diff --git a/src/cms/preview-templates/IdeaPostPreview.tsx b/src/cms/preview-templates/IdeaPostPreview.tsx
index 204a7cd..f9e3ea9 100644
--- a/src/cms/preview-templates/IdeaPostPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/cms/preview-templates/IdeaPostPreview.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@ import {
     IdeaPostTemplate,
     IdeaPostTemplateProps,
 } from "../../templates/idea-post";
+import { PreliminaryFindings } from "../../types";
 import { ImmutableLike, fromImmutable } from "../utils/immutable";
+import {
+    FieldsMetaData,
+    GetAsset,
+    resolveAllenite,
+    resolveFigures,
+    resolveRelatedIdea,
+    resolveRelationList,
+    resolveResource,
+} from "../utils/resolvers";
 
 interface PreviewProps {
     entry?: ImmutableLike;
     value?: unknown;
+    fieldsMetaData?: FieldsMetaData;
+    getAsset?: GetAsset;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +31,8 @@ interface PreviewProps {
  */
 function normalizeCmsData(
     raw: Record<string, unknown>,
+    fieldsMetaData?: FieldsMetaData,
+    getAsset?: GetAsset,
 ): Partial<IdeaPostTemplateProps> {
     const v = raw as Partial<IdeaPostTemplateProps>;
 
@@ -30,12 +44,45 @@ function normalizeCmsData(
             : [String(program)]
         : undefined;
 
-    // authors: relation gives ["name1", "name2"] → [{ name, contactId }]
-    const authors = v.authors
-        ? (v.authors as unknown as string[]).map((a) =>
-              typeof a === "string" ? { name: a, contactId: "" } : a,
-          )
-        : undefined;
+    // authors: relation gives ["name1", "name2"]; resolve each to its
+    // { name, contactId } node via metadata (falls back to the bare name).
+    const authors = resolveRelationList(v.authors, (name) =>
+        resolveAllenite(fieldsMetaData, "authors", name),
+    );
+
+    // primaryContact: single relation → a name string; resolve the same way.
+    const rawPrimaryContact = v.primaryContact;
+    const primaryContact =
+        typeof rawPrimaryContact === "string"
+            ? resolveAllenite(
+                  fieldsMetaData,
+                  "primaryContact",
+                  rawPrimaryContact,
+              )
+            : rawPrimaryContact;
+
+    // resources: relation gives slugs; resolve each to its flattened ResourceNode
+    // so MaterialsAndMethodsComponent can render (unhydrated entries dropped).
+    const resources = resolveRelationList(v.resources, (slug) =>
+        resolveResource(fieldsMetaData, slug),
+    );
+
+    // related_ideas: relation gives slugs; resolve each to { title, slug }.
+    const relatedIdeas = resolveRelationList(raw.related_ideas, (slug) =>
+        resolveRelatedIdea(fieldsMetaData, slug),
+    );
+
+    // preliminaryFindings.figures: uploaded images arrive as raw paths (no
+    // childImageSharp yet); resolve them to URLs so FigureGallery can render.
+    const rawFindings = raw.preliminaryFindings as
+        | Record<string, unknown>
+        | undefined;
+    const preliminaryFindings = rawFindings
+        ? ({
+              ...rawFindings,
+              figures: resolveFigures(rawFindings.figures, getAsset),
+          } as unknown as PreliminaryFindings)
+        : (rawFindings as PreliminaryFindings | undefined);
 
     // date: datetime widget returns a Date/object, template expects a string
     const rawDate = raw.date;
@@ -55,11 +102,20 @@ function normalizeCmsData(
         authors,
         date,
         isPreview: true,
+        preliminaryFindings,
+        primaryContact,
         program: normalizedProgram,
+        relatedIdeas,
+        resources,
     };
 }
 
-const IdeaPostPreview: React.FC<PreviewProps> = ({ entry, value }) => {
+const IdeaPostPreview: React.FC<PreviewProps> = ({
+    entry,
+    fieldsMetaData,
+    getAsset,
+    value,
+}) => {
     const raw = value ?? (entry?.get("data") as ImmutableLike | undefined);
     const v = fromImmutable<Record<string, unknown>>(raw) ?? {};
     return (
@@ -80,7 +136,11 @@ const IdeaPostPreview: React.FC<PreviewProps> = ({ entry, value }) => {
                 available.
             </div>
             <IdeaPostTemplate
-                {...(normalizeCmsData(v) as IdeaPostTemplateProps)}
+                {...(normalizeCmsData(
+                    v,
+                    fieldsMetaData,
+                    getAsset,
+                ) as IdeaPostTemplateProps)}
             />
         </>
     );
diff --git a/src/cms/utils/resolvers.ts b/src/cms/utils/resolvers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0aafff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cms/utils/resolvers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { ResourceNode } from "../../types";
+import { fromImmutable } from "./immutable";
+
+/** Decap's Immutable metadata side-channel, keyed [field, collection, value]. */
+export interface FieldsMetaData {
+    getIn: (path: string[]) => unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Relation widgets (referenced via dropdowns in the CMS) need their content resolved
+ * via Decap's metadata side-channel.
+ *
+ * Relation widgets store only the value_field (a name or slug) in entry data;
+ * Decap stashes the full referenced node in `fieldsMetaData` under
+ * [field, collection, value]. This is populated asynchronously — on opening an
+ * existing entry the relation control hydrates the selected values — so this
+ * returns null until the lookup resolves. Each caller supplies the shape its
+ * template needs and decides how to handle null (fall back, or filter out).
+ */
+export function resolveRelation(
+    fieldsMetaData: FieldsMetaData | undefined,
+    field: string,
+    collection: string,
+    value: string,
+): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+    return fromImmutable<Record<string, unknown>>(
+        fieldsMetaData?.getIn([field, collection, value]),
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Map an array of relation values (value_field strings) through a resolver,
+ * dropping entries that haven't hydrated yet (resolver returned null). Decap
+ * hands relation values as an array of value_field strings in the preview, so
+ * non-string entries are ignored.
+ */
+export function resolveRelationList<T>(
+    values: unknown,
+    resolve: (value: string) => T | null,
+): T[] | undefined {
+    if (!Array.isArray(values)) return undefined;
+    return values
+        .filter((v): v is string => typeof v === "string")
+        .map(resolve)
+        .filter((v): v is T => v != null);
+}
+
+/** The subset of an allenite node the idea post template actually consumes. */
+export type ResolvedAllenite = { name: string; contactId: string | null };
+
+/** allenite relation (name) → { name, contactId }; falls back to the bare name. */
+export function resolveAllenite(
+    fieldsMetaData: FieldsMetaData | undefined,
+    field: string,
+    name: string,
+): ResolvedAllenite {
+    const node = resolveRelation(fieldsMetaData, field, "allenite", name);
+    return {
+        name: typeof node?.name === "string" ? node.name : name,
+        contactId: typeof node?.contactId === "string" ? node.contactId : null,
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * resource relation (slug) → flattened ResourceNode. The full frontmatter lives
+ * in metadata as `{ name, resourceDetails: {...} }`; Gatsby flattens
+ * resourceDetails up onto the node (see createNode in gatsby-node.js), so we
+ * mirror that. Returns null until hydrated; the caller filters those out.
+ */
+export function resolveResource(
+    fieldsMetaData: FieldsMetaData | undefined,
+    slug: string,
+): ResourceNode | null {
+    const node = resolveRelation(
+        fieldsMetaData,
+        "resources",
+        "resources",
+        slug,
+    );
+    if (!node) return null;
+    const { resourceDetails, ...rest } = node;
+    const details =
+        resourceDetails && typeof resourceDetails === "object"
+            ? (resourceDetails as Record<string, unknown>)
+            : {};
+    return { ...rest, ...details, slug } as unknown as ResourceNode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decap's preview asset resolver. Maps a stored media path to a browser-usable
+ * URL, transparently handling both committed public paths (e.g. "/img/x.png")
+ * and freshly-uploaded, not-yet-committed files (returned as blob URLs). Returns
+ * an AssetProxy whose toString() is the URL.
+ */
+export type GetAsset = (path: string) => { toString: () => string };
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a figure list's uploaded images for preview.
+ *
+ * In production, uploaded figures are processed by gatsby-transformer-sharp into
+ * `file.childImageSharp`; the preview only has the raw upload path in `file`.
+ * We resolve that path through getAsset and expose it as `url` — the shape
+ * FigureGallery renders with a plain <img>. Figures that already have an external
+ * `url` render as-is and pass through untouched.
+ */
+export function resolveFigures(
+    figures: unknown,
+    getAsset: GetAsset | undefined,
+): Record<string, unknown>[] | undefined {
+    if (!Array.isArray(figures)) return undefined;
+    return figures.map((figure) => {
+        const f = (figure ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+        if (!f.url && getAsset && typeof f.file === "string" && f.file) {
+            return { ...f, url: getAsset(f.file).toString() };
+        }
+        return f;
+    });
+}
+
+/** The subset of a related idea the template renders (title + routing slug). */
+type ResolvedRelatedIdea = { title: string; slug: string };
+
+/**
+ * related_ideas relation (slug) → { title, slug }. The stored value is the CMS
+ * slug (not the Gatsby routing path), so links can't navigate inside the preview
+ * iframe — the template renders these as plain text under isPreview. Falls back
+ * to the slug as the label until the title hydrates.
+ */
+export function resolveRelatedIdea(
+    fieldsMetaData: FieldsMetaData | undefined,
+    slug: string,
+): ResolvedRelatedIdea {
+    const node = resolveRelation(
+        fieldsMetaData,
+        "related_ideas",
+        "ideas",
+        slug,
+    );
+    return {
+        title: typeof node?.title === "string" ? node.title : slug,
+        slug,
+    };
+}