Transparency
How we calculate our figures
We would rather you trust our numbers than be dazzled by them. Here is what each headline figure on the site means, where it comes from, and how solid it is. Most are mapped directly from public funder data and refreshed daily. Where a figure is indicative of scale rather than an audited record, we say so plainly.
Co-authorship records between institutions in the open scholarly record, 2021 to 2025, that the Research Collaboration Index is built on.
Computed from public data
Counted in the Research Collaboration Index 2026 record (the open scholarly record, data to June 2026). See the RCI methodology.
University and company links in co-authored research where the company was confirmed against the affiliation text its authors wrote.
Computed from public data
1,029,249 verified links out of 1,966,368 candidates in the Industry Collaboration Index Edition 1 record; links that could not be confirmed were set aside. See the ICI methodology and transparency page.
Publicly funded UK and EU research projects, starting 2021 to 2025, with a company as a formal partner.
Publicly mapped
7,875 UKRI projects (Gateway to Research, harvested 4 October 2026) and 6,170 Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects (CORDIS) with a company partner and a university in the index cohort.
Distinct research projects we have imported and indexed from public funder records.
Publicly mapped
From the EU's open CORDIS / Horizon Europe dataset, about 81,900 projects at our last import. It grows as funders publish new awards.
The combined published value of funding opportunities that are open to apply for right now across the funders we track.
Computed from public data
We add up the maximum award or estimated programme funding of calls that are currently open, drawn mainly from the Grants.gov daily extract. It rises and falls as calls open and close, and is refreshed every day.
The number of funding opportunities open for applications today across the funders we track.
Platform-recorded
Counted directly from public funder feeds and refreshed daily.
Distinct organisation-to-project links in the funded-project data: the collaborations visible between institutions on public grants.
Publicly mapped
From CORDIS participation records, about 442,700 links. This counts collaborations we can see in public data, not private partnerships.
Verified, opted-in academic subscribers to the Global Research Partnerships newsletter.
Platform-recorded
Counted from the active, opted-in subscriber lists across our email platforms. Blocked and unsubscribed contacts are excluded.
The open rate of our September 2026 newsletter sends to subscribers, more than double the typical academic-sector benchmark.
Platform-recorded
Reported across the email platforms we use to reach our subscribers, including our CRM's own sends to the same audience, for September 2026.
Distinct countries in which our newsletter subscribers are based.
Platform-recorded
Counted from subscriber records on our email platform.
The public sources we draw on include UKRI Gateway to Research, the EU's CORDIS / Horizon Europe portal, Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER and NSF. See our data sources. All figures are refreshed daily and shift as calls open and close, so the live counts shown around the site are always the current ones.