Students & researchers
See how your sources connect.
Bring readings, research, and your own thinking together. Build an argument you can see.
Put the question at the center.
A research project tends to scatter: PDFs in one folder, links in a browser, notes in a document, half an idea on your phone. On a Grein board, all of it sits around the question you’re trying to answer.
Add a reading and write two lines beside it on what it argues and how you might use it. When you come back a week later, the note does the remembering, and the source is one click away.
Let the structure come from the evidence.
An outline written too early forces an order on an argument you haven’t found yet. On a canvas you can group sources by the claim they support, put a counterargument right next to the point it challenges, and draw an arrow where one paper builds on another.
When a theme grows big enough to be a chapter, move it into a nested board. The main board stays a readable overview, and Cmd/Ctrl + K searches every note and source across all of them.
Work on group projects without the chaos.
Invite classmates as editors and build the board together in real time, so everyone can see what’s been covered and what’s missing. Comments sit on the exact source or claim they’re about, instead of in a group chat that scrolls away.
Add a supervisor as a viewer. They can read everything and leave comments, but can’t move your work around.
Questions, answered.
Yes. Add PDFs alongside text notes, images, and source links. You can group related material visually and use nested boards for separate topics or chapters.
No. Grein doesn’t format citations or build bibliographies. Use it alongside Zotero, Mendeley, or a similar tool to work out how your sources relate.
Yes. Invite classmates as editors to build the board with you in real time, and add a supervisor as a viewer who can read and comment.
Workflows for this kind of work
Visual research
Put sources and insights side by side so you can follow the thinking, not just collect the files.
Read the guideBrainstorming
Capture the rough ideas, make connections, and choose a direction worth exploring.
Read the guideProject planning
Give the brief, research, and every deliverable a place in one visual project workspace.
Read the guide
Create your first
board.
Start with a few references. Bring people in when it’s ready.