Exclusive Partnership 2026/27 · Development Studies
A standing invitation to reach the 6,700+ active researchers in Development Studies on the Global Research Partnerships newsletter, in the season their judgement counts most.
Connecting Minds. Advancing Research. Transforming the World.
The proof · a University of Glasgow feature to the full GRP list, June 2026
Why this matters now
And visibility in that window, in front of the people who work in Development Studies, does disproportionate work.
From November to January, hundreds of thousands of academics are actively asked to name the institutions they most admire. Appear in front of the development studies community then, with genuine discoveries, and you are not buying attention. You are earning recall at the exact moment it is being written down.
Only 23 UK universities rank among the world's top 150 in Development Studies, and this invitation is reserved for one of them. This is the community behind FCDO, IDRC & Horizon. For your researchers, global-development funding spans dozens of agencies: being seen by peers and funders in the reputation season is how that standing is recognised globally.
We will not promise to move a ranking. No honest partner could. What we offer is presence with the 6,700+ researchers who decide reputation, seek collaborators and shape funding in your field.
The partner opportunity
By invitation only. Three ways to take part, only three universities per discipline, held first in, first served.
How it works: confirm your invitation by 12pm, Tuesday 25 August 2026 · send your content by the first Monday of each month · it goes live to the 6,700+ development studies academics the second Wednesday. The first content deadline is 7 September 2026 for the 9 September launch.
*Academics subscribe to a maximum of 3 subject areas, so field audiences may overlap.
By invitation · first in, first served
Confirm your invitation for the 9 September 2026 launch by 12pm, Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The full proposal
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