your JHED credentials. The platform is configured with SSO (single sign-on) to assure the resource is secure and limited to Hopkins faculty, staff, and students only.
3. Select your degree level: Undergraduate Student, Master’s Student, or Doctoral Candidate (PhD, MD, DMD, PharmD, etc.). *Ignore the final 3 options, they do not apply to student users (postdoc/ research staff, administrative staff, faculty)
4. Complete your profile.
   1. Required: Preferred first and last name
   2. Required: Year: You will need to update this annually as the system does not do that automatically
   3. Required: Expected Graduation
   4. Required: Major/Minor or Program
   5. Optional: GPA
   6. Optional: Skills (languages, trainings, certifications, platforms, etc)
   7. Optional: Picture (jpeg or png format)
5. Seeking Opportunities? If you are interested in being considered for projects with other students, toggle your status to YES to show as “Seeking Opportunities.”
6. Seeking Collaborators? If you are interested in collaborating with other students on your project, toggle your recruitment status to YES to show as “Seeking Collaborators.”

Other menu features:

• Home: Catch up on announcements
• Search:
  • Faculty/ Staff: Identify researchers of interest to contact or projects to apply to
  • Students: Identify potential collaborators for projects
  • Funding, Programs, & External Opportunities: Undergraduate focused; internal and external.
• Bookmarks: List of faculty/ staff of interest you have identified (unique to you, they are not notified)
• Requests: Applications, inquiries, and requests to collaborate are housed here.
• Projects: Post a new project, monitor existing projects, or archive an old project here.
• Messages: Ongoing communication record with other users.

Now you are ready to use our best practices for identifying and contacting researchers! (Getting Started)

ForagerOne for Faculty, Medical Residents/ Fellows, Postdoctoral Researchers/ Fellows, and Staff

ForagerOne is the simplest way to connect with and recruit Hopkins students for research, clinical and shadowing opportunities. Most faculty and research staff are already populated in the platform, but profiles may benefit from your editing!

1. Navigate to https://foragerone.com/
2. Click Sign Up(or Log In if you have visited before) choosing Johns Hopkins University from the drop down. You will be automatically directed to sign in using your JHED credentials. The platform is configured with SSO (single sign-on) to assure the resource is secure and limited to Hopkins faculty, staff, and students only.
3. Select your career level: Postdoc/ Research Staff, Administrative Staff, or Faculty. *Ignore Undergraduate Student, Master’s Student, or Doctoral Candidate (PhD, MD, DMD, PharmD, etc.) as they apply to students.
4. Complete or update your profile.
   1. Required: Preferred first and last name
   2. Required: Title
   3. Required: Division (include all appointed in)
   4. Required: Department, Center, Institute (include all appointed in)
   5. Recommended: Degree and institution (helps students see your path)
   6. Recommended: Picture (formal or candid) (allows students to relate better to you)
   7. Recommended: Research keywords
   8. Recommended: Research description (brief overview of your current research)
   9. Optional: About (a brief bio of your career history/ path/ accomplishments)
   10. Optional: Website (personal or lab URL)
   11. Optional: Office Room (leave blank, no need to have students show up uninvited!)
   12. Optional: Supplemental files (feel free to ignore!)
   13. Optional: Publications (feel free to ignore!)
   14. Optional: Awards (feel free to ignore!)
5. Interested in engaging with undergraduates, whether you have a specific project in mind or not, toggle your recruitment status to YES (blue) to show as “Accepting Students.” If you toggle to NO (gray) students will see “Not Accepting Students” below your name when searching for opportunities. This serves to discourage but not restrict students from contacting you.

Other menu features:

• Search: You can search students or faculty/ staff to recruit someone with a specific skill set for your research projects.
  • “Funding, Programs, & External Opportunities” (under search) are all undergraduate student focused.
• Projects: Post a new project, monitor existing projects, or archive an old project here.
  • Opportunity Type:
    • Paid: We encourage you to consider paying students whenever possible. The university minimum wage is $15/ hour. You can take advantage of students with a FWS (Federal Work Study) award, costing you far less per hour with the federal government paying the balance! Paid positions should also be posted in SMILE. Everything you need to know about hiring an undergraduate can be found here: https://imagine.jhu.edu/channels/employers/
    • Academic credit: All faculty can offer academic credit for independent research (CAL) as an alternate form of compensation. Students contacting you can explain the process if you are unfamiliar.
    • Volunteer: Traditional uncompensated students gaining experience and increasing skills.
  • Time commitment: Undergraduates cannot work more than 20/ hours per week for pay during a semester. Please keep in mind their curricular commitments and helping them set a good work/ life balance when setting hours.
  • Description: Include any prerequisite skills and/ or experience in the description to assure the most qualified students apply. Specify how you want student to apply to your position if different than just applying through the platform (direct email, online form, other)
  • Be sure to archive projects once they have been filled or completed.
• Requests: Applications and student inquiries are housed here.
• Messages: Ongoing communication record with other users.