Collaborate

Identify and build the partnerships that strengthen your institution, diversify funding and create greater impact, informed by trusted data and evidence-based insights.

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Find high-value collaborators and funding for your institution

Only 49% of academic leaders felt well-prepared to finance research over the next five years, according to Elsevier's High Performance Objectives research. Our solutions help you:

Find research partners beyond your existing networks whose complementary strengths help you go further, faster
Connect expertise that already exists across your own faculties and disciplines to tackle interdisciplinary challenges more effectively
Strengthen your institution's access to competitive grants, industry funding and international programs

Download our free guide and rethink your approach to strategic partnerships to tap into diverse funding streams while bridging revenue gaps.

SciVal: See where the strongest partnership & funding opportunities lie

Map global collaboration networks, discover potential partners based on complementary research strengths and track funding landscapes across thousands of institutions worldwide.

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Pure: Stay on top of partnerships and awards

Bring your collaborative outputs, awards and compliance data together, making it easy to track the impact of your partnerships. Through Pure Portals, your researchers' expertise and collaborative activity become visible in a single, governed profile, while Fingerprint Engine maps institutional expertise so potential partners can quickly find the right people.

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Interfolio: Showcase faculty expertise to attract partnerships

Demonstrate the breadth and depth of faculty expertise across teaching, research and service. A clear picture of your academic talent and capability helps attract the engagement, funding and collaboration opportunities that align with your institutional strengths.

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Scopus: Build high-impact teams for research success

Find the right people for your next collaboration. Author profiles and co-authorship data show potential collaborators' publication history, affiliations, subject areas and established research relationships.

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Digital Commons: Make your collaborative work visible worldwide

Showcase the full spectrum of your institution's research, scholarship and collections. An open-access repository makes publications openly available to a global audience, while the Data module supports FAIR-compliant research data sharing, helping collaborators discover and reuse each other's work.

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Analytical Services: Get tailored partnership and funding analysis

Get bespoke analysis to evaluate partnership opportunities or assess your collaborative landscape. Our Analytical Services team works iteratively with you through structured review cycles to deliver tailored insights that support strategic collaboration decisions.

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Collaborate in the Impact Model

Collaborate helps institutions identify potential partners, understand where relevant expertise sits and consider which relationships could support their objectives.

Alongside Strategize, Operate, Promote and Evaluate, it helps institutions consider how relationships connect to wider institutional priorities and progress.

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Partnering with funders and government agencies

Looking to accelerate funding programs and build high-impact collaborations across sectors?

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University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

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