Thematic Intelligence

Thematic Intelligence analyses the subject-matter composition of the funding landscape. It answers questions like: which disciplines dominate current funding? How are funding types distributed across fields? Which topics cluster together, and which stand apart? The data is drawn in real time from PostgreSQL, with cache timestamps displayed so you always know how current the analysis is.

Discipline Dominance Analysis

The Discipline Dominance view presents a treemap visualization of how funding opportunities distribute across academic and research disciplines. Each rectangle in the treemap represents a discipline, with its size proportional to the number of active opportunities or total funding available in that area.

This view immediately highlights which disciplines command the largest share of the current funding landscape and which are comparatively underrepresented. It is useful for institutional strategy -- understanding whether your research strengths align with where the bulk of funding flows, or whether you are operating in a niche with less competition but also fewer opportunities.

Funding Type Matrix

The Funding Type Matrix cross-references disciplines against funding mechanisms (grants, fellowships, collaborative projects, tenders, and so on). This matrix reveals which types of funding are most prevalent in each discipline and identifies combinations that may be underserved.

For example, you might discover that a particular discipline has abundant collaborative project funding but very few individual fellowship opportunities, suggesting a gap that could be strategically targeted.

Topic Constellation Map

The Topic Constellation is an interactive network visualization that maps the relationships between research topics across the funding landscape. Topics that frequently co-occur in the same funding calls or programme areas are linked and positioned closer together, while unrelated topics drift to the periphery.

You can interact with the constellation by:

• Clicking a topic node to see its linked opportunities and related topics.
• Zooming into dense clusters to explore sub-topic structures.
• Identifying bridge topics that connect otherwise separate research areas -- these are often strong candidates for interdisciplinary proposals.

The constellation updates as the underlying funding data changes, so topic relationships reflect the current state of available opportunities rather than historical patterns alone.

Keyword Map

The Keyword Map provides a complementary view focused on individual terms and concepts rather than classified topics. It visualises the most prominent keywords extracted from active funding calls, weighted by frequency and recency.

This tool is useful for proposal writing: by understanding which keywords dominate current calls in your area, you can align your proposal language with funder expectations and increase relevance scoring.

Comprehensive Insights

The Comprehensive Insights component synthesises the thematic analysis into narrative summaries, highlighting key patterns, anomalies, and strategic observations drawn from the discipline, funding type, and topic data. These insights provide a text-based complement to the visual tools, making thematic patterns accessible without requiring deep interaction with the visualizations.

Related Sections

• LiveView -- The trending disciplines cards on the executive dashboard draw from the same discipline analysis.
• Strategic Signals -- For geographic and gap-based analysis that complements the thematic view.
• Research Frontiers -- For topic momentum analysis using external academic data from OpenAlex.