Global Research Partnerships · 2026/27 packages
Every GRP package in one place. Four reputation packages that put your research in front of over 275,000 academic contacts, in the season when academic reputation is recorded; add-ons for video, articles and podcasts; and the Research Collaboration Index Blueprint for your partnership strategy.
Reputation and reach
3 years · Limited: 2 places available
Total presence with over 275,000 academic contacts, every month, for three years. The complete reputation programme: your research in every monthly edition, three subject solus sends placed inside each survey season, and a partnership that compounds over three full cycles.
1 year · Limited: 3 places available
A year-round programme in front of over 275,000 academic contacts. Sustained monthly presence across the academic year, plus a dedicated send to the discipline that matters most to your strategy.
3 months · Limited: One university per send
Own the three months when academic reputation is recorded. Three dedicated sends, one a month in November, December and January, each featuring your university alone and sent to GRP's full audience of over 275,000 academic contacts, across the heart of the survey season.
3 months · Limited: 5 universities per send
Put your research in front of the academics in your chosen subjects. Three subject email features over three months, one a month, sent only to the academics in the subjects you choose. Each send features five universities from around the world, so your research sits among global peers in front of the academics who know your field best.
Take your research beyond the inbox: video, articles and conversation. Priced on request, added to any package.
Platinum Partnership and Gold Partnership are names of editorial and reach packages. They are separate from the Research Collaboration Index and its Platinum, Gold and Silver standing bands, and no package has any effect on any university's RCI standing, band, rank, score or award.
2026/27
Each package is capped so that every partner feature stands out. Places are allocated in order of signed agreement; once a limit is reached, the next place opens in the following send or season.
Platinum Partnership: 2 places available for 2026/27.
Gold Partnership: 3 places available for 2026/27.
Survey Window: each monthly send features one university only, to all contacts.
Subject Specific: five universities per subject send, worldwide.
Research Collaboration Index
A separate product from the reputation packages: your university's Blueprint from the Research Collaboration Index (who to partner with next, why, and what would pay for it), with the same full Blueprint for the peers you choose. Delivered as PDFs within 3 working days of payment.
Yours and 5 peers
6 full Blueprints, £165 per Blueprint. For a partnership office preparing its next round. Delivered within 3 working days of payment.
Yours and 10 peers
11 full Blueprints, under £136 per Blueprint. For research leadership setting a partnership strategy. Delivered within 3 working days of payment.
Yours and 20 peers
21 full Blueprints, under £95 per Blueprint. For a university reading its whole competitive field. Delivered within 3 working days of payment.
Every Blueprint is built from each university's own published record in the index. Buying a Blueprint does not change any university's standing, band, rank or score.
Compare
| Package | Kind | Investment | Term | What you receive | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum Partnership | Reputation and reach | £16,900 + VAT per year | 3 years | 12 newsletter features and 3 subject solus emails a year, for three years | 2 places available | Enquire |
| Gold Partnership | Reputation and reach | £13,900 + VAT | 1 year | 10 newsletter features and 1 subject solus email | 3 places available | Enquire |
| Survey Window | Reputation and reach | £4,900 + VAT | 3 months | 3 monthly sends featuring your university alone, to all of GRP's over 275,000 academic contacts: November, December and January | One university per send | Enquire |
| Subject Specific | Reputation and reach | £4,900 + VAT | 3 months | 3 monthly subject sends, each featuring five universities globally, to the academics in up to three subjects | 5 universities per send | Enquire |
| Add-ons | Video, article, podcast | Priced on request | Per feature | YouTube and Blog Features; Podcast Features | Scheduled in order | Enquire |
| Blueprint Focus | RCI intelligence | £990 + VAT | One set, 3 working days | 6 full Blueprints: yours and 5 peers (£165 per Blueprint) | Open | Enquire |
| Blueprint Benchmark | RCI intelligence | £1,490 + VAT | One set, 3 working days | 11 full Blueprints: yours and 10 peers (under £136 per Blueprint) | Open | Enquire |
| Blueprint Market view | RCI intelligence | £1,990 + VAT | One set, 3 working days | 21 full Blueprints: yours and 20 peers (under £95 per Blueprint) | Open | Enquire |
| Platinum Partnership | Gold Partnership | Survey Window | Subject Specific | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | £16,900 + VAT / year | £13,900 + VAT | £4,900 + VAT | £4,900 + VAT |
| Term | 3 years | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Newsletter features | 12 a year (36) | 10 | 3 exclusive sends (Nov, Dec, Jan) | 3 subject sends (5 universities each) |
| Subject solus emails | 3 a year (9) | 1 | 3 (your university only, to all contacts) | Not included |
| Survey season coverage | Full season, priority | Partial | Full season | Your choice |
| Content support | Advanced | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Reporting | Per send, quarterly, annual | Per send, year-end | Per feature, window summary | Per send, summary |
| Partner profile page | Yes | No | No | No |
| Researcher toolkit | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Enquire
Places are limited and allocated first come, first served. Tell us which package interests you: Daniel will confirm availability, send the agreement and arrange a short call to agree your first stories.
Partner case study
A Russell Group partner has worked with GRP since 2024. Read against its peer group rather than in isolation, its Academic Reputation has strengthened faster than the Russell Group average.
Source: QS World University Rankings, Academic Reputation indicator, public results 2023 to 2027; GRP campaign analytics.
This case study reflects the success of a GRP partner and does not promise an improvement in ranking performance across THE, QS or any other global ranking indicator.
Every newsletter feature now goes to over 275,000 academic contacts. The July 2026 edition, audited from GRP's campaign analytics, shows the kind of edition a single feature is placed inside. The 44.97% unique open rate compares against an academic-sector email benchmark of around 28%.
Credibility, now
The Research Collaboration Index launched on 15 September 2026: the first global ranking of how universities collaborate, covering 1,195 universities in 81 countries, with 26 subject rankings, built from the open scholarly record for 2021 to 2025.
“I am incredibly proud that Queen Mary has been ranked 25th in the world for our research collaborations.”
Professor Colin Bailey CBE, President, Queen Mary University of London. Queen Mary news, 18 September 2026“This recognition belongs to our researchers and partners around the world”
Professor Tom Rodden, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham. University of Nottingham Research, LinkedIn“I'm happy to see that our efforts to stimulate collaborations are recognized in this index.”
Professor Bas de Bruin, Scientific Director, Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam. University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science news“collaboration is what is awarded here.”
Professor Philip Moons, KU Leuven, RCI 2026 Subject Award winner, Health Professions. Winner's own postQuotes are reproduced exactly as published and attributed as the source states. Institutions published these stories themselves; none is a paid placement, and none endorses any GRP package. The University of Sydney item is wider rankings commentary and is not an endorsement of the RCI.