Partnership · 2027
When the index launches globally on 1 September 2026, the world's press, funders and partners will be looking. A partnership ensures your university does not just appear in that moment. It leads it.
What partnership delivers
The deep, cited version of your fact file: six data visualisations of your collaboration network, your funding won and its named funders, where you lead the world by field, your anchor partnerships and landmark papers, and the specific partners to win next with the funding route to each. See an example →
Benchmark yourself against your named competitive set in the same depth: their strengths, their funders, their white-space. An intelligence asset in its own right, exclusive to partners.
Your academics become members of Global Research Partnerships, with funding intelligence, collaborator matching and our global network in their hands from day one.
A press-ready page with a video banner and your featured academics, plus targeted editorial campaigns to the exact disciplines and regions where your research resonates, with full open, click and geography reporting.
Enter the annual Research Collaboration Awards, and see your final standing under embargo on 18 August 2026 to plan your own announcement to land with the global launch.
Your standing is computed from the open global research record, drawing on the award records of the world's major funders. Every figure is sourced and reproducible. Read the methodology →
All dates 2026, for the 2027 edition.
| 30 June 2026 | Annual data cut-off · complete |
| By 22 July 2026 | Confirm your partnership |
| July to August 2026 | Verification & enrichment window |
| 18 August 2026 | Embargoed preview to partners |
| 1 September 2026 | Global launch, full index public |
| 1 October 2026 | Subject Awards announced |
Partner places are limited and confirmed first come, first served. The verification window closes ahead of launch, and only confirmed partners appear enriched. By September the story is already told. The universities that act now shape how they are seen, arrive fully represented, and give 500 of their people three years of value immediately.
Tell us who you are and we will send your university's tailored proposal: your enhanced fact file, access to your rivals' fact files, editorial reach to 172,000 academics and academic memberships, with clear next steps and timing.
Partnership is open to any ranked university. The Platinum, Gold and Silver labels reflect a university's earned collaboration standing, not a price tier. Platinum Collaboration Partner standing is held by the top 100 universities overall and by every university that leads the world in a subject (top 200 in any of the 26 fields), so a university strong in a single discipline earns the same recognition.
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