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Connecting university labs, teams, and divisions with expert data specialists to advance your research, structure your lab for the AI generation, and accelerate your publications.

The reality of academic research

Researchers are stretched thinner than ever.

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Funding is shrinking.

The NIH R01 success rate for early-stage investigators has fallen from over 30% — and it keeps dropping.

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Admin is eating your research time.

Nearly half of a principal investigator's time is now spent on administrative tasks, not research.

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Burnout is systemic.

More than half of early-career researchers report experiencing burnout driven by the publish or perish culture.

The platform

From literature review to funded proposal, in one place.

Sixth Digit handles the technical and administrative burden so you can focus on the science that matters.

Projects

Research context & literature review

Upload your papers and get a structured research context — references extracted, gaps identified, and research questions generated automatically.

  • Upload PDFs and citations are extracted for you
  • Gaps across your literature identified automatically
  • Research questions & key findings generated
  • Status workflow from draft to complete
Research Context
3 Gaps
Smith et al. (2024)
Chen & Park (2023)
Williams et al. (2024)
Kumar et al. (2023)

Gap identified from papers

No studies address inhibitor X on pathway Y in vivo — consider this for your next experiment.

Research question

What sample size is needed for significance given Chen & Park methodology?

Spend your time on research, not on fighting your tools.

Join researchers getting early access to the platform that gives every lab the capabilities of a fully staffed data team.