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The Collaboration and Funding Blueprint · Benchmark
For research leadership setting a partnership strategy. Ten peers: a national or mission group comparison set, each read in the same depth as your own.
Who it is for
What it answers
Named universities, the field that justifies each one, and both published positions side by side.
Every anchor partner read by joint output against the citation impact of that joint work.
The fund, scheme or bilateral programme behind each recommended partnership, from funders' own records.
One page a vice-chancellor can read in five minutes, with every figure traceable to the public record.
The same Blueprint for each peer you choose, so the comparison is like for like, page for page.
Exactly what you receive
Every Blueprint in the set, yours and each peer's, carries the same sections, built from that university's own published record:
| 1 | Cover Published standing, band and regional position, with the headline network figures | Open in the preview |
| 2 | The one page a vice-chancellor reads Three strengths to lead with, three problems to manage, three moves to make | Open in the preview |
| 3 | Collaboration profile Six scored pillars and brokerage as global percentiles, read against the peer group | Open in the preview |
| 4 | Anatomy of the standing Each pillar's weighted contribution: the whole calculation, nothing discretionary | Open in the preview |
| 5 | Full subject portfolio Every field the index ranks the university in, strongest and weakest named | Full edition only |
| 6 | Discipline deep dive The four broad domains and the partners each one actually leans on | Open in the preview |
| 7 | Which partnerships pay off Every anchor partner plotted by joint output against citation impact | Open in the preview |
| 8 | Concentration and dependency How much of the network rests on a few relationships | Full edition only |
| 9 | Trajectory and white space Growth against the cohort, and named universities in the regions not yet reached | Full edition only |
| 10 | Funding Awards from funders' own published records, and the routes that pay for the next partnership | Open in the preview |
| 11 | Partners who lift your strengths Five named universities ahead of you in your strongest fields, with the funding route | Full edition only |
| 12 | Partners who close your gaps Five world-leading universities in the fields where you are furthest back | Full edition only |
| 13 | Subject Awards The university's standing in the 2026 Subject Awards, with the cited work behind it | Open in the preview |
| 14 | A 90 day plan Three moves, sequenced, each pointing back to a figure in the Blueprint | Open in the preview |
| 15 | Sources and method Every figure, its source, and where anyone can check it | Open in the preview |
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How to order
Side by side
| Focus | Benchmark | Market view | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, excluding VAT | £990 | £1,490 | £1,990 |
| Your own Blueprint | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Peer Blueprints, peers you choose | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Blueprints in the set | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| Cost per Blueprint | £165 | under £136 | under £95 |
| Each Blueprint | The full edition, up to 15 pages | The full edition, up to 15 pages | The full edition, up to 15 pages |
| Format | PDF, by email or secure download link | PDF, by email or secure download link | PDF, by email or secure download link |
| Payment | Within 7 days of signing, card or bank transfer | Within 7 days of signing, card or bank transfer | Within 7 days of signing, card or bank transfer |
| Delivery | Within 3 working days of payment | Within 3 working days of payment | Within 3 working days of payment |
| Best for | A partnership office preparing its next round | Research leadership setting a partnership strategy | A university reading its whole competitive field |
Also see Focus · Market view.
Launch coverage of the index
“I am incredibly proud that Queen Mary has been ranked 25th in the world for our research collaborations.”
Queen Mary University of London, Professor Colin Bailey CBE, President
Queen Mary news, 18 September 2026
“This recognition belongs to our researchers and partners around the world”
University of Nottingham, Professor Tom Rodden, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange
Nottingham Research, official LinkedIn, September 2026
“I'm happy to see that our efforts to stimulate collaborations are recognized in this index.”
University of Amsterdam, Professor Bas de Bruin, Scientific Director, Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
Faculty of Science news, September 2026
“collaboration is what is awarded here.”
KU Leuven, Professor Philip Moons, Health Professions Subject Award winner
Personal LinkedIn post
UCLH prostate cancer expert wins international medicine award
UCLH, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
UCLH news: Professor Mark Emberton, Medicine Subject Award 2026
Professor Jaideep Prabhu and the University honoured
Cambridge Judge Business School
Official faculty article on the Business, Management and Accounting Subject Award
More coverage: University of Arizona (University news) · University of Arizona International (International office) · Queen Mary EECS (School news) · Université PSL (University news) · University of Warsaw (University news) · Medical University of Warsaw (University news) · Comenius University Bratislava (University news) · East Anglia Bylines (Independent regional news) · ERA Portal Slovakia (National research portal) · STVR Radio Slovakia International (Public broadcaster)
These are the words of universities and media about their results in the free, public index, linked to the source. They comment on the index, not on the Blueprint, and are not endorsements of it.